30 Aug 2016 19:05

Russian farmers increase sales of main produce in 7M

MOSCOW. Aug 30 (Interfax) - Russian agricultural organizations increased sales of their main produce in January-July 2016, the Russian Federal State Statistics Agency (Rosstat) said.

Grain sales rose 11.8% year-on-year in 7M 2016 to 18.9 million tonnes.

Sales of cattle and poultry for slaughter grew 7.7% to 5.8 million tonnes, milk sales rose 2.4% to 8.6 million tonnes and egg sales grew 3.7% to 17.6 billion.

In July alone, grain sales declined 10.2% year-on-year to 3.6 million tonnes, cattle and poultry sales rose 2.6% to 0.8 million tonnes, milk sales edged up 0.1% to 1.3 million tonnes and egg sales rose 1.3% to 2.5 billion.