08/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - Resumption of caviar exports to EU imminent. After a nine-year hiatus, Russia will once again export caviar to the EU. The Russian Federal Fisheries Agency has signed authorisation for the export of 150 kg of farmed sturgeon eggs - export of caviar from wild sturgeon is still off the menu. Global production of caviar is 120 tonnes per year. The main producers of farmed caviar are China, France and Italy. (E.H./transl.rt)