Russia: China is the main buyer of pine nuts from Siberia

The regions of Siberia in the past year supplied 9.5 thousand tons of pine nuts to foreign buyers, the correspondent of KazakhZerno.kz reports with reference to the materials of the Siberian Customs Administration. According to customs officials, in relation to 2021, the weight of deliveries increased by 2.3 times. In monetary terms, revenues from the export of valuable wild plants increased by 46%. As in previous years, China is the main importer of pine nuts, accounting for 81% of purchases. Traders from the Tomsk region advanced the most in foreign sales of wild plants: of all regions of Siberia, their contribution to the total supply amounted to 62%. Companies from the Republic of Altai (9.5%), as well as the Krasnoyarsk and Altai Territories (9% each) sell pine nuts many times less abroad. The Novosibirsk region has the most modest results: 6% ...