Four years ago, in August 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin forbade import to Russia of certain agricultural products, raw materials and food from countries that have applied sanctions against Russia: US, EU States, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were meat, sausage, fish and seafood, vegetables, fruits, dairy products.

By the end of 2017, the food exports from Finland amounted to EUR 1.6 billion, reaching the level of 2014 before the introduction of Russia grocery embargo. The purpose of Helsinki — the growth of exports products to three billion euros by the end of 2020.

"What we lost on the Russian export, in three years we managed to catch up with other markets. Hits exports are dairy products, drinks and meat," said Brang. The locomotive grocery exports became butter. It delivery has grown in countries such as Sweden, Denmark and Poland.

"We opened new markets. For example, France, where the Finnish supplies of butter for the last five years increased ten times, reaching 65 million euros in 2017", — said the representative of the Food From Finland.

One of the most exotic new markets is Saudi Arabia, where Finnish butter began to be delivered from 2017.

In addition to dairy products, increasing the export of other products. Finnish poultry Munax increased in 2018 the export of eggs to Japan and Hong Kong, negotiations with South Korea.

"The production of Finnish eggs is ethical and environmentally friendly, we have not found Salmonella, we do not use antibiotics, in Finland, clean water and other conditions is also much better than in many other countries. This is our trump card in the Asian market", — said the Executive Director of Munax Janne Torikka in interview of broadcasting company Yle.

Takes its place in Asia and Finnish pork. The supplies involved, including the Atria and HKScan.

Only in 2018 presentations of Finnish products were held in Berlin, Dubai, Tokyo, Shanghai, Amsterdam and other cities.

Program Food From Finland brings together more than 100 Finnish food producers, including such companies as Valio Oy, Fazer, Hartwall Oy Ab, Kesko, Kyrö Distillery Company, Leader Foods Oy Myllyn Paras Oy Orkla Confectionery & Snacks Finland Ab, Pernod Ricard Finland Oy and others.

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