Bulgarian farmers that are damaged from Russian food embargo, have the opportunity to receive compensation from the EU in the amount of 396 thousand euros, said Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria on the development of EU funds Tomislav Donchev, reports.

Russia on August 7 last year limited the import of agricultural and food items from countries that have entered against her punishment: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, fruits, vegetables, cheeses and dairy products, nuts and several other products.

Speaking on the last working day of the week before the country's Parliament, Donchev said that Sofia has requested from the EU compensation for agricultural producers of the country for a total amount of 1, 4 million euros, but the European Union, having considered a hundred per cent of the applications were still blessed the payment of only 398 thousand euros.

Donchev said that for the first two months of 2015, total exports fell by 7%, and at the same time, the exports to Russia decreased by 35% compared With the same period last year.

in 2014 the share of exports to the Russian Federation amounted to 2, 4% of the total exports of the country that brought the country to 527 million euros, reports local news Agency " Focus ".

Donchev expressed hope that the conflict in Ukraine in the nearest time will End and Russia will lift the food embargo.

With eleven August, the European Commission has launched a number of measures to address the decline and stabilization of markets for vegetables and fruits. These measures, for example, provide compensation for the cost of the manufacturers that withdraw their products From the market, donate them for charitable purposes, for the destruction of refuse from harvest.

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