From June 1 to June 30, 2024, the Rosselkhoznadzor Office monitored over 314 thousand tons of grain and related products exported from the Astrakhan region, with shipments going to Iran, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. The exports included 193.3 thousand tons of feed corn, 116.1 thousand tons of feed barley, wheat flour, rice, and 3.8 thousand tons of food wheat. The department issued 219 phytosanitary certificates to ensure compliance with importing countries' quarantine requirements, bringing the total issued since the beginning of the year to 1.5 thousand, a two and a half times increase compared to the same period last year. The Department has also overseen the export of over 2.5 million tons of grain and its processed products since the year's start.