Russia: As of the beginning of March, grain stocks in Russia amounted to 27.500.000 t

As of March of the current year, Russian grain reserves amounted to 27.500.000 t, which lower than last year’s reserves by 11.000.000 t, or 28.5%.

Such information was provided by the Statistics Committee.

At the beginning of March, the amount of wheat in the bins of Russia amounted to 16.500.000 t, which is 2.300.000 t less than in 2018. In percentage terms, the reduction amounted to 33.3%. The reserves of barley, maize and rye have also been decreased. The reserves of these crops are 1.4 million tons, 1.1 million tons and 371 thousand tons, respectively.

It should be added that as of the reporting date, the volume of oat reserves amounted to 149 thousand tons, which is 3.3% higher than last year.