Russian AgMin not considering lifting of export duty on grain - AgMin head

MOSCOW. May 27 (Interfax) - The Agriculture Ministry is not considering the issue of abolishing the export duty on grain.

"I officially declare that the issue of abolishing the export duty on grain crops is not under consideration at the moment," Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said at the All-Russian Grain Forum in Sochi on Friday.

In her turn, First Deputy Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut said that the ban that is valid until the end of August on exporting sunflower seeds and oil from Russia will not be lifted.

"The ban will not be removed until there is enough raw material to fill our processing capacity," Lut said when answering a related question from one of the gallery.