The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, making reference to the Agency for Intervention and Payments in Agriculture, said the process of paying the overdue compensations to fruit producers affected by the ban imposed by Russia in 2014 was finalized, IPN reports.

The payments over the 109 applications totaled 43 million lei. The Agency managed the compensation of agricultural producers registered as legal entities for the sustained losses. These producers possess apple and plum orchards that occupy over 15 ha of land.

The first tranche, to the value of 10.57 million lei, was paid on August 17 for 30 applications. Another 10 million lei was transferred to the accounts of agricultural producers on August 24. The money intended as a way of compensation was allocated from the agriculture subsidization fund for 2016, which totals 900 million lei.