The Impact of Russian Import Ban on the International Peach Trade Network

Abstract

In 2014, the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine and Russian aggression led the United States and its Western allies, to impose diplomatic and economic sanctions against Russia. In response, Russia imposed counter-sanctions against some Western countries. The sanctions imposed consisted of a total ban, by Russia, on imports of some agricultural products, including peaches and nectarines, from the sanctioning countries. In this study the authors analysed the impact of Russian embargo on the international trade network. The impacts for fresh peaches, including nectarines, as an agricultural product group, under tariff heading 080930, were examined. For analysis in this article, the Social Network Analysis (SNA) was used. According to the authors, the Russian embargo has had a great impact and has significantly altered the global trade network for peaches, as an agricultural product