The first consignment of Russian wheat will be sent to Saudi Arabia by the end of the year, Interfax by the representative of the Rosselkhoznadzor Julia Melano.
According to her, the party will weigh 40 tonnes. Currently, wheat goes study in the Krasnodar Territory.
melano told, that after the grain will arrive in Saudi Arabia and otlezhus after road, Local experts will be invited experts from Rosselkhoznadzor "to conduct a joint experiment".
Together they vypekut bread and appreciate the result obtained, she said, explained, that this agreement was reached earlier during the visit of Saudi specialists, studied the effect of the grain quality assurance system, to go abroad.
Currently, Riyadh is a major consumer of Russian barley. And about the plans for the purchase of wheat, it became known in the spring 2018 of the year.
Traditional suppliers of wheat to Saudi Arabia are Canada, Australia and some EU countries. The annual volume of deliveries - about 3,4 million. tonnes.
According to the director of the Institute of conjuncture Dmitry Rylko agricultural market, If Russia manages to break into the Saudi market and to gain a foothold there, it would significantly increase its export potential.
he recalled, Earlier the Russian Federation could not supply wheat to the country due to "zero" the requirements for the identification of the pest as a chinch.
Riyadh also confirmed the interest in participating in several infrastructure projects, Presentation of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RFPI).
In the coming year we plan to invest about another $2 billion. of the Russian-Saudi Fund in Russia, said the head of RFPI Kirill Dmitriev.
We are talking about the projects in the sphere of petrochemistry, logistics and a number of other sectors.
