Russia's food imports bans amid Ukraine sanctions
summary：Russia said on Thursday it had stopped imports of Ukrainian juice, Moscow's latest trade ban following new Western sanctions over Ukraine....
Russia said on Thursday it had stopped imports of Ukrainian juice, Moscow's latest trade ban following new Western sanctions over Ukraine.The move came a day after Moscow banned imports of fruit and vegetables from Poland. Russia is also considering restrictions on all or some fruit imports from the European Union.
Below is a list of major food imports banned by Russia since the start of 2014:
- AUSTRALIA: beef imports banned in late March;
- LATVIA: pork imports stopped in May;
- LITHUANIA: pork imports suspended in late January;
- MOLDOVA: fruit imports starting from July 21, meat imports were limited in early July;
- POLAND: most of fruit and vegetable imports starting from Aug. 1;
- UKRAINE: dairy supplies starting from July 28 and juice supplies from July 29.