In particular, in the Rostov region issued 264 phytosanitary certificates for the volume of produce 248,68 thousand tons, accounting for 44% of all issued by the Office of phytosanitary certificates and 79 % of the total volume of the investigated product for a given period.

Like last week the exports were mainly carried out through marine checkpoints and made 235,74 thousand tons or 95 % of the total exports of the region. So, sea checkpoint "Rostov-on-don" shipped 147,61 thousand tons, WFP "Azov" - 60,09 thousand tons, and WFP "Taganrog" - 28,04 thousand tons.

Through the internal checkpoints were shipped of 12.91 thousand tons or 5 % of the total exports of the region. Worth noting and shipping through the airport of Rostov-on-don, even though they were small – only 0.03 thousand tons.

These products are sent to 21 countries, thereby reducing the list of importing countries, compared to last week, 5 positions. Thus, the greatest quantities of products were shipped to Turkey shipments totaled 204,47 thousand tons (82 % of the total exports of the Rostov region), Vietnam was 15.19 million tonnes (6 %), Israel – 10,14 kt (4 %), Georgia – 5.00 thousand tonnes (2 %), Italy to 3.09 million tons (1 %). It is worth noting that these 5 countries generate approximately 96 % of the total exports of the entire Rostov region. The least shipment was made in China, Bulgaria, Netherlands.

Main exported culture for a specified period, like last week, is wheat. Shipped 153,69 thousand tons, or 62% of the total share of export of the Rostov region. Export of wheat bran totaled of 23.87 million tonnes (10 %), corn – 22,92 thousand tons (9 %), sunflower meal – of 19.12 million tonnes (8 %) and flax seeds to 11.43 million tonnes (5 %). It is worth noting that these crops comprise about 93 % of the total exports of the Rostov region.

Issued by specialists of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Rostov, Volgograd and Astrakhan regions and Republic of Kalmykia phytosanitary certificates indicate that the certified products meet specific phytosanitary requirements of importing countries.
    
Source: fgbu "Federal centre for evaluation of safety and quality of grain and products of its processing"