Russia Has Increased Tapioca Purchases Sevenfold Over 5 Years

Over the past 5 years, Russia has increased its import of tapioca, one of the most popular raw materials in the food industry, by an average of 7 times. This is reported by PRIME with reference to statistical data from various countries. China supplied the largest volumes. In January-April of the current year, it sent 106.2 tons to the Russian market, the largest volume in physical terms. This is 4 times more than in the same 4 months of the previous year, and 7.1 times more than in the past five years. In monetary terms, Russia imported tapioca from China for $131,200. In April, 49.8 tons of goods were delivered for a total of $65,200. This is five times more than in March and the maximum since October of last year. Over the past year, China sent 351.1 tons of raw materials to Russia worth $473.9 million. Data on volumes for specific periods of the previous year are not provided. Russia also purchased tapioca from Thailand. In the current year, data is available for the country ...