Putin says attention should be paid to quality when canceling products import restrictions

Business & Economy July 28, 2016, 15:26

The Russian president held a meeting with the chairman of the National Union of Vegetables Producers

VERKHANOVO VILLAGE, July 28. /TASS/. Russia will pay attention to quality of products when making the decision to cancel import restrictions, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

"We will pay attention to quality in this case (when deciding on cancellation of foreign agricultural products import ban)," the president said.

Many producers shifted their focus from cucumbers to tomatoes after import of agricultural products from Turkey was restricted, Chairman of the National Union of Vegetables Producers Sergey Korolyov said at the meeting with the President.

Turkey’s foods are "poor quality and unsafe," Korolyov added.

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