MOSCOW: Russia imported 2.2 MMT of grain and grain products (including deliveries from the Customs Union countries) in MY 2017/18 by February 6, or 0.4 MMT (14%) less than at the same time in MY 2016/17 (2.5 MMT). 2.7 MMT of this produce was imported for the first eight months of MY 2015/16, Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance) reports.
As before, the most popular in the Russian market is soybeans, whose imports amounted to 1.3 MMT (61% of total imports, down 2% from MY 2016/17). The next is wheat: its imports plummeted by 25% to 299 KMT (14%). According to Rosselkhoznadzor, 113 KMT of Kazakh wheat that arrived to OJSC Yeysky Port Elevator will probably be shipped to other countries.
