In January-July the import of palm oil to Russia increased by 19%
In July, the volume of import amounted to 69.7 thousand tons, which is 14.8% less than in July last year, but 2.9% more than in June 2018.
In January-July this year the import of coconut, palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions to Russia decreased by 14.6% to 40.4 thousand tons. In July 2018 the import of these products amounted to 3.4 thousand tons, which is 29.1% less than in July 2017 and 38.3% less than in June this year.
The import of sunflower, safflower, cotton oil and their fractions increased for seven months by 45.9% - to 17.1 thousand tons. Deliveries of these products in July this year amounted to 1.9 thousand tons, which is 27.4% less than in July last year and 28.6% more than in June 2018.
According to Rosstat, the import of palm oil and its fractions to Russia in 2017 increased by 0.7% compared to 2016 year - up to 891 thousand tons. In July 2018 amendments to the technical regulations on the safety of milk and dairy products came into force. Now manufacturers of dairy products are required to specify information about the presence of vegetable oils in the milk-containing product with a milk fat substitute.
In addition, the Ministry of industry and trade of the Russian Federation prepared a draft resolution, which contains proposals to place milk-containing products with milk fat substitutes in stores separately from dairy products, which do not contain such substitutes.
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