According to TASS, referring to these departments, wheat stocks increased by 10.6%, to 7.3 million tons, and corn stocks for grain increased by 14.8%, to 1.9 million tons.
At the same time, the ministry clarified that the volume of grain sales (excluding corn) in January-April 2022 decreased by 6.1%, to 11.636 million tons. Including wheat sales decreased by 2.2%, to 8.6 million However, the volume of corn sales increased by 3.1%, to 2.4 million tons.
At the same time, in April, the volume of grain sales increased by 1.4%, to 3.1 million tons, including wheat - by 9.5%, to 2.4 million tons. Sales of corn in April increased by 1.3% , up to 553 thousand tons
Earlier, Maxim Oreshkin, assistant to the Russian president for economic affairs, said that Russia is doing everything to help overcome world hunger by supplying more products to the global market.