However, he said that in recent years Russia has significantly reduced imports of food. Thus, the import of meat of all kinds last year amounted to 1.1 million tons, of which about 380 thousand tons from Belarus, he said.

In 2017, Russia harvested a record grain harvest in 134,1 million tons against of 120.7 million tons in 2016.

The traditional export of grain is measured selhozgodu (July-June). According to the forecast of the Ministry of agriculture, in the current agricultural year, which ends June 30, 2018, Russia will export 45 million tons of grain against 35.5 million tons in the last marketing year.

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