Thursday, June 4, 2015

Russians left without sprats from the Baltic States – Dni.Ru

On June 4, comes into force a ban on imports of fish products Latvia and Estonia. The reason for this was the verification of the Rosselkhoznadzor, which revealed it dangerous substances. Domestic manufacturers are confident that it will benefit the Russian fisheries enterprises.

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Since June 4 enters into force a ban on imports of fish products from Latvia and Estonia. The occasion was the inspection of the Rosselkhoznadzor, in which checked four Estonian fish processing enterprises and five Latvian, mainly producing sprats. Russian authorities found in the production of unacceptable levels of benzopyrene.

According to the current government regulation, fresh, frozen and chilled fish products in Estonia and Latvia falls within the scope of the food embargo Russia. It is forbidden to import until August 2015. It is noteworthy that the canned fish and fish meal are not included in the list of banned products.

Representatives of the domestic producers of sprats are sure that it will benefit Russian industrialists and will give a strong impetus to the development. In addition , the deficit in connection with the prohibition of importation of products in the Baltic country is expected.

According to the head of the Union of Fishermen of the West Sergei Maslov, enterprises and Kaliningrad region 80% provided the raw material for sprats and ready until the fall to replace the Latvian and Estonian canned, without raising prices. “The ban on the import of Rosselkhoznadzor Latvian and Estonian sprats, of course, gave a chance to our companies to offer products on its own market” – was quoted as “Izvestia”.

Note that the Balts shocked decision Rosselkhoznadzor. How to write Dni.Ru , a ban on imports of fish products to Russia from Latvia can bankrupt a number of fish processing plants. They export to Russia about half of its production worth almost 100 million euros a year. only sprats produce about 20 local companies, and a large part of the products they ship to the Russian market.

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