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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 15–19 January 2024 For the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Putin mentioned grains grown and harvested from occupied territories. During a recent press conference, he mentioned that during 2023 Russia produced 150 MMT in bunker weight and 146 MMT in standard weight. His footnote was that these 146 MMT include “new territories” which are nothing else but occupied territories of Ukraine in the east and south. His estimation of new territories production is 5-6 MMT.  Interestingly, other agencies are very careful with their updates and news about “new territories”. The Russian Grain Union believes that the grain crop in 2023 is 141 MMT of which 91 MMT is whe...

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