Exporters eyeing boost in Russian business

Fruit and vegetable firms to cash in as Moscow bans EU and US imports

Fruit and vegetable exporters in China expect to increase sales to Russia, which has banned such imports from the European Union and the United States in retaliation to Western economic sanctions imposed over the situation in Ukraine.

A customs control zone was set up in Heilongjiang province last month, allowing direct exports of fruit and vegetables across the Russian border.