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Which countries have benefited from Russia's food embargo?

19 Aug 2015

• 19 Aug 14:56

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Just over a year ago, Russia announced anembargoon Western food imports in retaliation for a series of U.S. and EU sanctions imposed on Moscow over its role in the Ukrainian conflict. Russia has not fully succeeded in substituting the imports of foodstuffs banned under the embargo with supplies from other countries, although back in the fall of 2014, the plan was to boost imports from South America and Asia. Yet, according to statistics, some countries have benefited from the Russian food embargo: Pakistan, Belarus, Serbia, and Chile "The rate of the decrease in the import of embargoed food is comparable with the rate of the decrease in overall imports. This. Read more...