Russia already exported over 8.5 mln tonnes of grains
Since the beginning of the season (July 1), and as of October 10, 2012, Russia already exported 8.69 mln tonnes of grains, announced the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation with reference to operative data on October 17.
In the period from October 1-10,the export volumes of grains from Russia totaled 717.1 thsd tonnes. Wheat formed the major part of the reporting volume — 520.7 thsd tonnes. Besides, since the beginning of the month the country also exported 86.7 thsd tonnes of barley, and 82.4 thsd tonnes of maize.