Russian agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor is limiting imports of quarantinable produce from the five Uzbek exporters who have committed the most violations of phytosanitary requirements from July 23 onwards.
Most of the produce imported from them is vegetables and green crops - in particular, cabbage and cauliflower, onion, dill, parsley, beetroots and tomatoes. The imports also include grapes.
"This decision has been taken due to an increase in the frequency of quarantine organisms being detected in imports of quarantinable produce from Uzbekistan to Russia," Rosselkhoznadzor said.
There have been 132 detections of quarantine organisms since the beginning of 2026, including tomato brown rugose fruit virus, South American tomato pinworm, Western flower thrips and beet necrotic yellow vein virus.
"The systematic violation of Russian and international phytosanitary regulations confirms that Uzbekistan's system is insufficiently effective in ensuring the safety of quarantinable produce supplied to the Russian market," Rosselkhoznadzor said.
