Russia exports 30 million tons of consumed products and 20 million tons of products by the end of the year – MFA
Russia is ready to offer for export until the end of the year about 30 million tons of grain and over 20 million tons of fertilizers, announced today, September 15, at a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
She noted that “according to the UN, as of September 13, 129 ships left the black ports of Ukraine, which took out 2 million 872 thousand 711 tons of food.”
“But there are other indicative figures. The recipients of the goods are such developed countries as Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, South Korea, Romania, Germany, France, Greece, Ireland and Israel. Their share is 44% of traffic. The proportion of countries in dire need of food, because of which the hysteria arose in the West, is only 8%: Sudan and Kenya received 2% each, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen and Lebanon – 1% each, ” the diplomat noted.
As for the implementation of the Russian-UN Memorandum on the export of domestic fertilizers and agricultural products, there are no concrete results yet, she said.
“Russian transport economic operators and manufacturers continue to resort to blocking labor relations when servicing and insuring cargo, and negotiable bank payments,” Zakharova added.
“For our part, the probability of being ready to export about 30 million tons of grain and over 20 million tons of cargo by the end of the year,” – Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.