Over the past June period, Russia reduced grain exports by 11%

Over the past 17 days of this month, Russia has reduced supplies of grain crops abroad by 11 percent from the same period last year, or to 2.7 million tons. Interfax reports this with reference to data from the Russian Grain Union. According to the director of the analytical department of the union, Elena Tyurina, the export of corn and barley decreased most significantly - by 63 and 26 percent to 135 and 204 thousand tons. Wheat shipments year on year decreased by only 0.8 percent, amounting to 2 million 380 thousand tons. Since the overall figure is much greater than the average decrease, therefore, a noticeable increase was observed for the rest of the crops in this group. However, based on the data from the main ones, the analyst expects that at the end of the month, total deliveries for the main types of grain will be less than in the last agricultural year (in Russia, grains change every July - ROSNG). If 5.1 million tons were shipped then, now she predicts 4.95. Including, ...