Russian grain exports: trends, problems and prospects

Issue № 2, 2024, article № 12, pages 114-126

Section: ABROAD

Language: Russian

Original language title: РОССИЙСКИЙ ЭКСПОРТ ЗЕРНА: ТЕНДЕНЦИИ, ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ

Keywords: EXPORT, EXPORTER, AGRICULTURE, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, GRAIN, GRAIN INDUSTRY, GRAIN MARKET, OIL AND FAT INDUSTRY

Abstract: Currently, state authorities and the scientific community have focused on the export of products of the Russian agro-industrial complex. The interest of the State is reflected in the approval of a number of projects to support the development of export activities with significant budgetary funding. The interest of the scientific community is expressed in the increase in the number of scientific publications on this topic, indexed in the RSCI. If on this topic in 2011-2015. there were 10-20 scientific articles on the export of the agro-industrial complex annually, then in 2017-2021 more than 60. The growth of interest is due to reasons lying in the economic plane. In the Russian agro-industrial complex in the mid-2010s, prerequisites were created for the growth of production of crop products, primarily grain crops. From 2014 to 2021, grain production reached and annually exceeded the target of 100 million tons. At the same time, domestic consumption during this period increased slightly. The Russian Federation has taken a stable position as the world leader in grain exports. The position of state authorities on the further development of the export activities of the Russian agro-industrial complex is unambiguous. This is a steady growth in export volumes, reflected in the targets of the federal project "Export of agricultural products." In recent years, the goal of increasing exports has been systematically achieved. However, researchers are focusing on two of a kind of sub-water rocks of increasing exports. The first is an exceptional focus on raw materials exports, and monoproduct. The second is ignoring the possibility of directing part of the excess volumes of grain produced to the formation of the feed base of Russian animal husbandry. The potential of the Russian agro-industrial complex is very high, there are reasons to argue that its long-term development must be diversified, in three directions at once - it is necessary to continue to increase production volumes, maintain a leading position in grain export, develop the processing sector for the export of products with higher added value, and increase the feed base for the growth of livestock.

Authors: Vodiasov Pavel Vladimirovich, Minenko Aleksei Vasilevich, KHorunzhin Maksim Gennadevich, Seliverstov Maksim Vladimirovich