The Ministry of agriculture has eliminated the “collapse” in the Russian market in the abolition of bradenburg – RBC

In the vegetable section of the supermarket “Lenta” in Saint-Petersburg

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If predamage introduced in response to Western sanctions will cancel, the “collapse” in the Russian market is not, said the head of the Ministry of agriculture. According to him, agriculture in Russia has become competitive

the Russian agriculture should not be afraid of cancellation food embargo imposed against States that imposed sanctions against Russia, said the head of the Ministry Alexander Tkachev channel “Russia 24″.

“Nobody knows, abolish sanctions at the end of 2017. We would like to it was years five. Even if they cancel, then nothing bad will happen,” — said the Minister (quoted by TASS).

According to him, agriculture has become competitive. “First, we are already competitive, the level of state support is significant: the level of profitability of agricultural production — an average of 20 percent with state support and 10%”, — said Tkachev.

the Minister also drew attention to the fact that “the dollar is not 30, but 60″. “The end result, if you compare the price using the dollar, it becomes more expensive,” he said, adding that this “was the most important thing: the domestic consumer was happy to find on the shelf of Russian goods”.

If predamage canceled, in the Russian market “will not collapse” — in many industries there is no need of import, the Minister said. “The pork we no longer need any import. We have completely closed the gap. Poultry meat — including. Sugar, buckwheat, potatoes, vegetable oil we provided,” — concluded Tkachev.

Russia imposed a predamage in response to Western sanctions, which in turn was introduced in connection with the annexation of Crimea and the situation in the Donbass. A presidential decree restricting the importation of certain products from USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway, was signed in August 2014. Later it was extended to Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and at the end of last year to Ukraine.

were banned deliveries of beef, pork, poultry, fish, cheese, milk, fruits, vegetables and some other products categories.