Russia announced the development of a new grain export route

Russian farmers, in the face of ongoing problems with the export of products through the Azov-Black Sea basin, are working on a new route for delivering grain to foreign markets - in transit through China. This was stated by the executive director of the national Grain Association (ZAR) Ksenia Bolomatova, her words are quoted by Interfax.

This issue, she explained, is now being actively studied. Through Chinese ports, Bolomatova noted, grain can be sent to any market. The terminals of the Asian country are safe, unlike Novorossiysk. “This is a very promising direction,” summed up the director of the industry association.

According to such a transit scheme, she added, it is possible to send products to the market of countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Bolomatova explained that it is much more difficult to deliver grain through the Baltic terminals to Indonesia. Chinese ports can solve this problem, she concluded.

Against the backdrop of increasing attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on dry cargo ships in the Azov-Black Sea basin and the problem of growing grain reserves, the Russian authorities wanted to stimulate the growth of rail transportation in the Baltic region. It was planned to allocate 10 billion rubles from the budget for these purposes.