Watchdog restricts exports of cereals from Mar 20 for 10 days

MOSCOW, Mar 23 (PRIME) -- Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Oversight has imposed temporary restrictions on the export of all types of cereal products from March 20 for a period of 10 days, according to a letter of the watchdog’s deputy head Yulia Shvabauskene to the regional authorities of the service and seen by PRIME on Monday.

“The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Oversight introduces a temporary ban on the export of all types of cereals from March 20, 2020 for a period of 10 days until special instructions from the working group of the State Council of the Russian Federation to prevent the importation and spread of new coronavirus infection in the Russian Federation,” the document said.

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