Russia says to speed up partial resumption of Turkish tomato imports

Russia will allow imports of 50,000 tonnes of Turkish tomatoes from November 1, one month ahead of the original plan, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said after a meeting of the Russian-Turkish intergovernmental commission on Saturday, Reuters reported.

“We discussed the questions of (trade) limits removal, including tomato supplies from Turkey to Russia,” Novak, who co-chairs the commission, told reporters after the meeting in the central Russia city of Kazan.

“A decision about the possible start of supplies of 50,000 tonnes of tomatoes to Russia from November 1 has been prepared,” he added. “We agreed to continue working on removal of still existing (trade) limits.”