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Russia imposed new restrictions on imports

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The Russian Government has recently announced that the country is imposing further bans on imports of livestock, meat and meat products from the European Union, the United States, and other countries that have imposed sanctions after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.

Posted on Oct 30 ,14:24

 

The Russian authorities said that the imposed restrictions on the import of these goods will not affect the domestic needs of Russia.

The countries on which the import ban will apply are the US, the countries of the European Union, Canada, Australia, the Kingdom of Norway, Ukraine, The Republic of Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of Iceland and the Principality of Liechtenstein.

The following items will not be allowed in the country:

- live pigs (with the exception of purebred breeding animals);

- fresh, chilled or frozen edible byproducts of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, mules and hinnies (with the exception of goods used in pharmaceutical production);

- fresh, chilled or frozen, salted, marinated, dried or smoked pork fat separated from lean meat, and poultry fat, neither rendered nor extracted by another method;

- pork fat (including lard) and poultry fat;

- cattle, sheep and goat fat’;

- lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo oil or animal oil, emulsified, mixed or prepared by any other method.

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