Turkey has officially confirmed the introduction of duties on Russian agricultural products. "The Ministry of agriculture of Russia is extremely surprised and disappointed by such attitude of the Turkish colleagues, because in the last 6 months, both parties stated the need to normalize bilateral trade relations", – stated in the message of the Minister of agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev.

Such a decision "may lead to complete cessation of the importation in Turkey of a number of names of Russian agricultural products", including cereals, legumes, oilseeds and vegetable oil.

Currently, Russia is actively diversifitsirovat markets. So, the planned increase in supply in countries in North Africa and the Middle East. In addition, in the future, the country can open up new markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa.

In the near budushem Russia rasschityvat to enter the market of Iran, which in the opinion of the Chairman of the Russian-Iranian business Council at the chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation Vladimir Obydenova capable of replacing Turkish.

However, the experts ' forecasts realisically: Executive Director of the centre "Sovekon" Andrey Sizov, the Vice-President of the Russian grain Union Alexander Korbut sure that Russia will not be able to completely replace the Turkey in the export of Russian grain.

We will remind, since March 15 the Turkish government established a duty on the Russian wheat and corn in the amount of 130%. The duty on rice is 45%, sunflower meal – 13,5%, for pulses of 9.7%.

Sunflower oil attention is also not deprived: it is a duty of 36% (with a customs value of at least $1,500 per ton), making oil delivery to Turkey is meaningless, said the Ministry of agriculture of Russia.

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