Kazakhstan has issued a ban on imports of Estonian and Latvian fish products based on Russian findings of Russian food safety watchdog.

According to Estonian public broadcaster ERR, The decision was based on tests by Rosselhoznadzor, the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, which has often issued food import bans deemed politicised by market analysts.

Kazakhstan’s authorities noted that Estonian and Latvian fish products do not meet sanitary requirements of the Eurasian Economic Union, a newcomer counterweight to the European Union. The Eurasian Economic Union has five member states – Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Armenia.

According to ERR, no other details have been released so far.

Russia began to ban Baltic fish products at the end of 2013, citing failed inspections that year.

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