date:Jul 01, 2014
ts different partners and domestic producers.
The trade ban has exposed the EU farming sector to significant losses. In 2013, in the year preceding the Russian restrictions, the value of EU pork exports to Russia reached 1.4 billion, which was around 25% of the whole EU exports. Russia is the EUs third largest trading partner and the EU is Russias second largest export destination for agricultural products. Overall, in 2013, the EU exported 123 billion of goods to Russia and imported 232 billio