Marapy Grychka

Rosterb intends to release a large amount of buckwheat cereal on the market. It is reported by "Kommersant" with reference to sources in the industry. Aliya Samigullina, a spokesman for the agricultural economy of the Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, confirmed that such a question is worked out both in the government apparatus and in specialized ministries and departments.

At the same time, the interlocutors of the newspaper did not specify exactly what volume of cereal is going to sell Rosrezerv.

The publication notes to such measures, the authorities resort extremely rarely - only in cases where the increase in prices for any of the first necessities reaches critical values. The last time Rosrezerv entered the market in 2011 with about 300 thousand tons of sugar-sand. Then, due to abnormal weather in the beetroot regions, the average price of sugar in the country increased by 63 percent in six months.

On the eve of Rosstat, he said that the retail prices for buckwheat in Russia increased by 16.1 percent per week , and from the beginning of the month - by 27.5 percent. To take off prices, the exciting demand for this cereal led. Experts associated 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.

At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture claimed that there is no buckwheat in the country. The crop crops are enough to fully provide the country's population, emphasized in the department, and taking into account the transitional reserves, there is also the possibility of export.

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.