The government may introduce quotas for seed imports to Russia

The Russian government is considering the introduction of quotas for the import of foreign seeds, told Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko in an interview with RIA Novosti on SPIEF.

“As for quotas for the import of foreign seeds, this idea is being worked out, we will most likely see such decisions at the government site soon,” she said.

The Cabinet of Ministers has already discussed this issue with the Association of European Businesses (AEB), whose representatives expressed concern about the possible closure of the Russian market.

“Negotiations did not lead to foreigners refusing to work in Russia. We will not be left without seeds,” the Deputy Prime Minister stressed.

Abramchenko explained that now in Russia potatoes, sugar beet, corn and sunflower are most dependent on seed imports, the level of self-sufficiency in them will reach in 2030 the threshold values ​​of 75% provided for by food security doctrines.

“What is important, import substitution should not be fictitious, Russian seeds should be in the ground, and not just in the register,” she summed up.

Ministry of Agriculture, wrote in May, Vedomosti plans to increase the amount of maximum compensation by more than 5,000 times during the construction and modernization of seed production facilities for growing greenhouse vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.). For open (tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, etc.) soil, support will also be increased, but by 165 times.

Now the Ministry of Agriculture is ready to compensate investors 50%, provided that the cost of setting up the production of every 1000 kg of seeds of any vegetable soil does not exceed 1.39 million rubles. Anything that companies spend in excess of this amount is not taken into account when calculating compensation. Now it is proposed to reimburse 50% of 70 million rubles. to create capacities for the production of every 10 kg of seeds for greenhouse vegetables and 300 kg of open ground.