On January 19, wheat of Russian origin was shipped to Israel for the first time from the port of Vysotsky in the Leningrad Region

The total weight of the batch was 48.7 thousand tons. The branch specialists conducted work on studying the quality and safety indicators, as well as fumigation of the export batch. According to the test results, the wheat meets the requirements of the State of Israel. The batch was issued with test reports for compliance with the requirements for quality and safety indicators imposed by the Middle Eastern state, a conclusion on the quarantine phytosanitary condition of the products and an act of quarantine phytosanitary disinfection. – Israel is a new direction for grain export control for our branch. Russian exporters are expanding the geography of shipments, which confirms their interest in domestic grain, – noted Anita Milekhina, Director of the St. Petersburg branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “TsOK AIC”. In total, since the beginning of the year, the testing laboratory of the St. Petersburg branch has tested more than 200 thousand tons of exported wheat. ...