In particular, the volume of purchases of the yellow grain for the reporting period amounted to 1.04 (0,56) million tons, of which the main volume was delivered from Argentina (897 thousand tons). Import white maize reached 595,5 (68,2) thousand tons, of which Mexico was purchased 580,8 thousand tons.

The export of South African maize during the period under review also increased to 500,5 thousand tons against 371,4 thousand tons a year earlier. From the specified shipments of yellow grain made 183,4 thousand tons, white – 317 thousand tons. The key direction of the supplies of corn from Africa were neighboring African countries that also suffered from drought 2015/16 (Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia).