Grain production in Russia will drop to 108.1 mln. tonnes in the new season

For the period 2017 – 2018 grain yield in Russia will reach 108.1 mln. tonnes, by 6.1 mln. tonnes less than the current season and given 99.4 mln. tonnes for 2015 – 2016 and 100.5 mln. tonnes for 2014 – 2015.

Initial grain stocks for the season will amount to 14.8 mln. tonnes given 14.2 mln. tonnes in the previous forecast and 7.6 mln. tonnes at the start of the current season. In 2017 - 2018 grain supply in Russia will reach 123.7 mln. tonnes compared to  122.7 mln. tonnes a year earlier.

Grain import into the country will be 0.9 mln. tonnes.

In the new season the export of grain from Russia will be 39.4 mln. tonnes (36.6).

Grain consumption in the country will be 70.6 mln. tonnes (71.4).

In 2017 - 2018 final grain stocks will reach 13.7 mln. tonnes (14.8).