RGU: Russia delivers all-time high quantity of grain to international marketplace


(MENAFN) According to the Russian Grain Union (RGU), Russia delivered an all-time high quantity of grain to the international marketplace this past month amid growing Western restrictions.

According to the figures, Russia exported 5.68 million tons of grain harvests in July, with a record 4.54 million tons of grain. This is 1.6 times over July of the previous year.

Saudi Arabia (578,000 tons), Turkey (518,000 tons), as well as Egypt (467,000 tons) were the biggest three consumers of Russian wheat. Israel received 345,000 tons, Bangladesh received 222,000 tons, Tanzania received 94,000 tons, whereas Sudan received 68,000 tons.

“Latin American countries became new buyers of Russian wheat. For example, 62,000 tons were shipped to Brazil, and 49,000 to Peru. Last year, in July, Brazil and Peru did not buy our wheat,” Elena Tyurina, RIA Novosti was informed by the RGU's head of analytics.

As reported, Russian wheat was delivered to 33 nations this past month, up from 26 in July of last year.

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