It is reported TASS with reference to the head of the Association of producers of fruits, berries and planting material of Igor Muhanin. In his opinion, this will help to ensure the safety of fruits and their true origin (often fruit from Belarus are imported from the sanctions countries with fake documents). Also Muhanin offers not to close on the three months of autumn fruit market and actively build new storage capacity. He noted that in this period there is an excess of supply, in contrast to the spring. Thus, according to him, Russia has a lot of fruit and store it almost anywhere. According to estimates of experts, Russia is not more than 35 percent of the required number of repositories. According to the Association, annually provides up to 16 thousand hectares of gardens. Note that they annually collect at least 200 thousand tons of fruit. This amount is more than enough for the population.

Other manufacturers also agree with my colleague. The head of one of the largest in the Kuban Apple companies Oleg Rienow considers products from Belarus are potentially dangerous. He suggested that the Rosselkhoznadzor has demanded from foreign manufacturers permission to import and test according to the method of production and use drugs. The gardener said that such methods are used in the United States and other developed countries. The head of the other largest in the region manufacturer of fruit "Svetlogorsk" Igor Evdokimov agreed that, except April and may, the region is always an overabundance of fruit, causing it to have to sell at low prices.

At the same time, the prices growers are not worried. Many of them noted that the share of Belarusian import of apples to Russia is not big enough to influence the cost. But they clarify that we are talking about real Belarusian apples. Some manufacturers also declare that they are ready to compete and confident in higher quality fruit.

Recall that the Rosselkhoznadzor on July 24 lifted a ban on the supply of apples from Belarus in connection with the security proof by the competent office of the Republic of 50 companies. He previously had been imported since April 12 because of allegations of re-export and the lack of data on importers and the volume of production and storage. Such violations are not uncommon for Belarusian providers. In the last few years have seen dozens of cases of import of this fruit from a fake, including the broken marking from the EU, and without documents or with false labeling of the allowed countries of Africa, Latin America and others.

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