Russia exported 14 million tons of grain since the beginning of 2017/18 MY

Since the beginning of 2017/18 MY, as of October 11 Russia exported 13.55 million tons of grain.

This is reported by APK-Inform with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

As it is specified in the message, 10.49 million tons of this volume was wheat, 2.08 million tons — barley, 903 thousand tons — corn.

Export pace on the reporting date was 21% higher than last year. For the corresponding period of 2016/17 MY, 11.19 million tons of grain were exported from Russia.

Reference: the gross grain harvest evaluation in Russia in 2017 increased to 133.3 million tons, which is 1 million tons higher than the previous forecast.