SELECTING EXPORT POLICY PRIORITIES

DOI 10.32651/237-90

Issue № 7, 2023, article № 12, pages 90-96

Section: Agrofood market

Language: Russian

Original language title: ВЫБОР ПРИОРИТЕТОВ ПОЛИТИКИ ЭКСПОРТА ЗЕРНА

Keywords: AGRICULTURAL POLICY, EXPORT, GRAIN, GRAIN PROCESSING PRODUCTS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS

Abstract: The paper analyzes the volumes and proportions of exports of unprocessed grain, products of processing of grain and meat products obtained by fattening livestock in Russia and other countries. Also proposals for choosing a policy for the use of produced grain, contributing to the development of agriculture, processing industry and export growth are addressed. Russia exports almost half of its wheat, a quarter of barley and a third of corn. The agrarian policy of the country was aimed at increasing exports, primarily of unprocessed grain. Russia has come out on top in the world in wheat exports and ranks high in other grain crops. At the same time, in terms of the share of domestic grain consumption for industrial processing and livestock feed, Russia lags behind most grain-producing countries. Should the current policy be maintained or should it be changed? Should agrarian policy stimulate the export of unprocessed grain or restrain it and stimulate the production and export of grain processing products, the consumption of grain in animal husbandry and the export of livestock products? Publications have appeared claiming that it is difficult or impossible to sell processed products, that large grain producers from other countries also sell grain, and not processed products. Is it so? From 2021 The Government of the Russian Federation introduced floating export duties. The overwhelming majority of the expert community proposes to abolish duties. They reduce the income of agricultural producers, increase the risk of a slowdown in growth or even a recession in grain production. The data presented in the paper confirm this conclusion. But if the duties are canceled, then the growth of exports of unprocessed grain will continue, Russia will achieve new export records, but the grain processing industry and animal husbandry will not develop. Whether to maintain duties or eliminate them is another issue addressed in this article.

Authors: Uzun Vasilii IAkimovich