The Turks are the biggest buyers of Russian wheat

In the aftermath of the 2022 harvest, Egypt emerged as the leading buyer of Russian grain, importing 8.7 million tons, closely followed by Turkey with 8.9 million tons. Other significant buyers included Iran and Saudi Arabia, with import volumes of 7 million tons and 4.5 million tons respectively. Bangladesh rounded out the top five, increasing its purchases from Russia to 3.8 million tons, contributing to Russia's 25% share of the global wheat market in 2022, which rose to 28% in the 2023/24 sales season despite ongoing war logistics challenges. This resulted in a total of 55.4 million tons of wheat being delivered, with an average of 4.6 million tons loaded onto ships or trains per middle of the war.

After the 2022 harvest, Egypt still bought the most grain (mainly wheat) from the Russians, while Turkey ordered the most from last year's harvest, 8.9 million tons. It is closely followed by Egypt with 8.7 million tons, followed by Iran with an import volume of 7 million tons. Other major buyers are also accessible via the Black Sea, including Saudi Arabia. The Arab kingdom claimed 4.5 million tons of Russian grain from last year's harvest. And Bangladesh moved up to fifth place in the list of major importers after increasing its purchases from Russia to 3.8 million tons. After the 2022 harvest, the Russian export share in the world wheat market was 25%, which they were able to further increase to 28% in the 2023/24 sales season. For this, ...