The other day, representatives of the Federal State Statistics Service released statistical information on the volume of Russian oilseed exports to the foreign market.
We are talking about shipments that were carried out in the period from January 1 to July 1, 2019.
It turns out that in the first six months of this year, producers of the Russian Federation sold over one hundred fifty seven thousand tons of sunflower seeds to foreign markets. For clarity, it should be noted that this indicator is four times higher than the volume of exports of similar goods in the first half of 2018.
It will not be superfluous to note that indicators of sales of domestic flour to the foreign market have grown significantly. From January 1 to July 1 of this year, Russian suppliers shipped one hundred thirty three thousand tons of flour to foreign customers. And this is more than twenty-two percent higher than in the same period of the previous year.
If we talk about the export of Russian wheat, then, alas, there has been a downward trend in volumes. Moreover, the drop in indicators is very impressive - by forty-four percent. And in the first half of 2019, the volume of shipments did not exceed nine million five hundred thirty thousand tons of wheat grain.
It is noteworthy that there is a visible decrease in the export of such crops, corn (by fifty-seven percent) and barley (by twenty-seven percent).