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Russia. Grain stocks down 29% by April

Posted on May, 9, 2019 at 10:28 am


Some data of the Russian State Statistics Service say that 23.5 MMT of grain was available at Russia’s farming, procurement and processing entities as of April 1, 2019, or 29% less than a year earlier. Wheat stocks totaled 13.9 MMT (down 33% year-on-year), reports UkrAgroConsult.

As of the reporting date, Russian procurement and processing entities held the following amounts of grains:

- corn – 1025.5 KMT (- 23.7% from Apr. 01, 2018),

- barley – 1140.3 KMT (-20.7%),

- rye – 363.8 KMT (-32.7%).

Source: UkrAgroConsult