Sigh of relief for BiH apple growers after lifting of Russian ban

Bosnia and Herzegovina apple growers are breathing a sigh of relief after foreign trade minister Mirko Šarovićit announced yesterday that the Russian apple ban, issued in January 2018, has been lifted.

The ban on apples from Bosnia and Herzogovina was implemented after it had been discovered that some of the apples being sent to Russia had actually come from Poland. Rosselkhoznadzor claims that the apples had been sent to BiH and had been repackaged and sent to Russia as a domestically grown product.

"This is good news for producers of fruit in BiH, and Russian representatives are expected to visit our country in the future, to take inventory and set the number of apples which can be exported to Russia. However, we need to be vigilant and prevent any kind of abuse or smuggling happening again in the future," said Šarovićit.

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