Roma, 6 Mar – Sanctions on Russia they hurt. That's how they hurt. Even Italian farmers know this well, whose exports to the president's country Putin have suffered a severe blow after the Russian government, to react to the unfortunate measures also adopted by the EU in response to the Ukraine crisis, he established, In the 2014, the ban on the import of a large number of agri-food products from the EU, Usa, Canada, Norway and Australia.

The result, better to say the photograph of the damage caused to our agriculture by a measure, that of Western sanctions on Russia on paper it lasted one year and is still in force, is summarized in the numbers provided in recent days by the Confagricoltura Study Center. Really heavy numbers: five years of sanctions invoked, blessed, ratified by you Macron e Merkel on duty and supinely accepted by our national governments, they cost (every year) very expensive. Since the entry into force of the ban on the import of many agricultural and food industry products from EU countries, the annual value of Italian exports of sector (comparing the 2018 on the 2013) is in fact reduced by 153 million euros.

Continuously growing economic damage

And more damage was added to the damage, given that the sanctions on Russia came at a very favorable time for Italian agricultural products destined for the Russian market. To the point that Confagricoltura hypothesize that, in the absence of the embargo, in the period 2014-2018 the growth trend recorded in the period would have been confirmed 2009-2013 (which signaled a +22 percent per year). Overall the damage, stuff like Tafazzians hammered on their private parts, it is quantifiable at 2018 in 2.431 million euros.

All without forgetting to add that there are no similar measures taken against states that clearly do not respect human rights and civil coexistence. And any reference to some countries in the Arab area and the East is not accidental. As always, lhe sanctions of Western democracies have their own morals on and off. But if you want to do more harm to yourself, and indulge in the unbridled use of the hammer, know that the damage forecast up to 2020 amounts to 3.706 million euros. Incredible but true.

Emilia Romagna in the lead. In Europe in Lithuania

According to Confagricoltura, the most affected production sectors are those of fruit (- 100 percent), from the meats (-99,9 percent) and gods vegetables (-99,7 percent). Exports, in these cases, practically zeroed. While, as regards the most affected regions, lead the unhappy classificationEmilia Romagna (-67 million euros), il Piedmont (-42 million euros) and the Veneto (-40 million euros). And there would almost be no reason to complain if you broaden your gaze and observe the damage that the Russian embargo is doing to eight other EU countries. The Lithuania puts it back 893 million euros a year, the Poland 794, l’When 673. Farmers across Europe heartily thank the EU. And who directs it.
Fabrizio Vincenti
source – https://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/economia/sanzioni-russia-agricoltura-ue-107125/