Altai Territory wants to export flour, cereals to China - official
BARNAUL. Nov 18 (Interfax) - The Altai Territory plans to export flour and cereals to China, chief of the territorial food processing, pharmaceutical and bioengineering industries department Tatyana Zelenina told journalists.
"We will ask the Agriculture Ministry and the federal veterinary and phytosanitary oversight service Rosselkhoznadzor to extend the list of grain processing products cleared to be exported to China," she said.
The region could export some 300,000 tonnes of flour to Chinese partners each year, Zelenina also said.
"We have capacities large enough to produce 1.8 million tonnes of flour annually, so we could quietly produce an extra 300,000 tonnes of flour to be exported to China," she said.
Besides flour, Altai grain processing companies would like to export cereals and mixed fodder. The Altai territory's production potential could grow significantly due to exports to the Chinese market, she said.
"If companies see markets, they will be encouraged to upgrade production facilities, expand production and enter these markets, Zelenina said.
Altai Territory is one of Russia's main flour producers.
