Moscow - The Russian Agriculture Ministry may reduce salt supplies from Ukraine, but it is not forecasting any shortages.
“One of the main suppliers of salt to Russia is located in Ukraine, there are fears that supplies will be complicated, despite the fact that there are no restrictions on the import of salt into Russia,” Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister Andrei Volkov told journalists on Nov. 14 in Moscow.
Nevertheless, he said, there will be no salt shortage, because there is domestic production in the country and a large part of the salt supplied from Ukraine because supplies from there were more profitable.
“The flows are being reviewed today, I am certain that the balance will be normal,” he said.
Speaking on Nov. 14 at a food forum, Volkov said that for Russia to achieve food security for salt, the share of domestic production must be no less than 80 percent. At present the share is lower, but he did not name a figure.
