The Ministry of agriculture offers to sell agricultural products to China
According to May decree of the President, by 2024 the volume of agricultural exports should double — up to $45 billion. This goal is mentioned in the national project "International cooperation and export", part of which is "Export of agricultural products". As it was explained to "Izvestia" at the press service of the Ministry of agriculture, the Ministr has already identified priority areas for the sale of goods abroad in the framework of this project.
The volume of supplies of fat and oil products by 2024, according to the calculations of the Ministry, should grow 2.7 times in monetary terms compared to the results of last year. It is planned that the vast majority of supplies (55%) will fall on China and India, although now domestic products are mainly exported to Turkey and Egypt. China is also a major importer - but not in the first place.
To achieve this goal, it is necessary to work on the elimination of external barriers, the Ministry said. For example, India sets high duties on imports of products, and China's trade policy does not allow supplying a number of goods to its market, in particular soybean meal.
The supply of food and processing industry should grow 2.1 times compared to 2017. As explained in the Department, one of the key areas in this industry can be the export of confectionery products. Now the leading buyers of these products are the CIS countries, which account for more than two thirds of all exports. It is planned to increase the volume of supplies to China and the Gulf States.
Sales of fish and seafood abroad should double. Now these products are exported to China, Korea, Japan and other countries. The Ministry plans to promote finished products, in particular white fish fillets, to the US market.
The export of grain abroad should increase by 1.5 times due to supplies to the markets of India, China and South-East Asia. By the results of 2017, the main directions were Turkey and Iran. The volume of exports of meat and dairy products should increase 2.5 times due to supplies to China, the Gulf States and Korea. Now the sales markets are the CIS and South-East Asia.
In 2017, food exports, according to the Ministry of agriculture, amounted to $20.7 billion (+21.1% compared to 2016). In real terms, it is slightly more than 65 million tons (+20.8%). One third of the deliveries accounted for grain and products of the flour and cereal industry. Finished products, fish and crustaceans, oil and fat products and meat and by-products had less significant shares.
China today is one of the major importers of Russian products, explained the teacher of the Institute of business and business administration of the RANEPA Galina Kuznetsova. The fact that this country compensates for the loss of part of the Western markets is a traditional opinion, she said.
Galina Kuznetsova stressed that in Russia there are certain problems with the infrastructure for agriculture, which gives low throughput capacity. Transport problems and high tariffs for transportation also do not contribute to the development of exports. As a result, it turns out that "we can produce a volume of products, but really cannot save and export these products". These problems must be solved.
The General Director of The Russian export center (REC) Andrey Slepnev said that China, India and the Gulf States are promising, although they are not the only markets for Russian food products. It is also necessary to pay attention to various countries of the African continent, Southeast Asian States and develop cooperation with the EU.
- India is in the top 20 of our rating of the most promising countries for Russian exports — said Andrey Slepnev.
There are already significant deliveries of legumes; it is also interesting to export sunflower oil on the condition of favorable pricing from our part.
As for the Gulf States, this region is primarily an active importer of Russian grain, the expert reminded. Domestic chocolate is also a high demand. In addition, today Russia supplies Halal products to Kuwait, UAE and Oman. We are talking mainly about meat products.
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