Exports of food and agricultural raw materials from Russia by the end of 2017 amounted to $20.7 billion, 21.1% more than in 2016, reports the newspaper "Izvestia" with reference to the report of the Ministry of agriculture.

The third exported abroad, food products accounted for grain and products of milling industry. The export of these products in the coming years may increase 1.5 times, experts say.

The share of foodstuffs and agricultural products in the export made last year of 5.8%.

According to the calculations of the center of international trade, exports in real terms in 2017 amounted to 65.2 million tons, which is 20.8% higher than in 2016.

The main buyers of products of the Russian agriculture in the last year were foreign countries: they had 75% of the total value of exported goods ($15.9 billion). The leaders were Egypt ($1.78 bn), Turkey ($1.78 bn), China ($1.77 billion), South Korea ($1.46 billion).