Russia blocks Vranac – Plantaze asks Moscow to remove wine import ban

Podgoricke Plantaze have officially filed a request to the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor), the company announced. Milan Milutinovic, the director of export at Plantaze, stated that all Russian courts had rejected the complaint of the Montenegrin company in April and May. The company has now invited representatives of Rospotrebnadzor to have their experts visit Plantaze's production capacities in Podgorica in order to make sure of the product quality directly.

– We emphasize that Rospotrebnadzor is legally obligated to respond to the request within 30 work days from the date it was sent – Milutinovic points out and reminds that three court-administrative procedures were initiated in Moscow regarding the control of the wine produced by Plantaze.

The decision on a temporary ban on the import of the company's products to the territory of the Russian Federation was adopted on April 26, 2017, and Plantaze only received it in late January 2019, so their lawyers were only able to file a complaint after that date.

In late February 2017, Plantaze was informed by Rospotrebnadzor that some of their wines that had been sampled based on an anonymous complaint had excessive levels of the metalaxyl pesticide and plastic particles, which caused the wine to be withdrawn from the Russian market.

The Russian market is one of the most important exporting markets for the Podgorica-based company.

13. Jul-Plantaže AD Podgorica

Rospotrebnadzor

Milan Milutinovic

Montenegrin wine

Montenegro wines

export of wine

import of wine

Plantaza 13 jul

export of Montenegrin wines to Russia