Expert Khasanov considers Kenya a promising market for wheat exports from Russia

Published 2024년 11월 25일

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Russia has become a major supplier of wheat to Kenya, exporting 820.7 thousand tons in the current agricultural season and meeting 60% of Kenya's wheat import needs in 2023. The partnership is crucial for Kenya's food security, with Russian wheat exports to the country steadily increasing. In the 2023/24 season, exports reached 1.5 million tons, and projections for the 2024/25 agricultural year suggest imports could rise to 2.6 million tons. Despite Kenya representing only 4% of Russia's total wheat exports, it is seen as a promising market for future growth.

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Russia has already exported 820.7 thousand tons of wheat there, said the director of the Federal Center for Assessment of Safety and Quality of Agricultural Products Kenya is a promising market for increasing the volume of Russian wheat exports. This was reported to TASS by the director of the Federal Center for Assessment of Safety and Quality of Agricultural Products Ruslan Khasanov. "Kenya remains a promising market for increasing the volume of Russian wheat exports. In the 2024/25 agricultural year, the level of import volumes of this grain crop is estimated at 2.6 million tons," Khasanov said. According to the expert, Russia has traditionally been an important strategic partner ensuring Kenya's food security, including Russian wheat exports have been showing steady growth in the past few years. Thus, the volume of wheat exports in the 2022/23 agricultural season increased to 1.1 million tons, in the 2023/24 agricultural season - to 1.5 ...

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