New Delhi: India has began supplying bananas to Russia with export volumes deliberate to be elevated sooner or later, media studies stated.
Russia was earlier importing bananas from Ecuador in massive portions however has now determined to cease shopping for the fruit from the Latin American nation because the product has discovered to be tainted.
“The primary batch of bananas from India reached Russia in January 2024, with the following provide deliberate by the tip of this February. The volumes of export of Indian bananas to the Russian market shall be elevated sooner or later,” the report cited Russian Federal Service of Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision as saying.
In keeping with some media studies, Moscow has taken robust exception to Ecuador sending navy tools purchased from Russia to the USA for onward provide to Ukraine. The choice to cease banana imports from Ecuador is seen as a fallout of this improvement.
Nonetheless, Russian authorities didn’t point out diplomatic variations with Ecuador as the explanation for stopping imports from the nation.
Russia’s meals security watchdog has mentioned points associated to provides of fruits from India to Russia with representatives of the nation’s Directorate of Plant Safety, Quarantine and Storage of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The Indian aspect expressed curiosity in growth of the vary of provides of fruits to the Russian market, the report stated.
In keeping with the UN Meals and Agriculture Group (FAO), India is the world’s largest producer of bananas, having produced 33 million tons of bananas in 2023, adopted by China (12 million tons), and Indonesia (8.7 million tons).
