In the final 2016/17 agricultural year Russia will supply Egypt with 7 million tons of grain, predicts Vladimir Petrichenko. "From July last year to may this year, Egypt was put 6,677 million tons of grain. In June delivery of a good. I think that by the end of the agricultural year will come to 7 million tons", — said the expert.

He stressed that "such a volume of supplies of Russian grain to the Egyptian market has never been." In the last marketing year Russia exported to Egypt of 6.25 million tons versus 3.65 million tonnes in the previous agricultural year.

This increase in the supply of V. Petrichenko connects with the competitiveness of Russian grain. "This season was more competitive price than the nearest competitor in the Egyptian market of the EU countries, he said. — Besides, Europeans have a bad quality of grain, and Russian exporters can hold prices, and quality".

V. Petrichenko said that the volume of supply is not affected and the situation is demanding a "zero ergot", which originated from Egypt last summer and was canceled in September as exporters refused to participate in Egyptian tenders. Appeared in early June of this year, reports that Egypt intends to return again to the requirements for "zero ergot", not yet realized in practice, shipments are in accordance with the same requirements.

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