Russia: The Ministry of Agriculture may allocate a separate quota for the export of grain for the Far East
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Published May 28, 2022
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The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation does not exclude the allocation of a separate quota for grain exports for the Far East, including corn, said Russian Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev at the All-Russian Grain Forum in Sochi. "From the point of view of quotas, next year we will try to allocate a separate quota to the Far East for the export of grain, corn will go there," he said. According to him, Oksana Lut, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia, is dealing with this issue.
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“Accordingly, there will be a separate quota for the Far East, according to which you will be able to export without taking into account historical principles and everything else,” he said. At the same time, according to the minister, it is impossible to cancel the duty on the export of corn from the Far East. "We have a single country, a single mechanism for the fee. We will not establish a separate fee anywhere," he said. He recalled that the Ministry of Agriculture supports agricultural producers, including crop growers, in the field of reimbursement of part of the costs of production and sale of grain crops. "In the Far East, the coefficient is the highest - 1.2 - today among all regions of the Russian Federation. We talked about this topic, we will make it even higher. We will try to make 1.5," the minister said. He added that today there are no restrictions on the supply of grain from the Far East to China, but this mechanism also needs to be worked out. "Another mechanism ...
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