The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has announced that Russia's quota for tomato shipments from Turkey remains unfilled, with current shipments reaching 300 thousand tons out of a total quota of 350 thousand. Oksana Lut, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, expressed that Turkish tomatoes do not compete with Russian tomatoes in terms of quality and price, and suggested that future tomato quotas may be reduced. Lut also reported an increase in the production of greenhouse tomatoes by 7.7 percent and a slight increase in cucumber production with a decreasing trend in cucumber imports. The main areas for tomato production in Russia are Lipetsk, Stavropol, and Krasnodar.