Russian embargo: Agri-food exports lost 1.3 billion in 6 and a half years

Made in Italy agri-food exports to Russia have lost over 1.3 billion in the last six and a half years due to the embargo decided by Putin which still affects an important list of European products with a ban on the entry of fruit and vegetables, cheeses , meat and cured meats, but also fish, as a retaliation for the sanctions of the European Union. This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti on the occasion of the visit of the high representative of European foreign policy Josep Borrell to meet his counterpart Serghei Lavrov after the conviction of the opponent Alexei Navalny. The agri-food sector - explains Coldiretti - is the only sector still directly affected by the embargo decided by Russia with decree no. 778 of 7 August 2014 and renewed several times which led to the complete elimination of exports to Russia of the products on the black list, from Parmigiano Reggiano to Grana Padano, from Parma ham to San Daniele ham, but also fruit and vegetables. To the direct ...