President Putin said that they expect the wheat harvest this year to set a new record with 150 million tons. However, exporters have difficulty in transporting wheat to foreign markets due to transportation difficulties, increasing transportation costs and customs duties.
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Moskovskiy Komsomolets newspaper wrote that if wheat is kept, prices will decrease. This means that agricultural producers suffer losses. Speaking to the newspaper, Duma Agricultural Commissioner Sergey Lisovski said that a record harvest of 2 million tons was achieved only in Kurgan Province, for example. The domestic market needs 700-800 thousand tons. This means that 1.2-1.3 million tons of this part should be exported. Lisovski pointed out that it is not profitable to sell Russian wheat ...
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