Exporters named Turkey as the main buyer of Russian grain in the last agricultural year

Turkey became the main buyer of Russian grain in the last agricultural year (July 2023 - June 2024), the Union of Grain Exporters reported, citing preliminary calculations by Rusagrotrans. During the year, 8.9 million tons of grain were supplied to Turkey compared to 12.6 million tons in the previous agricultural year. In second place is Egypt, which purchased 8.7 million tons versus 8.1 million tons, respectively. The top 3 is completed by Iran, which increased imports to 7 million tons from 6.4 million tons. The top five also included Saudi Arabia, exports to which increased to 4.5 million tons from 3.2 million tons in the previous agricultural year, and Bangladesh - 3.8 million tons from 1.6 million tons. As Interfax was previously informed by the Rusagrotrans analytical center, Egypt was the leader in purchases of Russian wheat last season - almost 8.6 million tons versus 8.1 million tons. This volume approximately corresponds to record purchases in the 2017/18 agricultural ...