Russia has become the world's largest wheat exporter

The "Gazette" quoted the Russian Ministry of Agriculture data as saying that as of June 10, Russia had exported 24.5 million tons of wheat in this agricultural year (from July 2015 to June 2016), exceeding 22.5 million tons in Canada and 2109 in the United States. Ten thousand tons, becoming the world's big wheat exporter. In addition, from July 1, 2015 to June 8, 2016, Russia exported a total of 33.04 million tons of grain, an increase of 12.3%.

Russia has become the world's largest wheat exporter

Russian Agricultural Market Research Institute President Relico said that this is Russia's world's largest wheat exporter in modern history, and Russia hopes to maintain this status in the next agricultural year (July 2016 to June 2017). . It is estimated that Russian wheat production will reach 64 million tons in the next agricultural year, and Russian wheat exports will remain at around 25 million tons.

In response to the Western countries’ multiple sanctions against Russia for some time, Russia decided to ban or restrict the import of agricultural products from some Western countries and vigorously promote the “import substitution” policy in the agricultural sector. The Russian government executives have repeatedly stated that Russia can not only fully meet domestic demand in the field of food production, but also become a major food producer in the world.

(Original title: Russian agricultural data shows that Russia has become the world's largest wheat exporter)