Russia will replace Ukrainian lard with Chinese and Latin American

Ukrainian lard in Russia is planned to be replaced with lard from Brazil, China and Chile.

In Russia, they assured that the country would not remain without fat and promised to replace it with products imported from South American countries. This was stated by Minister of Agriculture of Russia Alexander Tkachev.

“Firstly, the decision on Ukraine was made “under special conditions.” A ban on the import of certain types of agricultural products from this country can come into force only if the government of Ukraine applies the economic part of the association agreement with the European Union. Now about the lard. The fact is that Ukraine does not supply lard to Russia, but imports fresh-frozen pork. And the share of this country in the total volume of pork supplies to our market is only about four percent. These volumes can confidently be replaced by domestic producers or other countries, for example, Brazil, China and Chile,” Tkachev said.

Moreover, he assured that Russia is actively increasing domestic meat production.

Recall, Russia has suspended the import of products from Ukraine and four more countries: Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein.

Earlier, in August 2014, Russia imposed an embargo on the import of products food from the countries that imposed sanctions on it because of the annexation of the Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Russia has banned the supply of beef, pork, poultry, cheeses, fruits and milk from the EU, the USA, Australia, Canada and Norway.