The Krasnoyarsk Territory has increased exports of rapeseed to China fivefold in 2023

Exports of rapeseed from the Krasnoyarsk Territory to the People's Republic of China (PRC) increased fivefold in 2023, to 92.7 thousand tons. This was announced by the regional governor Mikhail Kotyukov at the IV Russian-Chinese Forum on Interregional Cooperation. “The export of this crop (rapeseed — TASS note) from our region to the People’s Republic of China has grown more than fivefold in the last year alone,” Kotyukov said, adding that the region has been ranked first in terms of rapeseed harvest in Russia for the past five years. As the press service of the regional governor clarified to TASS, 92.7 thousand tons were exported to China in 2023. Since the beginning of 2024, 33.9 thousand tons of rapeseed have been sent to China from the region. For the same period last year - 20.9 thousand tons of rapeseed. According to the governor of the region, supplies to China of traditional grain crops are also growing. Previously, the regional Ministry of Agriculture reported that in ...