The Turkish authorities in March deprived Russia of the right to duty-free supply of wheat, corn and sunflower meal.

The Turkish authorities in March deprived Russia of the right to duty-free supply of wheat, corn and sunflower meal.

This was told by Dmitry Rylko, director general of the Institute for Agrarian Market Studies (IKAR).

"Turkey suspended issuing licenses for duty-free supplies of wheat, corn and sunflower meal from a number of countries since March 15, but first of all it concerns a key supplier - Russia," he said.

According to him, shipments of these products from Russia are almost stopped. Rylko clarified that now the Russian Federation is forced to supply wheat on duty at 130%, which makes its deliveries impossible, reports Interfax.

As the Internet portal Kuban 24 wrote, in Russia, on January 1, 2016, a ban was imposed on tomatoes, onions and shallots, cauliflower and broccoli, cucumbers and gherkins, oranges, mandarins and citrus hybrids, grapes, apples, pears , Apricots, peaches and nectarines, plums and thorns, strawberries and strawberries from Turkey.

In the Ministry of Agriculture of Turkey on May 6, 2016, they expressed the hope that Russia would abolish restrictions on the import of agricultural products. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation urged not to hurry to lift the ban on products from Turkey.

Yulia Melano, an official representative of the Rosselkhoznadzor, said on August 16, 2016 that Russia is ready to lift the embargo if the Turkish side strengthens the phytosanitary safety of its fruits, vegetables and berries. The import of some agricultural goods from Turkey was allowed in early October 2016. The Russian government in March lifted the ban on the supply of onions, cauliflower, broccoli and carnations from Turkey.