European and Turkish fruit and vegetables in Russia is more than can substitute for Uzbekistan. From the beginning, the Uzbek shipments of citrus to Russia grew more than 50 times. This was stated today by Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow with President of Uzbekistan.
“10 % increase in total supply from Uzbekistan, and on some goods considerably more. Some vegetables – up to 10 times. For grapes 20 times, and citrus – in 54 times. This, of course, essential to the Russian market as a whole. I think that for your farmers this is also a great help to develop such a big market like Russia,” – said Vladimir Putin.
The impetus for the rapid development of bilateral trade was given a retaliatory food sanctions Russia against the EU and Turkey. With the beginning of the year Moscow banned imports of a number of Turkish goods, primarily agricultural products.
