RGU: foreign buyers are showing interest in the Crimean grain

Foreign buyers are showing interest in the Crimean grain, said the head of the Russian grain Union (RGU) Arkady Zlochevsky.
" Get the grain you want the most, but the question is how to transport, because of the Crimean terminals that crossed the Ukrainian grain, currently idle, in addition, their jurisdiction is not changed as long as. No vessel agrees to enter in the Crimean port " - quoted expression Zlochevsky ITAR-TASS. Along with this, Zlochevsky said that the Purchase of the Crimean grain to the state Fund in the process of grain interventions will reduce the price pressure on the grain market in the area. Own grain yield in the Crimea is 1, 1 million tons this year, While domestic consumption in the region 300 thousand Tons. While routes for the export of grain from the Crimea At the present time, no, drew the attention of the head of the industrial Union." It's locked, " he said. The Ministry of agriculture is currently sets the volume of purchases of grain for the Crimea, he continued." in principle, the main goal is to sterilize the excess, that they do not put pressure on the market, " Zlochevsky said. Purchases of grain in the Crimea will be held at the prices determined by the Ministry of agriculture and the Federal customs service for the European part of Russia with the right of repurchase, said the head of the Union." When the Crimean agrarians will have to sell grain at a lower price, they will be able to exercise this right, " he finished Zlochevsky. on 25 June the Council of the European Union decided to impose a ban on the import of items from the Crimea. It was also noted that the European employees of the foreign Ministry have plans to accept from the Crimea only those goods and services that will receive certification from the leadership of Ukraine. The Minister of agrarian policy and food of Crimea Mykola Polushkin said grain producers in the Crimea because of the punishment had problems with exports, at the moment they are working on fresh approaches to marketing. We emphasize that the grain harvest in Russia in 2013 was 92, 4 million tons. The forecast of grain harvest in 2014 in may increased to 100 million tons, excluding Crimea with the expected first 95 million grain Export from the Russian Federation of may 21, is already 24, 1 million tons, which is much higher than the original forecast of the Ministry of agriculture in 22 million tons.

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