About 70 million euros worth of Irish exports will be affected by Russia’s ban on imports from the European Union and other countries, state broadcaster RTE reported Friday.
About 40 million euros of those are in the dairy area, mostly milk powders and cheese, RTE said, quoting Aidan Cotter, chief executive of Board Bia, the Irish state agency with the aim of promoting sales of Irish food and horticulture both abroad and in Ireland itself.
The remaining affected areas are 20 million euros in seafood and 10 million euros in beef. However, a little over 100 million euros worth of exports to Russia are not affected.
About 12 processing plants in Ireland in the dairy, seafood and beef sectors had already had temporary bans placed on them by Russia before these latest restrictions.
“So some exporters already have been seeking out alternative outlets in that period,” Cotter was quoted as saying.
Russia announced Thursday it will ban fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, milk and dairy imports from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway.
The move is a retaliatory response to Western sanctions against Russia for its alleged support of the rebels in Ukraine.
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