Highlights Turkey, Egypt, Kazakhstan top buyers of Russian wheat Russia raises wheat export tax to $84.90/mt for Dec. 8-14 MY 2021-22 wheat harvest 10% lower on year at 79 million mt The pace of Russia’s wheat exports remain slow for the marketing year 2021-22 (July-June) due to increases in export tariffs on the food grains.
The country’s wheat exports were down 18% year on year at 18.8 million mt over July 1-Dec. 2, according to data released by the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Dec. 6. Wheat exports for the year through Nov. 25 had stood at 18 million mt. Russia is the world’s largest wheat exporter. Turkey remained the largest buyer of Russian wheat during the year, buying 3.9 million mt as of Nov. 25, followed by Egypt at 2.8 million mt and […]