The Ministry of Agriculture spoke about the expected export of grain from Russia in the first half of 2023

According to RIA Novosti, she said this during a working meeting with the People's Farmer Association.

“We took out 29 million tons (in the first half of the 2022-2023 agricultural year, or in the second half of 2022. - RT ), this year in the (first. -

) half of the year we hope to take out about 30-35 million tons. 30 - this is probably , a more reasonable, achievable volume due to the fact that we have a large number of restrictions on the external market,” she said.

Earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture said that Russian food exports in 2022 increased by almost 12%.