Wednesday 20 March 2013

Commodities Buzz: Russian Grain Stockpiles Down 30% Over Last One Year

Grain stockpiles in Russia, the leading global exporter of the commodity have dropped around 30% in the past year as of March 1 2013. The inventories of the foodgrains slipped to 20.4 million metric tons from 29 million tons a year earlier, stated the Moscow-based Federal State Statistics Service, according to media reports. Of these inventories, the large agricultural producers are holding 10.3 million tons as compared to 14.8 million tons a year ago while procurement and milling companies had 10.1 million tons, down from 14.2 million tons. Procurement and milling companies had about 6.7 million tons of wheat stockpiles, down from 10.5 million tons a year earlier.
Source by Commodity Insights

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