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This report highlights export certification requirements for Russia.

This report is an overview of general legal and technical requirements imposed by the Russian Federation for food and agricultural imports.

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.

The devaluation of the Russian ruble in 2015 has had a positive impact on hotels in Russia.

On November 21, 2015, the Russian Government issued a Decree on the distribution of Russia’s 2016 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for beef, pork, and poultry.

Eurasian Economic Commission adopted the Amendments to the Unified Sanitary-Epidemiological and Hygiene Requirements for Commodities Subject to Sanitary-Epidemiological Surveillance (Control).

Russian Bans Imports of Some Turkish Food Products . . . Russian Salmon Harvest in 2015 Smaller Than Expected . . . Eurasian Economic Commission (EAEC) Adopts New Maximum Residue Limits . . .

On November 28, 2015, the Russian Government issued Decree No. 1285 imposing a temporary export ban on hides and skins which fall under HS codes 410411 and 410419 from November 30 until May 30, 2016.

The Eurasian Economic Commission published draft amendments No. 3 to the EAEU Technical Regulation “On Food Safety” for public comments.

It is estimated that in 2015 milk deliveries in Estonia will decline by 3 percent compared to the previous year’s level.

In 2014, Russia’s GDP grew 0.6 percent compared to 1.3 percent in 2013 and fell 3.6 percent in first half of 2015.

A slowing economy, falling consumer purchase power, a food import ban, and a depreciating Russian ruble are all expected to lower demand in MY 2015 for imported apples by 6.5 percent...