Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Trade Sonsoles Garcia in an interview with a TV channel Ecuavisa He said the country had provided a technical justification for Russia’s phytosanitary authority to review its ban on banana imports.
“The Ecuadorian government wants to get to the bottom of this issue from a technical perspective, and we are confident that we can refute any arguments against the export of our bananas,” he said.
Garcia added that the necessary documents were given to the Russian side for this.
February 2 reportedHe said that Rosselkhoznadzor is concerned about the situation with the unsafe supply of bananas from Ecuador to Russia. The agency requested Ecuador suspend banana certification effective February 5 for five exporters who violated the requirements. The press service of Rosselkhoznadzor noted that a dangerous quarantine object – the polyphagous humpback fly – was systematically detected in bananas from Ecuador.
India started before supply Bananas to Russia.