Volga Baikal AGRO News Update on the Russian Potato Exports !!!

Russia increased potato exports by a third

Volga Baikal AGRO News Update on the Russian Potato Exports !!!

Russia increased potato exports by a third.

In the first nine months of this year, Russia exported 254.8 thousand tons of potatoes (food and seed), which is almost 36% more than in the same period last year, said Roman Nekrasov, director of the crop production department of the Ministry of Agriculture. In monetary terms, exports increased by 38.7% (to $ 30.3 million, in 2015 the amount was half that).

According to Nekrasov, the main buyers of our seed potatoes are Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Turkmenistan, and Belarus. And table potatoes are in demand in Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Moldova, Tajikistan.

Source: Potatosystem.ru

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