Izvestia reports that the Eurasian Economic Commission (ECE) reported that the supply of food products from Russia to the EEA countries increased by tens of percent for the year.
According to the department, which the newspaper was acquainted with, the export of Russian fish to the EEA countries in the first half of 2017 increased by 16.4% compared to the same period last year - to $ 34.8 million. At the same time, vegetable deliveries increased by 51.8% and amounted to $ 7.6 million, and the increase in meat supplies reached 29.4%.
The Ministry of Agriculture also notes that the increase in supplies to the countries of the EAEC is made to saturate the overall market of the association, and is also associated with the high saturation of the Russian market with fish, vegetables and meat.