“We went out on all this nomenclature to completely cover all needs within the country.

Our industry is ready for those requests, for those challenges that may arise, ”he said.

In this regard, he noted, starting in July, they began to issue export permits.

“And in total, in a month and a half, products worth 2.5 billion rubles were delivered (this is in general for personal protective equipment),” the minister added.

According to Manturov, the companies supplied masks and medical suits to European countries, including Greece, Croatia, Serbia, and the countries of the Middle East.

Earlier, Manturov noted that the Russian industry can cope with three waves of coronavirus infection.

In June, the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced that Russian manufacturers were ready to export about 200 million medical masks a month.