Russia resumes supplies partial fruits from Moldova – News Belarus (BelTA)

June 12, the Chisinau / Andrei Husin – learned /. Russia partially Release fruit import from Moldova, in particular, Rosselkhoznadzor allowed to renew their supplies a number of companies, mostly from the Gagauz autonomy and the Transnistrian region, BelTA has learned.

As reported by the National Agency for Food Safety of Moldova, permission to resume deliveries to the Russian Market apples, pears, quinces, apricots, cherries, peaches, nectarines, plums and fresh thorns got all enterprises Grigoriopol, Dubossary, Kamensky, Rybnitsa and Slobodzeya districts of Moldova, as well as a number of other companies.

Rosselkhoznadzor He declared that enables delivery of the said goods to Russia as an experiment, under the guarantee of the National Agency for Food Safety of Moldova. The decision to resume the supply was made due to the lack of detection of quarantine facilities in Russia supplied from the territory of Moldova apples, as well as on the results of the recent visit of the experts of the Russian authorities. It is emphasized that all the supplied products to the Russian Federation must comply with quarantine phytosanitary requirements of Russia and the Customs Union, and to be free from quarantine facilities. In case of violation of these requirements, Rosselkhoznadzor will be forced to take the decision to ban its import into Russia.

In turn, the Ministry of Agriculture of Moldova welcomed the decision of the Rosselkhoznadzor partial resumption of deliveries to Russia Moldovan fruits, noting that he would seek a full-scale resumption of exports to Russian agricultural production. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova stated that it expects to continue mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia, the strengthening of the dialogue on the principles of trust and the successful achievement of the common goal of resuming deliveries of Moldovan products of plant and animal origin on the market in Russia and the rest of Moldovan companies that meet all veterinary and phytosanitary requirements, recognized by the parties.

Agricultural Ministry said that it was not informed of the criteria on which the Rosselkhoznadzor was selected a number of companies for the resumption of the supply of fruit to Russia. The Ministry of Agriculture said that the national system of security and quality certification of agricultural products from Moldova can guarantee the quality of these products to all markets.

In July 2014, Rosselkhoznadzor has introduced a total ban on the import of Moldovan fresh and canned fruits and vegetables to Russia from -this systematic violations of Moldovan suppliers of international and Russian phytosanitary requirements. In February 2015 Rosselkhoznadzor allowed to resume the supply of apples in 10 Russian companies with the right-bank Moldova and the Transdniestrian region of all businesses, from the left bank Dnestra.-0 –