The Chinese General Administration of Customs says in its statement released on Thursday that it had authorized imports of Russian barley to the country, Izvestia reported.
"In accordance with laws and regulatory legislative acts of China and phytosanitary requirements to imports of barley from Russia, supplies of Russian barley ...
Russia will suspend supplies of pome and stone fruits from China starting August 10 due to cases of contaminated products' deliveries, RBC reports.
A representative of the country’s veterinary and phytosanitary watchdog (Rosselkhodnadzor) told reporters on Wednesday the ban will be extended on plums, nectarines, apricots, peaches, cherry plums, cherries,...
The captain of the Roxen, a Finnish fishing boat with an Estonian crew detained in the Baltic Sea in May by the Border Service of Russia for illegal fishing, has been released, his attorney Igor Voskoboinik told Interfax on Tuesday.
"Investigative authorities lifted the preventive measure for non-departure from the...
After growing consistently over the past decade, Russian poultry production dropped by 5.1% to 1.5 million tons in the first five months of the year, Global Meat News reported.
Frozen poultry production down by as much as 24% year-on-year, the news website wrote, citing official data and industry estimates. According...
Despite attempts of Chinese buyers to seal new contracts for U.S. farm goods, a tariff hike from Chinese commerce department on U.S. goods including agriculture products appeared to have darkened outlooks of possible deals amid lack of progress on trade talks, Financial World reported.
Meanwhile, China had approved wheat imports...
From August 19, Russia is introducing new rules for the transportation of fruits, vegetables and flowers across the country’s border, RBC reported last week. Under the new requirements, people will be allowed to transport no more than 5 kg of vegetables and fruits in their luggage without special phytosanitary...
Lawmakers in Russia’s State Duma, the lower house of parliament, approved an amendment cancelling the preferential VAT rate for palm oil and fixing its increase to 20%, RIA Novosti reports.
The amendment cancels application of the preferential VAT rate of 10% in respect of palm oil sales operations. The standard...
Russian wheat yields have dipped below last year’s level, raising questions about the current crop estimates, the country’s wheat harvest so far shows, according to Bloomberg.
The top wheat exporter processed the grain from 8.2 million hectares, and it revealed that yields fell 3% from a year earlier, Agriculture Ministry...
More and more Russian food producers are catering for the domestic Muslim community, which accounts for around 15 percent of Russia's population and is set to expand, and in some cases are also setting their sights on export, AFP reports.
The manager of a sausage factory near Moscow, Arslan Gizatullin...
Large areas of central and southern Russia have seen a major decline in their bee populations in recent months, BBC reported. The head of the Russian beekeepers' union, Arnold Butov, said 20 regions had reported mass bee deaths.
The affected regions include Bryansk and Kursk, south of Moscow, and Saratov...
