IRISH HARDEST HIT BY RUSSIAN BAN ON BOVINE OFFAL AND FATS
October 1st, 2014
IRELAND has been especially hard hit by the latest expansion of Russia’s ban on European Union (EU) meat exports, figures released today by the European Commission reveal.Moscow has expanded its existing import restrictions to cover beef offal and beef fats. The Commission said EU exports overall of beef offal to Russia this January-August (2014) were worth EUR47 million (31,029 tonnes), and for beef fats, EUR9.9 million (9,629 tonnes). Irish exports to Russia accounted or a greater proportion of both these products than sales from any other EU member state – ...
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