Russia exported 1.3 million tonnes of grain in September, a 3% growth on August and a 20% decline from September 2002, Vladimir Petrichenko, an analyst with the UniDell group of companies, has told Interfax citing the State Customs Committee as his source. Large shipments of barley to Saudi Arabia account for a large part of this amount, he said. Barley accounted for 558,000 tonnes, or 41.9%, of Russia's grain export in September, Petrichenko said.

Russia has exported over 3 million tonnes of grain since the start of the agricultural year on July 1, 2003, he said.

03 November, 2003