According to the results of the completed agricultural season, Russia has taken the first place in the world in terms of wheat and barley exports. This was announced by Alexander Malov, Director of the Department for Regulation of Agricultural Markets of the Ministry of Agriculture.
“According to preliminary results, we took first place in wheat exports, first place in barley exports,” he said.
According to Malov, Russia ranks third in the world in terms of grain and grain market. In addition, the country is in second place in the export of vegetable oil.
Recall, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, over the past five years, Russia has supplied about 380 thousand tons of food as humanitarian aid to countries in Africa and Asia.