Russia: Corn and rice will be supplied from the Altai Territory to China

China has allowed all Russian regions to supply corn and rice. Previously, goods were accepted only from the Primorsky, Trans-Baikal, Khabarovsk territories, Amur and Jewish Autonomous Regions. According to the radio station Business FM Barnaul, until last year, farmers in the Altai Territory steadily exported rice and corn to Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Artemy Panchenko, head of the press service of the Altai branch of the Center for Grain Quality Assessment, notes that in 2023, agricultural producers supplied corn and rice only to Kazakhstan. Thus, more than 1.5 thousand tons of corn were shipped, which is twice as much as in 2022. 21 tons of rice were shipped. And in 2022, Kazakhstan bought only 2 tons of rice from the Altai Territory. However, it is worth considering that rice is not grown in the Altai Territory. It is imported from other countries and Russian regions. As a result, one part goes for processing and the other for export. Alexander Bryksin, head of the quarantine ...