In particular, wheat exports will be about 0.8 million tons (1.45 million tons in April), barley - 205 thousand tons (224 million tons), corn - 175 thousand tons (225 thousand tonnes).

As reported "Interfax" the head of the center Igor Pavensky, in accordance with the planned filings for may, the forecast of exports from deepwater ports is still at a level of 0.62 million tonnes compared with 0.95 million tons shipped in April. It is also less than in may 2018, when it was shipped 2.55 million tons.

The largest buyer of Russian grain in may was Egypt, which had 23% of the total supply. In second place is traditionally Turkey with a share of 19.4%, the third - Iran (18,1%). Grain was also supplied to Jordan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, South Africa, Morocco and other countries.

Applications for the June currently made up of 75.5 thousand tons, and only in Novorossiysk. "The demand of exporters remains very low," said Pavensky.

In June grain exports could reach about 0.6 million tons, including 0.3 mln tonnes of wheat, experts predict.

Purchasing prices for milling wheat with protein content of 12.5% in deepwater ports remained at 11 800-12 700 rubles per ton (excluding VAT), the small water - 12 000 rubles.

According to Pavensky, the domestic wheat market was also stable.

He also said that the indicative export prices for Russian wheat with delivery in June for the past week have not changed and remained at $205 per ton. "Trading the old crop is almost non-existent, the market's attention focused on the new crop, they increased within the week by $5, to $190 per ton for delivery in August," - said the expert.

Last week the USDA increased the forecast of grain exports this agricultural year (July 2018-June 2019) from 42 million to 44 million tons.

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