(Fresh Fruit Portal, Santiago, 3 September 2014) The Polish government has lowered the export insurance rate in a bid to encourage suppliers to find new markets for produce banned from Russia, while also helping to ease the financial pressures of exporting in the wake of the blockade. Working with the Export Credit Insurance Corporation, Poland’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced a 20% discount on insurance to a raft of countries, including large markets such as the Middle East and China. However, the discount only applies to produce that is currently part of the Russian embargo and for Polish producers and suppliers this is mainly apples, cabbage, peppers and sprouts.
