18 апреля 2024 — 16:00
Lithuania started buying Russian grain for the first time since July 2023. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to information from the statistical service of the European Union.
It is noted that Lithuania stopped regular grain imports in May 2023, and the last delivery was in July of the same year. The first delivery since that time took place in February — 12.2 thousand tons worth 1.95 million euros were imported.
At the same time, Latvia increased imports, which at the end of winter bought 58.8 thousand tons of grain from Russia for ten million euros against 52.6 thousand tons for 8.7 million euros a month earlier.
In general, the EU countries purchased 92.6 thousand tons of Russian grain worth 16.9 million euros in February.
At the same time, in March Latvia banned the import of these Russian products, and the EU published a proposal to impose protective duties on them.