Russian pea producers face the threat of losing large sales markets

Pea producers in the Russian Federation, primarily in Siberia, may lose large sales markets due to anti-Russian sanctions. Under these conditions, they are asking the government to intensify negotiations with China on opening its market for Russian peas. This is stated in a letter from the Siberian Grain Consortium Association addressed to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Its authors believe that this problem needs to be solved in the near future, since "significant areas" are planned in the structure of pea crops this year. The association reports that before the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions, agricultural producers in Siberia exported peas mainly to the Baltic countries, which are currently classified as unfriendly. According to the Federal Customs Service, in 2021, over 151 thousand tons of peas were exported from the Siberian Federal District, of which more than 100 thousand tons (73%) went to Latvia and Lithuania. In the current conditions, the authors of the appeal ...