Russia: Russian barley export declines in April 2016

In April 2016, Russia exported 206.9 thousand tonnes of barley, which is only about half its export in April 2015 (410.5 thousand) and almost the same volume as in April 2014 (206 thousand), UkrAgroConsult reported.

Since the beginning of the current season barley exports from Russia decreased by 16% to 4107.7 thousand tonnes. Arab countries decreased purchases, but remain key buyers in the Russian barley export structure, as well as in Ukrainian. Turkey lowered imports considerably – to 68 thousand tonnes against 149 thousand in 2014/15. EU countries lowered imports by 34% compared to the previous season (to 101.8 thousand tonnes against 154.2 thousand).

According to UkrAgroConsult’s estimates barley exports from Russia in 2015/16 will decrease to 4.3-4.5 mln tonnes against 5.27 mln tonnes exported in 2014/15.

17 June, 2016