In 2024, the Leningrad Region's ports have exported grain and its by-products to numerous countries, with Nigeria receiving Russian wheat for the first time. The export to Nigeria underwent quality and safety testing, along with fumigation, and was found to meet Nigeria's standards. The St. Petersburg branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Grain Quality Assessment Center" has tested 746 thousand tons of exported grain since the start of the year, primarily soft wheat.