Russia: Amur Region has increased export of agricultural products to China by 40%

- Vasily Alexandrovich, the Amur Region, like other regions of the Russian Federation, has been living in a pandemic for almost a year. How was this year for the region? - The Amur Region is a border region. The border with China closed quite tightly in January last year. Then no one knew yet what a coronavirus was and how to treat it. Naturally, we immediately stopped the exchange of tourist groups. This is a serious stress for the tourism industry because our tourism is mainly tied to China. At the same time, we managed not only to maintain, but also to increase the cargo turnover with the PRC. This was made possible thanks to the extensive experience of working with Chinese partners and, of course, compliance with certain epidemiological requirements. This is important for us, because the key export position of the region is agricultural products, if we do not take into account the export of electricity. Of course, the share of electricity is large. But agriculture is ...