"Grains transported at reduced rates shall be purchased at prices not below the limit levels of minimum prices for grain of a crop of the respective year (set by the Ministry of agriculture) in order to conduct state procurement," — said the official representative of the Ministry.
On 6 April the government approved a resolution on subsidising the transport of grain from a number of remote regions. According to the document, subsidies will be provided to RZD for reimbursement of revenue losses arising from the carriage of grain from Altai and Krasnoyarsk territories, Kemerovo, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, and Tyumen regions to separate the regions of Central, northwestern, Siberian, North Caucasian, far Eastern and southern Federal districts.
In 2018, the gross harvest of grain and leguminous crops in Russia amounted to 112,9 million tons, including wheat — of 72.1 million tonnes, Informed the Ministry of agriculture reported that this year's grain harvest is expected to reach 118 million tonnes, including 75-78 million tonnes of wheat. Ministry of agriculture forecast grain exports (July 2018 — June 2019) is 42 million tonnes, including 37 million tons of wheat.
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