Belarus at the request of Russia has restricted the import of Ukrainian potato
Minsk, at the request of the Russian capital Thursday imposed a temporary Ban on import of Ukrainian food potato, said the Commissioner of the Ministry of agriculture of Belarus. according to him, the story is about the early varieties of potatoes." The grades of late potato Belarus produces in the right quantities to satisfy domestic demand and supply on export ", - stated in the Ministry of agriculture, RIA " Novosti." How long will last the Ban, it's hard to say. Until not be lifted quarantine. The interdiction is entered in connection with the discovery of Golden potato nematode in shipments of potatoes imported into the space of Russia, " the Ministry said. The Commissioner of the Ministry reminded that such resolution approved in connection with the repeated appeals of the Federal service for veterinary and phytosanitary surveillance of the Russian Federation and in accordance with articles 6 and 8 of the Treaty of the Customs Union on quarantine of plants from eleven December 2009, the principles of international agreement on quarantine and plant protection (1951, as amended 1997) ". Before Russia also introduced time limits on the import of food potato of Ukraine of June 16. The conclusion about the ban made due to the fact that in the Ukrainian potatoes periodically detected quarantine in the Russian Federation the object - Golden potato nematode.