Last year in Russia killed more than 7.5 thousand tons sanctions products -. Interfax

Moscow. 5th of August. INTERFAX.RU – In Russia, August 6, 2015 destroyed more than 7.5 thousand tons of products of sanctions, according to Rosselkhoznadzor.. The main share amounted plant products – 7.282 thousand tons.. For livestock products had to 228.6 tonnes.

As Rosselkhoznadzor explains the essential difference in the volumes of plant and animal products is associated with the action of the developed e-service veterinary certification system which, inter alia, is intended to eliminate the facts of illegal shipments . “Particularly sophisticated ways to import illegal animal products were found in the Leningrad region, where under the guise of chewing gum, juice, chemical and other products tried to import banned meat products,” – said in a statement

According to Rosselkhoznadzor, more. all products of animal origin destroyed in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region (71 tons), the Belgorod region (54.065 tonnes), Kaliningrad (32.59 tons), Omsk (26.492 tonnes), Orenburg (21.06 tons). Total these products destroyed in the 31 region.

Rating regions where most put into scrap smuggling of fruits and vegetables led Bryansk and Smolensk region (2.76 ths. Tons), followed by Tver and Pskov regions (1 th. 891.6 tons). 643.7 tons of plant products destroyed in the Rostov and Volgograd regions, as well as in Kalmykia, 521.98 tons – Moscow, the Moscow and Tula regions, 221.3 tons -. In the Orenburg region

In general, we were stopped attempted illegal importation of apples, pears, peaches, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, strawberries, oranges, nectarines, grapes.

Rosselkhoznadzor said that the performance of the destroyed plant products included data on Turkey.

Destruction of contraband products are in accordance with the decree of the President of Russia “On certain special economic measures used to ensure the security of the Russian Federation” (signed on 29 July 2015). According to the document, from August 6 2015 agricultural products originating in the countries that supported the economic sanctions against Russia, and prohibited from being imported into the Russian Federation, shall be seized and destroyed.

The authorized federal authorities for the implementation of this decision are the Federal customs service, Rosselkhoznadzor and Rospotrebnadzor.

The food embargo acts of the Russian Federation from 7 August 2014 in respect of products from the US, EU, Australia, Norway and Canada. In 2015 it was extended on 5 August 2016. On August 13, 2015 in the list of the countries included have joined the anti-Russian sanctions, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein, since 1 January 2016 – Ukraine

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