RUSSIA DAIRY PRODUCT IMPORT RESTRICTIONS HITS EASTERN EUROPEAN PRODUCERS HARD
September 1st, 2007
BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIA'S new-found belligerence and confidence is not confined to the political and military sphere: in the past four years - and increasingly so in the past 12 months - Russia has adopted an aggressive, take-it-or-leave it stance when it comes to imports of dairy and other food products.
The country to take the brunt of this approach is Poland, which has been subjected to on-off dairy and meat export bans to Russian markets for more than 18 months. In 2005, Russia banned Polish dairy products, citing Polish violations of strict veterinary ...
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