BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

10/11/2006

Belarus plans to import about 500.000 tonnes of wheat

According to Minister of Agriculture and Food Leonid Rusak, Belarus plans to import 200.000-250.000 tonnes of milling wheat and about 300.000 tonnes of feed grain.

According to the Minister, the country would import grain at the level of the last year, and this volume of 200.000-250.000 tonnes of milling wheat and about 300.000 tonnes of feed grain is subject of animal growing industry.

In addition, he confirmed that the country would buy additional volumes in the countries according to the decision of tender commission.

Besides that, Minister informed that for today Belarus has already completed 50% of the task concerning brewer's barley (they planned to collect 150.000 tonnes). Additional 70.000 tonnes of brewery's barley (or 80.000 tonnes including malt deliveries) the country would import from abroad.

Source:

http://www.agrimarket.info/showart.php?id=40955