07 February 2004 10:48
RUSSIAN FOOD IMPORTS UP IN 2003
MOSCOW. Feb 6 (Interfax) - Russian imports of agricultural products increased to $11.2 billion in 2003, up from $10.3
in 2002, the Agricultural Ministry's regulation and quality control department deputy chief Alexander Lyakhovich
told a news conference in Moscow on Friday.
The press conference was timed to the opening of the international fair Prodexpo-2004 in Moscow.
At the same time, the percentage of agricultural products and food imports among total imports decreased from 23.9%
in 2002, to 21.3% in 2003, he said.
Sergei Seryogin, deputy head of the Agriculture Ministry's food and processing industry department, said food
imports in 2003 reached $7.8 billion, and the main suppliers were countries outside the CIS, who supplied products worth
$6.8 billion.
Imports accounted for 30% of the Russian food market in 2003, Seryogin said.
[Interfax] |
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