The reduction of imports of the Russian Federation chilled salmon and trout that have occurred specifically after the introduction of penalties, was completely replaced by supplies from Chile and from the Faroe Islands, according to the report of the Federal customs service (FCS) of Russia.

At the end of July the EU After the United States imposed sectoral economic sanctions against Russia, the position of which in Ukraine is at odds with the West. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and some other products.

The main supplier of chilled Atlantic salmon in the Russian Federation was Norway, which accounts in July 2014 accounted for 98% of total imports of this species of fish.

TCF conducted a data analysis of the Russian import of salmon and trout from July to October 2014." in July 2014 in the Russian Federation was imported 11762 tons of Atlantic salmon and trout, as well as among them chilled - 7029 tons of ice cream - 4733 tons

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