More than half of losses lie with dairy producers, MTK added. The European Union (EU) made a decision earlier to allocate additional €9 million to Finnish farmers to counter negative consequences of Russia’s ban on importing EU’s certain production. MTK expressed disappointment over the measure saying that "the European Commission does not understand the effect that Russia’s food embargo has on Finnish agricultural sector." .... http://tass.ru/en/economy
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Finnish farmers lose €400 million due to Russia’s ban on food imports from EU
Finnish farmers have lost €400 million euros due to food embargo imposed by Russia last year, Finland’s Central Union of Agricultural Producers (MTK) said in a report distributed on Tuesday.
More than half of losses lie with dairy producers, MTK added. The European Union (EU) made a decision earlier to allocate additional €9 million to Finnish farmers to counter negative consequences of Russia’s ban on importing EU’s certain production. MTK expressed disappointment over the measure saying that "the European Commission does not understand the effect that Russia’s food embargo has on Finnish agricultural sector." .... http://tass.ru/en/economy
More than half of losses lie with dairy producers, MTK added. The European Union (EU) made a decision earlier to allocate additional €9 million to Finnish farmers to counter negative consequences of Russia’s ban on importing EU’s certain production. MTK expressed disappointment over the measure saying that "the European Commission does not understand the effect that Russia’s food embargo has on Finnish agricultural sector." .... http://tass.ru/en/economy
