Russia: Barley export in February 2016 smaller than a year ago

Russia exported 261.7 thousand tonnes of barley in February 2016, which was 36% lower than in February 2015 (410.2 thousand tonnes), UkrAgroConsult reported on March 31.

The pace of barley exports from Russia in the current marketing year is nearly 4% lower than last season.

Since the beginning of 2015/16 MY, barley exports reached 3.599 mln tonnes compared to 3.744 mln tonnes during the same period in season 2014/15.

UkrAgroConsult estimates that the nation’s barley export capacity has been implemented by 86%. The analysts expect 20% exports reduction in the current season in comparison to season 2014/15 due to the decrease of barley production in Russia in 2015.

01 April, 2016