Russia: The Ministry of Agriculture proposes to establish a quota for the import of seeds
Russia
Published Sep 1, 2022
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The Ministry of Agriculture proposes to establish a quota for the import of seeds of potatoes, sunflower, wheat and meslin, rye, barley, corn, soybeans, rapeseed and sugar beets. The corresponding draft government decree is published on the portal of regulatory legal acts. The measure is expected to be in effect until the end of 2022. The volume of the quota has not yet been set, it will be determined by the Ministry of Agriculture together with the Federal Antimonopoly Service and the Ministry of Economic Development.
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The document proposes to ban the import of seeds of these agricultural crops from the USA, EU countries, Canada, Australia, Norway, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The comments to the draft resolution say that in recent years Russia has become highly dependent on the supply of foreign seeds. “In the context of the establishment of restrictions by unfriendly states on the import of certain types of agricultural products into the territory of Russia, it is proposed to establish a mechanism for quoting the import of imported seeds into the territory of Russia,” the document says. Vice-President of the Russian Grain Union Alexander Korbut believes that there will be no sense in the new measure, since agricultural producers have already decided which varieties of agricultural crops they will use in the new season. “As a result, they are being asked to change their plans, although it is quite possible that someone has already ...
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