In January-June of 2016, Russia increased cereal crops export volumes by 37.9% compared with the same period last year - to 13.484 mln tonnes, reported the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) on August 23.
According to the announcement, in the reporting period wheat and meslin traditionally formed the basis of grain export supplies – 9.306 mln tonnes, up 68.6% compared with the same period last year. Also, the exports of Russian corn grew by 54.5%, to 2.949 mln tonnes, and sunflower seed – up 2 times, to 81.4 thsd tonnes.
At the same time, in the first half year of 2016 there was observed some decline of barley exports - down 50.7%, to 1.024 mln tonnes, and rice - down 3.4%, to 109 thsd tonnes.
As for the export volumes of other plant growing commodities from Russia, the foreign supplies of wheat and wheat-rye flour increased by 21% - to 127 thsd tonnes.
Also, in the reporting period Russia increased the import volumes of palm oil and its fractions by 12.4% compared with the same period in 2015, to 409 thsd tonnes.
