Russia bans import of over 300 tons of fruits and vegetables from Azerbaijan

The North Caucasus Interregional Department of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision of Russia (Rosselkhoznadzor) inspected the import of 31,300 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables into the country last month, Report informs, citing the Rosselkhoznadzor.

According to the information, it includes 16,600 tons of fruits (plums, apricots, cherries, apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, cherry plums, watermelons, etc.) and 14,700 tons of vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, eggplant, carrots, garlic, etc.) goes. Those products were inspected at the temporary storage warehouse Viaduk and the delivery point of Darbend railway station.

As a result, the agency did not allow the import of 183 tons of stone fruits (cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines), 136 tons of fresh peppers from Azerbaijan, as well as 14.7 tons of peaches from Iran, and 19.5 tons of plums from Turkiye to Russia.