The country will export 55 to 60 million tons of grain in 2022-2023, the president said
Russia collected a record grain crop last year with exports expected to reach volumes previously believed to be unrealistic, President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday.
Russian farmers have harvested more than 150 million tons of grain including over 100 million tons of wheat, the head of state said during his annual address to the Federal Assembly.
“By the end of the agricultural year, that is, by June 30, 2023, we will be able to bring the total volume of grain exports to 55-60 million tons,” he reported, adding that a decade ago the goal “seemed like a fairy tale, an absolutely unrealistic plan.”
According to the latest data provided by Russia’s statistics service, the harvest amounted to 153.8 million tons, a 26.7% increase year-on-year against 2021. The figure surpassed earlier official projections, which forecast that grain crops would amount to…
