Russian Financial Control Monitor

MOSCOW. In August 2013, Russia exported 3.2mn metric tons of grain, Vladimir Petrichenko, CEO of the ProZerno grain market analyst, told the Interfax news agency, quoting information of the Federal Customs Service. Grain exports totalled 3.1mn metric tons on August 1 to 28, of which wheat accounted for 2.7mn metric tons, barley for 367,000 metric tons, rye for 3,000 metric tons and corn for 15,000 metric tons. “It will definitely be 3.2mn metric tons for the entire month, as about 80,000 metric tons of wheat and 20,000 to 30,000 metric tons of barley must have been exported in the remaining days,” Petrichenko said. In July, exports of grain and pulses totalled 2.55mn metric tons, of which wheat accounted for 2.34mn metric tons and barley for 444,000 metric tons.

TOGLIATTI. Russia's biggest automaker, AvtoVAZ, sold 350,116 Lada cars in January to the end of August, down 10.9% from the same period of 2012. Of these, 303,357 vehicles were sold in Russia, down 13.1% year on year, the company said in a statement. In August, the company sold 44,314 Ladas, an increase of 6.5% from July. Russian Lada dealers marketed 39,079 vehicles, up 4.1%. The Lada Granta sales last month climbed by a small margin of 2.8% in Russia, to 14,951.

2023-10-08 11:42:18