China increased its imports of Russian wheat, but reduced its purchase of corn

In the first half of 2024, China significantly increased wheat imports from the Russian Federation, while corn purchases fell sharply. This is written by APC-Inform with reference to Interfax. Russian wheat was imported to China for $38.9 million compared to $4.6 million a year earlier. At the same time, corn imports decreased to $19.9 million from $54.3 million. Purchases of grain crops also increased. Thus, China's import of Russian buckwheat and millet more than doubled, to $43.6 million from $20.8 million in January-June 2023, oats — to $28.6 million from $13.7 million, respectively. At the same time, in the ...