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Putin promised to allow the import of Turkish tomatoes in winter
The restrictions on the import of tomatoes to Russia from Turkey will be removed during the winter. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Interfax reports.
Türkiye will be able to supply tomatoes in the off -season period, when there is a shortage on the Russian market. At the same time, he added that while the restrictions on the import of tomatoes will remain.
“This is due to the production of the same tomatoes that you talked about. Our agricultural producers took significant amounts of loans and credit resources. This is a fairly long production cycle associated in our climatic conditions with the construction of greenhouse structures and so on. Therefore, on this type of goods, restrictions are still left, ”he explained his position.
Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich admitted that the restrictions on the import of tomatoes will remain another three to five years, but promised that they would “be flexible”, Prime reports.
Russia and Türkiye agreed to remove restrictions on the supply of all other products, Putin noted. This will affect Russian grain, added Dvorkovich.
The Federal Air Transport Agency will also withdraw Turkey notification of the possible restriction of charter flights, the Deputy Prime Minister said.
The visa -free regime for Turkish citizens will not be introduced in the near future, the president said. He explained this with a terrorist threat. Russia, however, may introduce visa bastards for Turkish entrepreneurs.
According to the report of the RANEPA, the Gaidar and the WAVT Institute, Russia lost up to $ 1.5 billion due to restrictions on the import of tomatoes from Turkey. It also led to an increase in the cost of tomatoes in stores.
As Bloomberg wrote , Turkey supplied about 70% of tomatoes to Russia. Turkish losses from the introduction of the ban estimate at $ 250 million.