Russia has introduced 70-day quarantine for the vegetables imported from Azerbaijan via Dagestan, haqqin.az reports, citing the statement of the State Customs Committee (SCC) of Azerbaijan.

According to the source, the return of products, especially tomatoes, sent by farmers and entrepreneurs to Russia has dramatically increased. The formal reason for that is the wrong documentation of such export by Azerbaijani shippers, and first of all, the wrong certificate of origin.

"In 2016, the tomato export to the Russian Federation is carried out by the same persons as in 2015, when there were no problems. In connection with the formed situation, the SCC officially applied to and is intensively working with the relevant Russian organizations," the SCC statement reads.  

The Azerbaijani SCC also noted that without such a certificate the goods from Azerbaijan are not exported at all. The Committee pointed out to the fact that Dagestan has no relevant laboratory, and thus the samples of goods supplied from the Azerbaijani goods are sent for examination to Moscow, that taking up to 10 days, during which period the product spoils.