Farmers call on EU for help in lifting Russian ban

Russians claim it was caused by alleged forgeries of Polish veterinary certificates. The Polish producers pointed out that in the long run the ban may cause the storage of meat surpluses within the EU, therefore they hope that the EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fisher Boel will intervene. MEPs promised to undertake action towards solving the problem. While the National Poultry Council estimates three months of  exports to Russia to be worth EUR 0.8 million, the Polish Association of Producers, Exporters and Importers of Meat says that in a few months the exports of meat to Russia totaled EUR 25-30 million. (Puls Biznesu, p.6) J.L.