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Russia has become the fourth country in the world in terms of agricultural exports with revenues reaching $43.5 bln, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
"We have become the fourth country in the world in terms of exports of agricultural products, and the first country in the world in terms of wheat. Revenues from selling products on foreign markets amounted to <...> $43.5 bln," he said.
Putin also added that Russia's revenues from exports of agricultural products increased 30 times. "Last year, export revenues reached $43.5 bln. The volume increased 30-fold - not just some percentage, but export revenues increased 30 times," Putin said.
In his opinion, such results "only recently seemed absolutely unrealistic." "If they had said in 2000 that we would have 43.5 bln in export revenue, no one would have believed it, it seemed like some kind of fantasy. But these are the realities today," Putin emphasized.
He recalled that in 2022, 157 mln tons of grain were exported, and in 2023 - 147 mln tons.
Putin noted that Russian grain exports may total up to 65 mln metric tons in the agricultural year of 2023-2024. "In my opinion, our grain exports were about 50-53 mln metric tons in the last season, in 2022-2023, and they will be up to 65 mln metric tons in 2023-2024," the Russian leader noted.
European Commission proposes tariffs on Russian, Belarusian grain. The measure would impose a 95 euro ($103) per ton on corn and wheat, as opposed to zero tariffs imposed today, Business Insider reported. Other products, namely oilseeds, would be subject to an "ad valorem duty" of 50%.
Russia is supplying almost five mln metric tons of grain per year to the European Union, which accounts for just about 1% of the EU’s grain market, a high ranking EU official told reporters.
Russian grain exports may total up to 65 mln metric tons in the agricultural year of 2023-2024, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with agricultural sector workers.
Russia has almost no dependence on food imports, President Vladimir Putin said."So much has changed in the agro-industrial sector during past years. The dependence in 2000 was almost on all main components and directions in respect of providing the country with foods. Such dependence does not actually exist at present," the head of state said.
Lentil exports from Russia in physical terms climbed 2.4-fold in 2023 compared with 2022 to 297,000 tons, the Agroexport federal center at the
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