CJSC Rusagrotrans raised its forecast of the grain exports volumes from Russia in June 2014 to the level of 700-800 thsd tonnes, against the previously expected 500-600 thsd tonnes, declared Igor Pavensky, Deputy Director of the strategic management department of Rusagrotrans, on June 19.
Also, he specified that in the period of June 1-11 Russia exported 407.6 thsd tonnes of grains, and wheat formed the major share of the volumes - 255.8 thsd tonnes.
At the same time, in the reporting period the small-scale ports of the Azov-Black Sea basin shipped the main share of Russian grain volumes - 283 thsd tonnes. The deep-sea ports exported 111 thsd tonnes, the Baltic ports – nearly 11 thsd tonnes, the supplies to Azerbaijan totaled nearly 3 thsd tonnes, said the expert. I.Pavensky said that in June the export transshipment through the deep-sea ports will total 171.1 thsd tonnes of grains and 3.3 thsd tonnes of rapeseed.
