Brussels, 18/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - Despite the Russian embargo in the import of European agricultural products that has been in place since the summer of 2014, EU agri-food exports reached record levels (up 6%) in 2015. Imports also rose sharply, by 8.7%.
In 2015, EU agri-food exports to third countries reached a record value of €129 billion, an increase of 6% on 2014.
Over the 12 months of the year, major gains were made in exports to the USA (+18.5%) and China (+39%), which has...