Experts say a temporary ban on grain exports from Russia will not harm the Belarusian market
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Belarus
Published Mar 16, 2022
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A temporary ban on the export of grain from Russia should not affect the state of the Belarusian market, and Armenia will find alternative suppliers of products. This was reported to TASS by the General Director of Prozerno Vladimir Petrichenko. Earlier, on March 10, Russia introduced a temporary ban on the export of grain from Russia to the EAEU countries. The restrictions affected wheat and meslin, rye, barley and corn. “Belarus will not suffer much, as the flows were very small this year.
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A temporary ban on the export of grain from Russia should not affect the state of the Belarusian market, and Armenia will find alternative suppliers of products. This was reported to TASS by the General Director of Prozerno Vladimir Petrichenko. Earlier, on March 10, Russia introduced a temporary ban on the export of grain from Russia to the EAEU countries. The restrictions affected wheat and meslin, rye, barley and corn. "Belarus will not suffer much, since the flows were very small this year. But Armenia may suffer, because we are practically the only supplier of grain there. Probably, Armenia can start importing grain through the port of Poti from the Black Sea: Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria" , Petrichenko explained. According to the head of the analytical department of the Russian Grain Union, Elena Tyurina, referring to the FCS data, in 2021 Belarus imported 190 thousand tons of Russian wheat, which is not a significant amount. Kyrgyzstan, in turn, imported 221 ...
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