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Russia and U.S. Sign Agreement to Fight Illegal Fish Catch . . . VPSS Restricts Fish and Seafood Transit . . . GOR Allocated Subsidies for Development of Dairy and Vegetable Sectors . . .

With the slowing economy and weak ruble, the Russian food service sector has made some shifts of customers from expensive restaurant formats to casual places, from casual dining to fast casual format.

Russia announced on December 1 a ban on Turkish fruits, vegetables, and poultry.

This report contains summaries of relevant decisions and documents from the Armenia-BelarusKazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan Russia Eurasian Economic Union meetings, published between September and December 2015.

This report highlights export certification requirements for Russia.

This report is an overview of general legal and technical requirements imposed by the Russian Federation for food and agricultural imports.

Russian retail sales turnover in 2014 grew by 2.5 percent year-on-year (in comparable prices) while, in value terms, the indicator reached $694 billion.

The devaluation of the Russian ruble in 2015 has had a positive impact on hotels in Russia.

On November 21, 2015, the Russian Government issued a Decree on the distribution of Russia’s 2016 tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for beef, pork, and poultry.

Eurasian Economic Commission adopted the Amendments to the Unified Sanitary-Epidemiological and Hygiene Requirements for Commodities Subject to Sanitary-Epidemiological Surveillance (Control).

Russian Bans Imports of Some Turkish Food Products . . . Russian Salmon Harvest in 2015 Smaller Than Expected . . . Eurasian Economic Commission (EAEC) Adopts New Maximum Residue Limits . . .

On November 28, 2015, the Russian Government issued Decree No. 1285 imposing a temporary export ban on hides and skins which fall under HS codes 410411 and 410419 from November 30 until May 30, 2016.