As of January 21, 32.8 million tons of grain crops and its processed products are exported during the agricultural season 2019/20. The export of grains and pulses has amounted to 28.2 million tons.
The export geography remained the same, the products were supplied to 131 countries.
In the top 10 importers Turkey is still the leading country. Turkey purchased 7.0 million tons of grains and its processed products compared with 3.6 million tons in the same period last year.
The export rates to Turkey were record-breaking, not only due to an increase in the export of high-quality Russian wheat from 3.2 million tons to 5.0 million tons in 2019/20, but also a growth in corn shipments by almost 3.4 times to 502 thousand tons. Turkey was first in the top of grain crops in the 2014/15 season with total export volume of 5.4 million tons.
Meanwhile, Egypt — the former leading direction — reduced purchases by a quarter to 4.1 million tons.
Bangladesh has moved to third place in the top of the largest Russian importers in 2019/20. Its export volume amounted to 2.1 million tons of Russian products.