Russia: The Stavropol Territory increased the export of agricultural products to Saudi Arabia by 1.3 times in 2021

Since the beginning of the year, Stavropol enterprises have exported 24.2 thousand tons of agricultural products to Saudi Arabia for more than $ 53 million, which is 1.3 times higher than in 2020. This was reported to reporters on Wednesday at the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the region. "One of the region's strategic export partners is Saudi Arabia. It is one of the five main foreign economic partners of the Stavropol Territory. Since the beginning of the year, 24.2 thousand tons of agricultural products worth $ 53.09 million have been exported to the Kingdom, which is 1.3 times higher than last year's figures. ", - the message says. It is noted that these indicators were achieved due to the fact that in 2021 the region began to export sunflower oil to Saudi Arabia, the volume of supplies of which took $ 4.6 million or 3.7 thousand tons. There was also a 1.1-fold increase in poultry meat exports, amounting to $ 48.4 million or 20.4 thousand tons. "Last ...