Russia: Record volume of wheat shipped from Siberia to Cuba in October

Published 2024년 10월 23일

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The West Siberian Railway (WSZhD) has made a record shipment of 11.7 thousand tons of wheat to Cuba, utilizing an efficient logistics route involving freight trains and water transport. This comes as a solution to the decreased export geography for Novosibirsk farmers, with Kazakhstan and China halting grain purchases. Despite the quality concerns of this year's wheat harvest due to prolonged rains, Alexander Teplyakov remains optimistic about the market for Siberian wheat, attributing growth to logistics optimization. The WSZhD has exported nearly 20 thousand tons of grain since May, with over 830 tons of canned products also being sent abroad from the Siberian Federal District in the first nine months of 2024.

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In October, the West Siberian Railway (WSZhD) carried out a record-breaking shipment of wheat to Cuba: the cargo weighed 11.7 thousand tons. This was made possible by optimizing logistics, the press service of the WSZhD explained. The route is structured as follows: first, a freight train goes to the Vysotsk station in the Leningrad Region, and then the wheat is transported to Cuba by water. The first batches of wheat were sent along the multimodal route back in May. During this time, almost 20 thousand tons of grain have been exported from the district. Alexander Teplyakov, a member of the Legislative Assembly, a member of the Committee on Agrarian Policy, Natural Resources and Land Relations of the Novosibirsk Region, and the director of Novosibirsk Food Corporation, is confident that there will always be a market for Siberian wheat, even despite the sanctions. And optimization of logistics will contribute to an even greater expansion of the geography of deliveries. — This year, ...

Source: Infopro54