News from Russia

According to Transagent, during the week July 10 – 16, 189,597 tonnes of grain were exported from the Russian port of Novorossiysk, by 80.8% more than the previous week and by 44.8% more than the same week last year.

135,945 tonnes of wheat, 15,500 tonnes of corn, 35,152 tonnes of barley were exported.

At the end of June, sunflower stocks in agricultural organizations in Russia reached 289,600 tonnes, which is 36% more than stocks as of June 30th 2016.

As of June 30th 2016, wheat stocks in agricultural organizations in Russia reached 2.57 million tonnes (-11.8%).