The largest buyer of Russian wheat in August was Egypt, where 910 thousand tons were sent. Algeria is in second place.
In August of this year, the Russian Federation sent 7.7 million tons of grain for export. This was reported in the monitoring of the Russian Grain Union, the Russian agency wrote Interfax.
According to Elena Tyurina, director of the analytical department of the union, this volume is a record figure for August in the past seven years and exceeds the figure for August last year by 32%.
In particular, wheat exports reached 6.5 million tons, which is 36.6% more than in August 2022, but it was lower than in August of the record 2021/2022 agricultural year (6.6 million tons ).
Exports of barley increased by 7%, up to 997 thousand tons, corn – almost 1.9 times, up to 212 thousand tons.
According to Tyurina, in general, since the beginning of the current agricultural year (from July 1, 2023), 13.3 million tons of the main types of grain crops have been shipped from the Russian Federation, which is 1.6 times more than first two. month of the last season, when 8.5 million tons. In particular, 11 million tons of wheat were shipped (1.5 times more).
“This is also the highest number in the last seven years,” said the expert.
The largest buyer of Russian wheat in August was Egypt, where 910 thousand tons were sent. However, it is 35% lower than in August 2022. Algeria is in second place.
“The supply in this country increased almost seven times, to 610,000 tons. The third place was taken by Turkey – 481,000 tons, but shipments decreased by 32%,” said Tyurina.
The top 5 buyers of Russian wheat in August also included Kenya (delivery increased 12 times, up to 444 thousand tons) and Bangladesh, where 319 thousand tons were sent. As of August 2022, there are no shipments to this country.
It will be remembered that Erdogan and Putin did not agree on a grain agreement
Source: korrespondent
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