Poltavchenko warned Dvorkovich about the possible shortage of bread in St. Petersburg. Enterprises do not have enough wagons for grain. Updated

The governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko warned the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich about the possible shortage of bread in St. Petersburg due to a lack of grain wagons. This was told by Kommersant with reference to a copy of the letter. The press service of the governor confirmed the sending of a letter.

In a letter, Poltavchenko indicates that the mucomomed enterprises of the city cannot receive wagons to transport grain due to its active export. The governor believes that because of this there is a threat of deterioration in the supply of enterprises, prices can grow, bakery products will be in short supply.

According to Kommersant, large flour mills of the city have already collided with the lack of wagons: the Petersburg Mill and the Leningrad Kirov Bakes Plant. There are also not enough wagons to the “food fund”.

Kommersant found out that the Ministry of Transport intends to solve this problem, starting to ship grain on weekends. To do this, you will have to increase the working week of employees of the Rosselkhoznadzor, who are responsible for paperwork for grain transportation. A source of Kommersant in the Ministry of Transport said that this extent was already running in 2011, and then it increased the wagons turnover by 15-20 %.

The publication adds that in addition to flour mills, salt and crushed stone manufacturers complain about the shortage of wagons.

Update:

The Chairman of the Committee on Industrial Policy and Innovation, Maxim Meyksin, said that St. Petersburg was not threatened with a shortage of bread. The appeal to Dvorkovich, according to him, "refers only to promising deliveries and aims to eliminate the very possibility of the occurrence of a shortage of wagons in the future for transporting grain to St. Petersburg."

According to the Committee, St. Petersburg has a reserve for storing grain, which allows to provide the needs of the population for a long time. According to Meixin, large commercial grain reserves and full grain reserves along the Rosrezerva line were also accumulated in St. Petersburg.

Nevertheless, the official confirmed that the flour mills "expressed concern with probable difficulties with the distribution of railway wagons." In this regard, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Transport, at which they decided to promote the supply of wagons to St. Petersburg to transport the purchased grain.