Russia: In January-July 2021, grain and sugar imports increased - FCS

According to preliminary data of customs statistics, in January-July 2021, imports of goods from non-CIS countries in value terms amounted to 144,302.4 million US dollars and increased by 29.8 percent compared to the same period in 2020. In the group of food products and raw materials for their production, imports of vegetables decreased by 60.3 percent, fruits and nuts - by 33.1 percent, tobacco - by 18.7 percent, fish - by 5.1 percent, meat and offal - by 5 , 0 percent, vegetable oil - by 3.3 percent. At the same time, purchases of sugar increased by 41.3 percent, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages - by 4.9 percent, grain crops - by 4.3 percent, dairy products - by 2.2 percent. In July 2021, compared to July 2020, imports from non-CIS countries increased by 31.0 percent. In the import of food products, purchases of sugar increased by 2.3 times, fish - by 1.9 times, vegetable ...