The grain export of the Russian Federation – one of the major resources of Russian economic foreign exchange revenue, which brought $ 15.5 billion in 2023 – was rapidly reduced.
For the first time for many years, Russian risks have lost its leadership positions in the global grain market. According to forecasts of the Russian Grain Union (RZS) – one of the largest associations in the industry – in 2025 the volume of exported grain from the country will be reduced by a third.
Thus, according to the RZS, in 2025, Russian farmers will sell 48-49 million tons of grain overseas, while 2024 exports reached 72 million tons. Wheat supplies can be reduced to 41-42 million tons, the President of the Herald Arkady Zlochevsky said at a press conference, Rossmi reports. This means dropping more than 16 million tons (28%) against last year.
Exporting grain – one of the major sources of foreign economic exchange of Russian economic exchange, which brought $ 15.5 billion in 2023 – quickly reduced.
According to the analytical center MainlyBy the end of January, grain exports fell 42% in the annual Calculus, and from the beginning of the month only 2.5 million tons were recovered. Although the supplies in January were a familiar phenomenon, “there was no such two -time fall,” Zlochevsky said.
Rossmi’s note that the reduction in exports is directly related to a reduction in the yield that suffered due to adverse weather conditions and the decision of Russian authorities to inhibit seed imports.
During the previous agricultural year, the total grain collection in Russia fell 14%, up to 125 million tons, and wheat harvest was reduced by 16%, to 82 million tons. At the same time, nearly 10 million tons of wheat are decaying only in the barn due to the lack of proper storage facilities.
Remember that from the beginning of 2024, Russian conquerors lasted nearly 500 thousand tons of grains from the temporary occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhya region, and plans to steal at least 200 thousand tons. ton.
It has recently been found that the enemy is taking Ukraine’s grain to Iran from temporary occupied territories.
Source: korrespondent
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