The Russian animal and plant health monitoring body Rosselkhoznadzor is waiting for Tunisian veterinary services to approve Russian veterinary certificates for imports of meat products from Russia,” Russian news agency Interfax reported on Monday, July 8, 2024. For its part, Rosselkhoznadzor will inspect Tunisian fishing companies interested in exporting their products to Russia.
The conditions for granting access to the Tunisian market for Russian animal products were discussed at a meeting between the adviser to the head of Rosselkhoznadzor, Vasily Lavrovsky, and the acting director of border control at the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Olfa Shin.
According to Interfax, Lavrovsky said that Russian companies are ready to export poultry, beef, lamb, processed meat products from poultry, beef, mutton, and goat, as well as plant-based pet food to Tunisia.
With these agreements, Russian agricultural exports to Tunisia could increase by a third compared to 2023 and reach $400 million in the short term, according to the Agroexport Center of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. Knowing that Russian exports of agricultural products to Tunisia have increased eightfold over the past 5 years, mainly wheat, barley, and sunflower oil.
