Russia began to supply peas to China by sea

The first ever vessel batch of Russian peas weighing 55 thousand tons, shipped from the ports of the Krasnodar Territory, successfully passed the inspection by the Main Customs Administration of the PRC, the Rosselkhoznadzor reported. The products are recognized as fully meeting the quarantine phytosanitary requirements and safety standards of China. The formation of the batch was carried out with the provision of full traceability of the movement of products, starting from the place of cultivation. This condition is fixed in the Protocol on phytosanitary requirements for Russian peas exported from Russia to China, signed with the Chinese side in October 2022. In total, since the beginning of 2023, according to the FSIS Argus-Fito, 150 thousand tons of peas have been shipped from Russia to China, grown mainly in the territory of the Siberian Federal District. Earlier this year, China's General Administration of Customs approved a list of 279 Russian companies planning to ship ...