Astana. January 20th. KazTAG - Kazakhstan temporarily restricted the importation of tomatoes from Azerbaijan, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan reports.
"When performing quarantine phytosanitary control in the fruits of tomatoes from Azerbaijan in 17 cases, the brown wrinkle virus Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (TRRFV) was revealed. In this regard, the Committee (State Inspects in the APK MSH RK - KazTag) introduced a temporary quarantine phytosanitary measure. In accordance with ISPM International Standards No. 13, the Guidelines for Notification on Missing and Emergency Action "corresponding to the Azerbaijani Agency aimed. Restrictive measures have been introduced from January 16, 2021 in order to prevent the dissemination of this virus on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, "Kazakhstan reported in the Ministry of Agriculture.
As explained in the MCS, the brown wrinkle virus of tomato fruits (TRFV) can lead to a loss of grain harvest by 30-70%.
"The Committee of the State Inspectorate in the agro-industrial complex of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan sent a letter to the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor - KazTag), which announced the discovery of the tomato fruits in the Azerbaijani tomatoes (Trefv). The document notes that vegetables were received from the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Kazakhstan on January 2 and 12, 2021, accompanied by phytosanitary certificates issued by the National Organization for Quarantine and Protection of Azerbaijan Plant, "reported on this occasion in Rosselkhoznadzor.
Recall, in early January, Rosselkhoznadzor publicly expressed "concern" the importation of allegedly infected Kazakhstan tomatoes in Russia, and then prevented their imports at all. However, on January 16, the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan also pointed out the falsity of the information of the Russian department, indicating, among the arguments, the results of an independent laboratory in the Netherlands. On January 19, it became known that Rosselkhoznadzor partially abolished restrictions on the importation of Kazakh tomatoes and peppers - restrictions were removed from the production of Greenhouse-Qaztomat LLP. On the same day, it turned out that Russia retained the restrictions on the import of tomatoes from some regions of Kazakhstan.