Russia: 240 thousand tons of grain were exported from the Astrakhan region in September

Exports of grain and grain processing products from the Astrakhan region in September 2023 amounted to 240 thousand tons. Before shipment, the products were inspected by the Rosselkhoznadzor department for the Rostov, Volgograd and Astrakhan regions and the Republic of Kalmykia. According to the department, products from the region were sent to Iran and Turkmenistan. The main types of grain crops exported from the region were feed corn (113.3 thousand tons), barley (124.4 thousand tons), food wheat (2.7 thousand tons), rapeseed cake (8.1 thousand tons). tons) and wheat flour (84 tons). All exported regulated products, in accordance with the established quarantine phytosanitary requirements of importing countries, were accompanied by phytosanitary documents. In total, the department issued 124 phytosanitary certificates. As Russian Shipping reported, earlier the governor of the Astrakhan region, Igor Babushkin, during a meeting with the President of Turkmenistan Serdar ...