‘Tomato War’ with Turkey: Interim Results

Abstract

On 15 March, 2017 Russia was barred from importing products with zero duty rates, including grain, to Turkey, which became the next episode of “tomato war” with this country. This “war” vacated the niche of $0.5 billion in Russia for local tomato and cucumber producers, but also created problems for Russia’s exports of grain, vegetable oil, and food industry waste for fodder to Turkey amounting to $1.3–1.5 billion.