Results of 2024: Russian grain export, state quality monitoring, and combating false declarations

The article highlights the success of Rosselkhoznadzor, Russia's agricultural watchdog, in expanding Russian grain and processed grain product exports, reaching over 83.5 million tons in 2024, a 4% increase from the previous year. The majority of these exports were sent to Middle Eastern, African, and Asian countries, with significant growth in purchases from Sri Lanka, Morocco, India, Vietnam, Syria, and Nigeria. The resumption of exports to Ethiopia, Djibouti, Palestine, and Sierra Leone also contributed to this growth. Notable achievements include India's inclusion of Russia in the list of countries allowed to treat grain products with aluminum phosphide-based preparations and the resumption of Russian grain supplies to China, which has resulted in significant increases in imports of Russian wheat, barley, and oats. However, the article also emphasizes concerns about the quality control and safety of Russian grain, with a significant rise in the number of terminated declarations of conformity and the identification of 151 non-existent laboratories that may have issued test reports, undermining the reliability of these declarations and raising questions about the safety and homogeneity of the exported grain.