Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Russia to buy fresh fruit, vegetables and dairy products from Turkey


According to the information gathered from the Turkish press, within the context of of the sanctions related to the dispute regarding Ukraine, Russia has lately declared that Russia will stop purchasing meat, fish, fruits, vegatables and dairy products from EU, USA, Canada, Australia and Norway for one year and increase their purchases from Turkey in those areas. It is reported that Russia has contacted Turkish officials for further details about the purchases. 

Upon the developments, Union of Fresh Fruit and Vegertable Exporters in Turkey made a declaration that fresh food companies in Turkey should not be in big expectations about the declaration of Russia, stating that with the data given, there would not be a big gap in the Russian market of vegetables and fruits and the possible gap to occur can be filled in by Turkey very easily and furthermore Russia might meet those needs from other countries as well.

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