In 2023, 215 thousand tons of grains, oilseeds, and their derivatives were exported from the Irkutsk region in Russia

Of these, 77% is vegetable oil shipped to China According to the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Irkutsk Region, as of June 8, since the beginning of 2023, 215.0 thousand tons of grain, oilseeds and their processing products have been exported from the territory of the Irkutsk Region. This is 13 times more than in the same period last year. The main volume of exports fell on vegetable oil (166.1 thousand tons), oats (21.3 thousand tons) and rapeseed (13.9 thousand tons). The main partner country is China, where the vast majority of production is directed. In particular, these are 165.9 thousand tons of vegetable oil, 20.4 thousand tons of oats, 13.9 thousand tons of rapeseed, 5.8 thousand tons of barley, 5.1 thousand tons of flax, 325 tons of soybean meal , 252 tons of margarine, 243 tons of soy flour, 122 tons of wheat. The rest of the goods were shipped to Mongolia (1.0 thousand tons of grain crops, 715 tons of soybean meal, 214 tons of vegetable oil and margarine), the ...