The balance of foreign trade in agricultural products worsened.
According to the data of the Federal Customs Service, Russia exported food products and agricultural raw materials worth 31.8 billion dollars (excluding textiles) in January-September this year, which is 15.6% more than in the same period last year. Imports increased by 4.3% to 32.6 billion dollars.
Compared to the previous month, there was a decrease in the growth rate of exports.
The foreign trade balance continued to deteriorate: in January-September imports are ahead of exports by 0.8 billion dollars, although a month ago it was minus 0.5 billion dollars.
The grain export situation has relatively stabilized and will remain at the level of 3-3.5 million tons until the opening of the Azov-Black Sea basin, but the drop in world grain prices will not allow a significant increase in exports in terms. At the same time, until now it was possible to maintain the export volume of vegetable oils at last year's level and a significant decrease in agricultural exports can be prevented this year.
Independent expert A. Corbot.