On February 26, 2020, a practical seminar on "Measures of state support for exporters of agricultural products of the Russian Federation"was held in Moscow.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation together with the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Agroexport" held a training seminar on state support measures aimed at improving the competitiveness of Russian agricultural companies. The program of the event included issues of preferential lending to exporters of agricultural products, subsidizing agricultural products, subsidizing transport costs for the export of agricultural products, and features of the implementation of the Federal Project "Export of Agricultural Products". Special attention was paid to
Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 512 of 26.04.2019 "On Granting Subsidies from the Federal Budget to Russian Credit Organizations, International Financial Organizations and the State Development Corporation" VEB.of the Russian Federation" on compensation of the income lost by them on the credits issued to the agricultural producers who have concluded agreements on increase of competitiveness (except for agricultural consumer cooperatives), the organizations and individual entrepreneurs carrying out production, primary and (or) subsequent (industrial) processing of agricultural products and their sale, at a preferential rate", attention is focused on expanding the list of target areas for the purchase, including wild plants for fruit, vegetable and berry products.