“Since the adoption of this measure, more than 127 thousand tons of food products have been imported with exemption from import duties, 50% of which are potatoes,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

He clarified that the amount of preferences for business amounted to 2 billion rubles,

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development announced that the Customs Subcommittee approved the introduction of a ban on the export of grain crops from Russia to the EAEU countries until the end of August.