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The U.S. Census Bureau's export data tracks U.S. food and agricultural trade shipped directly to Romania. However, it does not measure the substantial levels of the U.S. agricultural trade to Romania routed through Western European ports of entry.

Russia, a net importer of consumer-oriented products, is the largest consumer market in Europe with almost 145 million consumers.

The Russian food processing industry is growing, driven by strong government support for domestic agricultural production and by an ambitious national goal of increasing food exports by 70 percent...

Romania and its 20 million consumers offer increasingly viable market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products.

Slovakia took over its first ever European Union (EU) Council Presidency on July 1, 2016.

Russia Extends Food Import Ban for 1 1/2 Years … Draft federal laws on retail trade in food products are ready for President’s signing… Tax Code amended…

Russian Ministry of Agriculture Discusses Cooperation with Hungarian AgroHoldings . . . Russian Ministry of Agriculture Ready to Continue Cooperation with Austria . . .

Russia’s stagnating economy has been the key factor affecting the domestic food market.

Russian retail sales turnover in 2014 grew by 2.5 percent year-on-year (in comparable prices) while, in value terms, the indicator reached $694 billion.

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On March 31, 2015, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture determined the level of prices for 2015 grain crop purchases to the State Intervention Fund.

Retail sales turnover in 2013 grew 3.9 percent year-on-year (valued at $744 billion) compared to growth of 6.3 percent in 2012.