The government announced a new list of banned products – RBC

The ban on the import of some products to Russia from the United States, European Union, Canada, Australia and Norway extended until August 5, 2016, it follows from the decision of the government, published on the website of the Cabinet. Thus, the list included in the black list of countries has not changed.

The list of fallen under embargo special products also underwent changes. In Russia it is still prohibited to import beef, pork and poultry meat (fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, dried or smoked) and made of them sausages and similar products, fish, shellfish and other seafood, vegetables, fruits, nuts , milk and dairy products.

In the list of forbidden foods until you get just one new code, “cheese product”. Their inclusion in the list of active lobbying Association “Soyuzmoloko.” In April, she appealed to the government to ban the import of such products. According to the association, in November-December 2014 its imports from France, Denmark, Lithuania and Poland reached 6 thousand. M. As reported in “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, in stores such products are sold under the brands “Edan”, “Rypitsky”, “Tilsit cheese “,” Gouda “,” Apetina “,” Sirtaki for the Greek salad Light »,« Paris Burenka “and others. In addition, according to “Soyuzmoloko” under the guise of cheese products imported European cheeses. The loophole was that the cheese-like products, Rosselkhoznadzor check are not allowed. Cheese product is made by technology of cheese, but instead of cream (milk fat), it uses vegetable fat or protein, the proportion of which may exceed 50%.

released from embargo fry of salmon and trout, as well as young oysters and mussels. Their free entry, as explained in a statement on the government website, is intended to “increase the volume of production in demand on the Russian market of aquaculture facilities, as well as to establish new fish farms and to support existing».

The new wording of the decision, as well as his previous version, permit entry of Russia into the seed potatoes, onions, Onion, sugar hybrid corn and peas for planting.

tightened requirements for lactose free products, which are not covered by the embargo. If previously allowed to import any lactose-free milk and dairy products, it is now out of the embargo released only “specialized” lactose-free milk and dairy products intended for therapeutic and dietary dietary preventive nutrition.

So, to import into Russia ordinary hard cheese production technology is such that almost any of them could declare lactose-free, become more difficult. Now, importers will have to prove that, for example, Maasdam – a “specialty” cheese is intended for diets.

A year without eating: what products the Russians will not see on the shelves of Gallery The ban on the supply of certain types of food and agricultural products from countries that joined the sanctions against Russia, at least a year will leave the Russians without a number of products that replace domestic analogues or products of Latin America will be quite difficult. In this list, as European delicacies – French oysters and foie gras, Spanish ham and prosciutto italyaskoe and simple but familiar products – for example, familiar from Soviet times Finnish cheese “Viola”, which is produced exclusively from the Finnish milk.
 
 In total in 2013 Russia imported food products worth $ 43 billion (data Sberbank CIV). Of this amount of goods, trapped under the sanctions, it accounted for about 20% ($ 8.4 billion), according to RBC calculations made on the basis of the FCS. Read more here
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In addition, a separate line in the blacklist added products technology with the production of cheese containing a 1.5% or more milk fat.

Despite the recent statement by the Ministry of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev, confectionery and canned fish to the list of prohibited for import into Russia of products is not included.

However, at a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the list of “zapreschenki” can be changed depending on how relations develop between Russia and Western countries.

«Unfortunately, the part of these countries we are no positive changes are visible. Our actions are due primarily to economic rather than political considerations, “- Medvedev said.

The head of government stressed that the Russian government asked farmers to keep grocery embargo” as long as possible “, as the ban” to give impetus to the whole Agriculture ».

« I hope that agricultural enterprises take advantage of these opportunities, and our people will get high-quality and delicious Russian products, “- said the prime minister.

7 August 2014 was unveiled a list of products that are prohibited from being imported into Russia from the United States, European Union, Canada, Australia and Norway. In accordance with the government are prohibited from being imported cattle meat, pork, poultry, meat, salted, dried or smoked fish and crustaceans, molluscs. Restrictions also touched upon the milk and milk products, cheese, cottage cheese, based on vegetable fats, sausages and similar products of meat, vegetables, roots, fruits and nuts.

A week later, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said that the list of products banned on August 7 to be imported into Russia, will be amended. Shortly thereafter, from the ban was withdrawn molokoproduktsiya lactose-free and protein concentrates of animal and vegetable origin and mixtures thereof, that is, sports nutrition, dietary supplements and vitamins and minerals, flavorings, dietary fiber, and dietary supplements.