According to the RF Federal Customs Service statistics, during 2021 Russia exported 32.9 mn tons of wheat and meslin, down 14.6% year-on-year. In terms of value, grain export grew by 8.1% up to $8.9 bn.
Wheat import into Russia during 2021 decreased by 35.1% down to 123.2 thousand tons. Corn import declined by 31.8% down to 35 thousand tons. Barley import made only 6.2 thousand tons, down 87.3% year-on-year.
In terms of value, wheat import declined by 24.1% down to $49.2 mn, corn import by 15.8% down to $110.9 mn, and barley import by 74.7% down to $1.9 mn.
In December 2021, wheat and meslin export made 2.9 mn tons, down 39.4% year-on-year and down 7.5% month-on-month. In terms of value, it decreased by 19.7% year-on-year and by 1.6% month-on-month to make $938.1 mn.
Wheat import in December 2021 made 4.8 thousand tons, down 88.6% year-on-year and up 50% month-on-month. Value-wise, wheat import decreased by 85.6% year-on-year and grew by 60% month-on-month to make $2.4 mn.
Corn import was down 43.8% year-on-year and up 9-fold month-on-month making 2.7 thousand tons. In terms of value, it declined by 28.8% year-on-year and surged 15.6-fold month-on-month to make $10.9 mn.
Barley import was non-existent in December 2021.