"The harvesting of apples in the Southern Federal District and the North Caucasus Federal District this year began two weeks later than in 2019, which affected the price dynamics," the ministry quoted TASS as saying.
According to Rosstat, in July, apples in Russia went up by 7.4%.
Earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture reported that over the six years of the food embargo, Russia has reduced food imports by almost a third - to $ 30 billion.