In 2021, Russia has increased agricultural exports to Tunisia by 6 times

Published 2021년 8월 19일

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In the first seven months of 2021, Russia has seen a significant increase in food exports to Tunisia, with a physical volume increase of 4.5 times and a value increase of 6 times compared to the same period in the previous year. The exports were led by barley, with other agricultural products such as soybean oil, wheat, and molasses also contributing to the increase. This increase is due to Russia's competitive pricing and convenient logistics, and is expected to continue to grow, with the potential main commodity items being cereals, soybean and sunflower oil, frozen fish, molasses, dried legumes, and confectionery. Russia is successfully competing in the North African market, with regular supplies to Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria, and is also expanding its position as an exporter of fat and oil products to these markets.

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In January-July 2021, Russia exported 428 thousand tons of foodstuffs to Tunisia in the amount of $ 112 million.In physical terms, the volume increased 4.5 times compared to the same period last year, in value terms - 6 times. The leading position in the structure of shipments is occupied by barley. For seven months of 2021, 330 thousand tons of grain were exported to the North African country (4.2 times more than in January-July 2020) worth $ 76 million (5.1 times more). Tunisia resumed purchases of barley from Russia in January 2020 after a more than 2-year hiatus, and this year, according to the FCS, is the second buyer of Russian barley after Saudi Arabia. In particular, the supply of barley to Tunisia in 2021 was carried out by Trading House RIF, director of the trading house Marina Turyanskaya told Agroexport. “Due to the good harvest in 2020, as well as the reorientation of Ukrainian supplies to China, Russian barley turned out to be quite competitive in the Tunisian ...

Source: Aemcx