The price of Russian wheat of the 4th class, protein 12,5 (FOB Novorossiysk) amounted to $192 per ton (+1%), U.S. wheat SRW (SRT Gulf of Mexico) – $172 (-3%), according to a review of the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation.

In General, the volume of wheat exports for the season totaled 16,937 million tons (+28,2% to the same period in the 2016/17 season), barley – 3,001 million tons (1.8 times more), corn – 1,749 million tonnes (-4,4%).

According to the opinion of the Minister of agriculture Alexander Tkachev, a record grain harvest in 2017 will increase grain exports. At the end of the current agricultural year may be exported a record 30 million tons of wheat, which is 11% above the supply last year.

Recall that last year, China has risen in one number with the other largest export market is Turkey. Russian exports to China grew by 17% compared with 2015.

Also in the top 5 countries who buy Russian products, included Kazakhstan, South Korea and Egypt. The geography of food supply of our country is constantly expanding. Currently, the Russian grain is exported in more than 100 countries.

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