MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/. The Rusprodsoyuz association does not see any difficulties so far with Ecuadorian bananas supplies to Russia but it is early to make any forecasts, deputy chairman of the association Dmitry Leonov told TASS.

"It is premature to give any forecasts for the time being. Imports of bananas by Russia were more than 1.306 mln metric tons within eleven months of 2023. Ecuador accounted for key deliveries (over 1.302 mln metric tons). We do not see any difficulties with supplies of bananas from Ecuador to Russia so far," Leonov said.

Gang violence erupted in Ecuador on January 7, following the prison escape of a gang leader known as Fito, who heads the Los Choneros gang. Riots occurred in several penitentiary establishments after that. President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declared the state of emergency in the country on January 8.