Türkiye remains the main buyer of Russian grain and wheat

The Russian Grain Exporters Union released news that in the first half of the 2023-2024 year (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024), Turkey will still be the main importer of Russian grain and wheat. ​ "Turkey maintained its position as the main importer of Russian cereals and wheat in the first half of 2023-2024," the alliance noted on its Telegram channel. ​ According to the alliance’s assessment, Turkey imported 4.281 million tons of cereals from Russia during this period, a year-on-year decrease of 12.7%, of which wheat imports were 3.929 million tons, a decrease of 2%. ​ At the same time, Egypt ranked third in the list of cereal importing countries due to a decrease in wheat purchases (a decrease of 24.7% year-on-year to 2.952 million tons). Iran, which ranked second, decreased its purchases by 24.6% to 295.6 Thousands of tons. ​ Russia’s fourth and fifth largest cereal importers are Saudi Arabia (an increase of 10.2%, reaching 20.09 million tons) and ...