Wheat shipments for export from the Russian Federation from June 1 to June 10 increased by 1.3%

From June 1 to June 10, the Russian Federation exported 1.42 million tons of wheat, which is 1.3% more than in the same period last year (1.401 million tons). However, total exports during this period decreased by 8.4%, to 1.575 million tons from 1.72 million tons, according to the monitoring of the Russian Grain Union. As Elena Tyurina, director of the union's analytical department, told Interfax, the overall results were negatively affected by the fall in corn and barley exports. Thus, shipments of barley decreased by 15% and amounted to 86 thousand tons against 101 thousand tons, corn fell from 217 thousand tons to 69.6 thousand tons. According to her, Egypt became the main buyer of Russian wheat during this period, but shipments to this country decreased by 36%, to 295 thousand tons. This is followed by Algeria, which increased purchases by 2.7 times, to 182.5 thousand tons. A very significant increase in shipments to Saudi Arabia - 11 times, up to 182 thousand tons. “Turkey ...