Russia sharply intensified the export of grain in the second half of July

In the second half of July, Russia sharply stepped up grain exports, and the profitability of supplies is growing. This follows from the monitoring of the analytical department of the Russian Grain Union. "Export has sharply intensified. If from July 1 to 15, an average of 60 thousand tons of grain per day was shipped abroad, including 43 thousand tons of wheat, then over the last week the shipments increased to 217 thousand tons, including wheat - more than four times, barley - 2.5 times ", - the director of the department Elena Tyurina told Interfax. According to her, in the first two decades (by July 22), grain exports amounted to almost 2 million tons, including 1.532 thousand tons of wheat, 349 thousand tons of barley and 94 thousand tons of corn. She estimates the July results for the export of wheat at 2.5 million tons, total grain - at 3.1-3.2 million tons. "This is less than in July 2020, when 4.1 million tons were exported, the decrease will be mainly due to wheat, which ...