November 11, 2011

Russian grain export reaches 13.3 million tonnes

Russia exported 13.3 million tonnes of grains during the period of July 1 to November 10, 2011, according to Russian First Vice-Prime Minister, Viktor Zubkov.

Zubkov also marked that till the end of 2011 Russia may supply nearly 17 million tonnes of grains abroad.

In the current marketing year, the Government still plans to allow exports of 24-25 million tonne of grains. He also said that as of to date agrarians produced nearly 97 million tonnes of grains in bunker weight.