The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan reports that for 4 months of this year, the volume of exports of agricultural products of the republic amounted to 105.6 million dollars. The main share of exports falls on oil and fat products - 71.6 %, in second place are other agricultural products (15.9%), in third – food and processing industry (9.2%).
The main importing countries are Kazakhstan, Belarus, Latvia, Germany, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Poland and Azerbaijan.
"Compared to the same period last year, the export of fat and oil products increased by almost 5% and amounted to $ 75.6 million. The increase in exports is observed due to the implementation of the federal project "Export of agricultural products" of the national project "International Cooperation and Export", - said Marat Zyabbarov.
According to the forecast of the Center for Industry Expertise of the Russian Agricultural Bank, the increase in exports of Tatarstan oil and fat products in 2021 is expected to be 15%.