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The data is based on a report by the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR).
Last month, Russian wheat exports exceeded 2.4 million tons. This was stated by the General Director of the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) Dmitry Rylko. He was quoted by Interfax.
According to him, more than a million tons were transported by rail. In addition, export figures from the Baltic ports turned out to be record high (also over a million tons). In June-September, wheat supplies to foreign markets amounted to 6.4 million tons.
In addition, according to Rylko, in September the export of grains and legumes exceeded three million tons.

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