In January-May, Russia exported 8.33 million tons of wheat and meslin valued at $1.456 billion, declared the Federal Customs Service of Russia on July 8.
According to the announcement, the major volumes of wheat were traditionally shipped to far abroad foreign countries – 8 million tons (at $1.4 billion).
In the reporting period, wheat import volumes to Russia totaled 304.1 thousand tons ($44.4 million).
Also, Russia imported 21.7 thousand tons of barley ($2.9 million), 25.3 thousand tons of corn ($88.2 million), and 1 thousand tons of vegetable oils. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)
