A working meeting has been held between the Rosselkhoznadzor and the National Bureau of Health Safety and Food Products of the Kingdom of Morocco. According to the Russian authorities, Morocco exports large volumes of citrus fruits to Russia, as well as a significantly rising amount of tomatoes, peaches, pears, apples and other plant products.
Meanwhile, due to Russia's position against imports from EU countries and the special economic measures against Turkey, there is an awareness of a significantly higher risk of the arrival of illegal exports.
In order to ensure the interests of the state, as well as the phytosanitary security of the country, the Rosselkhoznadzor is carrying out extensive work on the authorisation of the phytosanitary certificates that accompany the shipments arriving in Russia. As a result of this activity, a total of 140 cases of fake Moroccan phytosanitary documents were detected in 2015. For its part, the Moroccan side noted that the bulk of plant products from Morocco to Russia arrive directly by sea.
The Moroccan authorities have pointed out that the increased export of fruit to Russia is connected with the desire of Moroccan traders to further improve their share of the Russian market (at the expense of Turkey). At the same time, representatives of the North African country assured us that they have the capacity to achieve this, supplying Russia with products that meet all their phytosanitary requirements.
Source: fruit-inform.com
