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The commercial projection of Hortiberia for Russia and the countries of the East
08/07/2009
July 8, 2009
The Hortiberia group has entered into a commercial and institutional mission which have been carried out 35 Murcia entrepreneurs to establish new trade routes with Russia in several sectors, among which stands out the agri-food industry. This trade initiative has been, moreover, with the support of the President of the autonomous community of Murcia, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, as well as by the Minister of agriculture and water, Antonio Cerdá.
The director-general of the export consortium, Fermín Sánchez Navarro, has stated that "has held a bilateral meeting with the Minister of food by the Government of the city of Moscow, Alexander Baburin, in order to try the demanding policy on plant Russia to be more flexible with the Spanish fruit and vegetable producers"", which have a high quality".
For the Hortiberia group, headquartered in Cartagena, Russia and the countries of the East European are of great relevance for the fruit and vegetable sector, which is why in this visit have advocated "strengthen relations with major suppliers of distribution chains"", more so now that one of the most significant, such as Carrefour, has landed in this country".
