Russian agricultural producers, processors will be fully supplied with packaging - Dep. PM
MOSCOW. July 27 (Interfax) - Russian agricultural producers and processors will be fully suppled with packaging for their products, as Tetra Pak's exit from the market did not shut down the operations of the plant in Moscow Region and Russia is developing production of packaging based on its own technologies, Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko said.
"In answer to questions about packaging, firstly the unprecedented and thoughtless sanctions pressure that our country has faced is also being exerted on foreign companies. Believe me, they do not want to leave the Russian market. But due to the unlawful restrictive policy of western countries some companies have to leave or transfer their business to Russian management," Abramchenko said on her Telegram channel.
This is what happened to the packaging manufacturer, but the company's plant in Moscow Region has not halted operations and continues to supply its customers with packaging, she said. It was reported earlier that Tetra Pak decided to leave Russia and hand its business in the country over to local management.
"Secondly, there are technologies, raw materials and resources in Russia that make it possible to quickly replace the necessary packaging solutions and materials. Our agricultural producers and processors will be fully supplied with packaging. I have already talked about the launch of an experiment to manufacture green packaging for food products and it has been completed successfully. We are ready to supply the market with our own food packaging. For example, production of food cardboard, from which packaging similar to Tetra Pak is made, has already been launched at the Mondi plant in Syktyvkar," Abramchenko said.
In another example, in May Sylvamo Corporation Rus began studying technical possibilities for manufacturing the paper basis for portion packaging that was used for 200-ml packs of Agusha brand baby food, among other products.
"The preliminary results of testing have already yielded a positive result, and in the near future we also expect new mass production. To sum up, we have packaging, producers are working and, most importantly, analogs will in no way affect the quality of the actual products," Abramchenko said.