In January-June of 2017, the volume of agricultural commodities production in Russia totaled 1.628 trln RUR in current prices, an increase of 0.2% compared with the index in the same period last year, reported the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).
At the same time, in June 2017 for the first time since the beginning of the current year production figures in the agricultural sector reduced by 1.3% compared with the same month in 2016 - to 329.9 bln RUR.
Also, the department stressed that the reporting estimations are preliminary only.
