Russia: In January-July 2021, grain and sugar imports increased - FCS

Published 2021년 8월 9일

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From January to July 2021, imports from non-CIS countries saw a significant increase of 29.8% compared to the same period in 2020, according to customs statistics, amounting to 144,302.4 million US dollars. Despite this overall growth, there was a decrease in imports of various food products and raw materials, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, tobacco, fish, meat, and vegetable oil. On the other hand, imports of sugar, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, grain crops, and dairy products experienced an increase. In July 2021 alone, imports from non-CIS countries rose by 31.0% compared to July 2020, with notable increases in the import of food products such as sugar, fish, vegetable oil, meat and offal, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, dairy products, and vegetables, while imports of tobacco, fruits and nuts, and grain crops saw a decrease.

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Original content

According to preliminary data of customs statistics, in January-July 2021, imports of goods from non-CIS countries in value terms amounted to 144,302.4 million US dollars and increased by 29.8 percent compared to the same period in 2020. In the group of food products and raw materials for their production, imports of vegetables decreased by 60.3 percent, fruits and nuts - by 33.1 percent, tobacco - by 18.7 percent, fish - by 5.1 percent, meat and offal - by 5 , 0 percent, vegetable oil - by 3.3 percent. At the same time, purchases of sugar increased by 41.3 percent, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages - by 4.9 percent, grain crops - by 4.3 percent, dairy products - by 2.2 percent. In July 2021, compared to July 2020, imports from non-CIS countries increased by 31.0 percent. In the import of food products, purchases of sugar increased by 2.3 times, fish - by 1.9 times, vegetable ...

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