Light brown: food embargo is a kind of protection for the domestic market and our producer

December 8, MINSK. The food embargo is a kind of protection for the domestic market and provision for our producer. Mikhail Rusy, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Council of the Republic on Regional Policy and Local Self-Government, told the newspaper about this, BelTA informs.

“As far as MILK is concerned, we sell 60% of milk and dairy products for EXPORT. The domestic market is provided for them. If, for example, we talk about cheeses that we import - parmesan, hard, soft, then the whole range is produced at our enterprises. Moreover, many of our products are much better in quality and price than European ones. For beef, it is similar. We have enough beef, we export a large amount. We also export more than 250,000 tons of poultry to different countries," the senator said.

According to him, both in Europe and at our poultry farms and plants, the technologies are the same. Our plus is that we use fewer antibiotics and poultry growth inhibitors, which makes our products even better.

“Therefore, these measures are a kind of protection of the domestic market and provision for our manufacturer. They are justified, correct, adequate, timely. And every manufacturer on the other side should think about what their government is doing by applying sanctions against us. But they are on our knees "They won't deliver, they won't violate our market. And they will violate the market of their own countries," Mikhail Rusy is convinced. "All this will also affect the profits of their enterprises. All this will come back to haunt both farmers and processors. We were not the first to start. The countries that were unfriendly to us were the first to start. But there is no trouble. We have enough food. Food security is guaranteed in all areas: in terms of types, volumes, quality, and commodity groups. We are ready to compete with any European country."