The export consisted of 79,300 tons of wheat, 346,400 tons of corn and 2,600 tons of barley. Egypt with 110,500 and the Netherlands with 91,800 tons were the main buyers.

According to information from APK - Inform, between March 17 and March 23, 561,600 tons of grains were exported from Russian sea ports versus 695,300 tons a week earlier. The export consisted of 477,600 tons of wheat, 81,300 tons of corn and 2,700 tons of barley. Egypt with 238,800 tons, Yemen with 81,300 тона and Turkey with 68,400 tons were the biggest buyers.

According to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, 26.878 mln tons of grains were exported from the country between the start of the season and March 22, 2017 including 20.638 mln tons of wheat, 2.217 mln tons of barley and 3.831 mln tons of corn. The export tempo is 1.8% slower than the same period of 2015 – 2016 – 27.375 mln tons including +3% of wheat, +16.1% of corn and -41.8% of barley.