Over the 10 months of this year, Russia has increased flour exports by a third compared to the same period next year

In January-October of this year, Russia increased its supplies of flour abroad by almost a third compared to the same period next year, or up to 990 thousand tons. Interfax reports this with reference to data from the Federal Center for the Development of Exports of Agricultural Products (Agroexport, owned by the Ministry of Agriculture). It is clarified that we are talking about both wheat and wheat-rye. This figure is also higher than last year's results. The leader among buyers of these products was Iran with 150 thousand tons, which is 17 percent higher. Georgia came in second place with 126,000. It is followed by China, which increased purchases by 3.7 times (from 37 to 100 thousand tons) and Hong Kong with 49 thousand, where Russian flour exporters began to import it after a long break. The first country has a serious need for this product due to difficult economic and geopolitical situations. This makes urgent the issue of quickly solving problems with hunger, which the ...