Russia banning grain exports

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 27 Apr 2020 by Alex Teddy
On April 26 Russia announced that it is making most grain exports to most countries illegal until July 1 when the situation will be reviewed. The ban applies to rye, corn, barley and meslin which is an amalgam of wheat and rye. Eurasian Economic Union countries are exempted from the ban: Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.Oil, coal and gas revenues have fallen severely. Grain has been one of Russia's only other major exports. WHO, the World Food Program and the WTO have asked Russia to rescind the ban on grain export.Iran was relying on 3 million tons of Russian grain coming in. That will not now happen.In Kazakhstan there is already a paucity of wheat and flour.Russia sold 35 million tons of wheat and 43 million tons of all grains to other countries in 2018-19.

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