During the first ten months of 2025, Russian plant quarantine authorities monitored the entry of over 109,900 tonnes and 50,100 items of imported plant products into Krasnoyarsk Krai. Imports included 64,300 tonnes of fruits (watermelons, melons, apricots, pomelos, grapes, peaches, pears, apples, bananas, and others) and 41,100 tonnes of vegetables (peppers, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, garlic, onions, zucchini, radish, and more) from China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Additional imports included 23.7 tonnes of herbs from Kazakhstan and Armenia, and 50,100 cut flowers from Thailand and China.
Fumigation and quarantine inspections identified 324 cases of quarantine pests, including red, mulberry, and Californian scale insects, Comstock mealybug, western flower thrips, four-spotted grain beetle, dodders, South American tomato pinworm, oriental codling moth, melon fly, Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, and brown rot. Appropriate phytosanitary measures were applied to all affected shipments.
Sverdlovsk Region
In Sverdlovsk Region, between October 1 and November 7, authorities issued 14 warnings to importers for failing to notify the arrival of 26,400 tonnes of fruits and vegetables, including onions, garlic, cabbage, cucumbers, melons, and berries, and for not presenting goods for quarantine inspection.
Omsk Region
Omsk Region saw around 60,000 tonnes of regulated plant products imported between January and October, triple the volume of the previous year. 2,800 consignments of fruits, vegetables, and more than 2.3 million cut flowers were inspected. Quarantine pests were detected in 264 consignments, including Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, oriental codling moth, Californian scale, western flower thrips, Comstock mealybug, and dodders. 26 consignments were destroyed, while 76 consignments underwent fumigation and subsequent testing before being cleared for sale. A notable case involved 22 tonnes of tomatoes from Uzbekistan, found infected with Tomato brown rugose fruit virus and treated before distribution.
Dagestan
In Dagestan, between November 1 and 11, 1,500 consignments weighing 26.5 tonnes were inspected. Authorities identified four quarantine pests: oriental codling moth in apples, western flower thrips in peppers, Mediterranean fruit fly in mandarins, and South American tomato pinworm in tomatoes, totaling 93 tonnes. All affected consignments underwent quarantine treatment before being released for sale. Additionally, 18 consignments were returned to exporters for violations of packaging and labeling requirements under EAEU quarantine rules.
Source: fsvps.gov.ru
