Russia in 2016 increased export deliveries of agricultural goods and food by almost 5 percent. In monetary terms, the volume of exports reached $ 17.1 billion, exceeding sales of Russian arms by 1.8 billion.
This was told by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, speaking at the 'Russia is calling!' VTB Capital investment forum (Moscow). The head of state said that the agro industry is becoming Russia's largest non-raw exporter. Thus, in the eight months of 2017, the supply of food and agricultural raw materials to the foreign market grew by 19.6 percent to $ 11.9 billion.
Source: agroinfo.com.
