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The retail groups that already have a developed proximity store formats that could be refurbished towards discounter models, such as X5 Group, Dixy, Magnit, and O'Key Group (discoutner Da! accounts for 11% share in revenues).
9.1.6​ Agriculture sector news
Russia’s agriculture crop in 2020 will not only satisfy local demand but implement export potential fully, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said at a government meeting on October 9​. "We expected to harvest at least 82mn tonnes of wheat in 2020, which exceeds 2019 by 7.5mn tonnes. As for plans for other types of agriculture products, according to calculations of the regions, the potato harvest will stand at about 22mn tonnes, the oil bearing crops up to 21.5mn tonnes," Patrushev said. "The planned harvest will help us fulfill all target requirements set by the state food program, this amount will meet domestic needs and implement export potential fully." The minister also said that the winter sowing was finished in 34 regions and continued in 28 regions. The sown area stands at 14.3mn hectares out of the planned 19.2mn hectares.
The Ministry of Agriculture is considering a sugar import quota with lower tariffs, ​according to Kommersant. Import tariffs for cane were introduced in 2000 with the aim of stimulating domestic sugar production from beet and achieving self sufficiency in Russia. In the last ten years, the share of cane sugar in consumption has declined from 47% to none in the last two
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