Season's first shipment of fruit from South Africa arrives
ANI
28 May 2021, 23:27 GMT+10
Moscow [Russia], May 28 (ANI): The first ship with this season's fresh fruit from South Africa has arrived in the port of St. Petersburg.
There are apples, pears, tangerines, lemons and grapefruit on board, a total of 3,500 tons of fresh fruit, reports TV BRICS, Russia.
South African fruit has been on Russian shelves for almost 30 years. The Russian consumer "eats" a tenth of all the fruit that South Africa grows for export.
Georgiy Keshishyan, manager of the chartering department, told TV BRICS about the progress of fruit transportation from South Africa to Russia.