The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia increased its estimations on the exports of Russian wheat in 2015/16 MY, declared the Minister of Agriculture, Alexander Tkachev on April 28.
According to him, in the current season the harvest of wheat increased by almost 4% to nearly 62 mln tonnes, which allows completely satisfying the domestic needs and exporting nearly 24-25 mln tonnes of the grain.
Previously, the Ministry estimated the export potential of Russian wheat in the current season at the level of 22 mln tonnes.