Russian agricultural export has grown despite the embargo

Despite the food embargo, Hungary has been able to increase its export of food to Russia and to increase its joint venture cooperation – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture told MTI after meeting in Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Alekszandr Tkacsov on Monday, and taking part in the opening ceremony of the 25th ProdExpo International Food and Agricultural Professional Fair.

“Relations with Russia are very important for Hungary. We are dealing with such products with Russia that are not affected by the embargo and we were able to increase our exports in recent years, which is already close to the pre-embargo level. We are interested in making sure that both the turnover and the Hungarian participation in joint ventures to increase” – he added.