date:Sep 11, 2015
Russia has released a draft decree according to which it intends to stop meat imports from the US and EU.
The draft resolution was published on the Ministry of Economic Development's website.
Russia imports meat from different countries on the basis of a quota system. The draft decree proposes to maintain quotas on meat imports in 2016 at the level of current fiscal.
Currently, the upper limit for fresh or chilled beef is 40,000t, which comprises 29,000t from the EU. The quota for frozen bee