ITALIAN FOOD EXPORTS TO RUSSIA DOWN 63 PERCENT IN AUGUST 2014
October 1st, 2014
Italy’s food producer association Coldiretti has said Italian food exports to Russia fell 63% in August compared the same month the previous year, after the one-year import ban on European Union (EU) meat, fish, dairy products, fruit and vegetables imposed by Moscow on August 7. The cost to Italy’s food and agricultural sector could be EUR200 million over the 12 months of the ban said Coldiretti. Its head of economics Lorenzo Bazzana told just-food: “Exports to Russia for the entire food sector affected by the ban amounted to EUR167 million last year and we ...
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