Russia cancelled its flour export ban on January 1, after the government decided to ease the ban following appeals from flour millers who fear losing foreign customers.

Russia introduced the ban on wheat, barley, rye, corn and flour exports on August 15 following the worst summer drought in decades, which damaged around a third of the country`s crops. Initially, the ban was in force until December 2010, but it was later extended until June 30, 2011.

According to the Russian Grain Union, Russia exports flour to Mongolia, Afghanistan, South Korea, Israel, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Thailand and other states.
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