In Russia, prices for buckwheat are increasing

Retail prices for buckwheat-yard in Russia increased by 16.1 percent per week. From the beginning of the month, she has risen in price by 27.5 percent. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the data of Rosstat.

The price of price has led to the price of price for this product. Experts associate him with a decrease in buckwheat in the Altai Territory. This region usually accounts for up to 40 percent of its collection. The authorities of a number of regions of Siberia turned to the FAS with a request to intervene in the situation in the buckwheat market.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture claims that there is no buckwheat in the country. To date, buckwheat has been threshed from 738.2 thousand hectares, which is 97.3 percent of the total area. 744.6 thousand tons are prayed with a yield of 10.1 centners per ha. At the same time, 584.7 thousand tons were prayed for the corresponding period of the last year.

This amount is enough to fully provide the country's population with the country's population, and taking into account the transitional reserves, there is the possibility of export, they emphasize the department. The rational norm of buckwheat consumption per person is 3.5 kg per year. Thus, the country's need for this agricultural culture is 550 thousand tons.

Russia ranks first in the world for the production of buckwheat and usually exports it. Nevertheless, due to crop failure, a deficiency of this product is observed from time to time. The last time this situation arose in 2010 . Then buckwheat was imported from China. Before that, Russia was forced to resort to buckwheat imports in 2003-2004.

On October 23, the head of the presidential administration, Sergei Ivanov, said that the authorities will forcefully suppress attempts to speculate and increase prices . “Very little time has passed since the known events, I mean sanctions and counter -sanctions,” Ivanov said. “Of course, the increase in prices for individual goods, food has occurred, and it is very important that the relevant authorities in the person of the Federal Antimonopoly Service and other control bodies monitor this and allow artificial growth in prices, which, of course, can use both our internal speculators, frankly, frankly, and foreign suppliers, and foreign suppliers, and foreign suppliers, and foreign suppliers. who want to use the conjuncture. "