According to the official statistics figures, in July Russia exported 109.2 thousand tons of peas, up by 63% YoY.
Turkey traditionally became the largest buyer of the Russian crop, and purchased 67.1 thousand tons of peas, against 51.8 thousand tons in July 2015. However, its share in the import structure in the reporting month dropped to 61% against 77% last year. At the same time, India significantly increased its purchases – from 374 tons in July 2015 to 21.3 thousand tons, which allowed it to increase its share in the shipments volume of peas from Russia from 1% to 20%. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)