In Russia, rice production fell by 1.7 times in September

Moscow. November 2. INTERFAX.RU - In September, large Russian enterprises produced 138 thousand tons of cereals, which is 8% less than a year earlier (150 thousand tons). The largest decline was noted in rice production, which in annual terms decreased by 1.7 times, to 25 thousand tons from 43 thousand tons a year earlier. As Irina Glazunova, Deputy Director General of the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR), told Interfax, the September figure for rice production was the lowest since August 2020, when production amounted to 22 thousand tons. Over 9 months, 365 thousand tons of rice cereals were produced, which is almost 9% less than a year earlier (about 401 thousand tons). "The decrease was due to the main rice-growing region - Krasnodar Krai, where 262 thousand tons of rice were produced in nine months compared to 321 thousand tons in the same period last year," Glazunova explained. "There are several reasons for this. First of all, this is the record production of ...