Russia: 279 thousand tons of grain and products of its processing were exported from the Kursk region

Published 2023년 5월 11일

Tridge summary

The Kursk region has exported 278.9 thousand tons of grain and its by-products since the start of the year, a significant increase from the previous year. Exports were made to 23 countries, with Latvia being the primary market. However, 51.6 thousand tons of food wheat and soybeans were found to contain a quarantine weed, dodder sp. Some of the contaminated product is sent to processing plants that can render the weed non-viable, while the rest is shipped to the EU, where dodder is not a quarantine object. Additionally, contaminated food sorghum batches have also been discovered.

Disclaimer:The above summary was generated by Tridge's proprietary AI model for informational purposes.

Original content

Since the beginning of the year, 278.9 thousand tons of grain and products of its processing have been exported from the territory of the Kursk region. This is significantly more than in the same period last year. 6364 phytosanitary certificates have been issued in the region. Shipments of wheat, barley, corn, rapeseed, soybeans, buckwheat, mustard, malt, cereals and flakes, flour, husks and others were shipped to 23 countries of the world. Latvia remains the traditional market for Kursk grain, importing about 70% of the total export volume. 19% falls on Belarus and 22% - on China, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Moldova and other countries. According to the results of laboratory studies, a quarantine weed (dodder sp.) was identified in 51.6 thousand tons of food wheat and soybeans. Part of the contaminated product is sent to a processing plant included in the list of enterprises ...

Source: Zol