Azerbaijan remained the largest supplier of tomatoes and one of main supplier of apples to Russia among the CIS countries in 2021.
According to the head of Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Sergey Dankvert, in the reporting year, the export of plant products from Azerbaijan to Russia increased by three percent, from 523,800 tons [in 2020] to 539,700 tons. The head of Rosselkhoznadzor also said that the export of tomatoes amounted to 130,000 tons. For apples, the number was 60,200 tons.
After the introduction of restrictions on the import of these crops into Russia in December 2020, Rosselkhoznadzor, together with FSA, conducted a video monitoring of their cultivation areas, as a result of which, step by step, 212 tomato and 76 apple producers were able to resume exports.
Source: azernews.az
