According to the RF Federal Customs Service statistics, during January 2022 Russia exported 1.4 mn tons of wheat and meslin, down 53% year-on-year and down 50.9% month-on-month.
In terms of value, grain export decreased by 36.7% year-on-year and by 51.5% month-on-month to make $455 mn.
Wheat import into Russia during January 2022 declined by 64.8% year-on-year and grew by 16.7% month-on-month to make 5.6 thousand tons. Value-wise, wheat import was down 98.8% and up 25% month-on-month to $3 mn.
Corn import was up 2.3-fold year-on-year and up 3.3-fold month-on-month making 9 thousand tons. In terms of value, it dropped by 50.9% year-on-year and surged 2.1-fold month-on-month to make $22.8 mn.
Barley import was non-existent in January 2022.