According to monitoring by Russian Grain Union, from July 1 to August 8, Russia exported 4.72 mln tonnes of grain, down by 8% compared to the same period of the last year.
Wheat export decreased by 6.2% to 4.161 mln tonnes, barley by 31% to 404 thsd tonnes, corn by 9% to 124 thsd tonnes.
For 8 days of August, Russia exported 1.586 mln tonnes of grain, up by 16.4% y/y, including 1.357 mln tonnes of wheat (up by 7.9%), barley – 223.5 (up almost 2 times). Stronger export in August is based on larger shipments of wheat to Egypt.
