In November, Pakistan paid for Russian grain in United Arab Emirates (UAE) dirhams instead of dollars for the first time. This was reported by RIA NewsHe cites data from the Pakistani government.
According to these data, at the end of autumn, Pakistan imported 377.2 thousand tons of wheat from the Russian Federation for approximately 10.6 billion rubles. rubles The majority of this amount (almost 82%) was paid in dirhams. This was the first example of mutual grain trade between Pakistan and Russia.
Overall, the Russian Federation supplied Pakistan with a record amount of grain in 2023; almost 1.4 million tonnes compared to 294 thousand tonnes in the previous year.
17 December Head of the Ministry of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev reportedHe said the ministry may adjust grain harvest estimates upward.
At the end of November, the Ministry of Agriculture confirmed plans to export more than 65 million tonnes of grain in the current agricultural year. head of department registeredDue to the second largest harvest in Russian history, it will be possible to fully meet domestic needs and break a record in grain supplies abroad. Later, Patrushev announced that the harvest campaign was almost complete; Grains were harvested from 98% of the area, more than 151 million tons of grain and 99 million tons of wheat were threshed. There was also a significant increase in the production of a number of crops, including rice, buckwheat, oilseeds and others.
Previously Russian wheat prices grew up Due to storms in the Black Sea.