79989130 The first auction of grain brought to the budget 373 million rubles
The first exchange trading grain under government trade interventions have brought budget 373.4 million rubles. This is stated in the official press release of the National Commodity Exchange, which holds the auction. Total Feb. 4 at the Exchange was sold for just over 60 thousand tons of grain. The greatest demand during the trading used feed barley crop in 2008 – it sold more than 24 thousand tons. In addition, it was possible to realize the wheat crop in 2008 and 2009. And here on the rye harvest in 2008, put up for sale, buyers were not found. Earlier it was reported that participation in the auction more than 120 registered buyers. As the "Interfax" They included flour and cereal companies and manufacturers of animal feed and other organizations. The Russian Government has decided to sell in the market for 500,000 tons of grain per month during the first half of 2011. Thus, in general, will be sold around 2.5 million tons of grain. Government intervention in the grain market are designed to reduce the prices of these goods in the regions. Because of drought and as a result, crop failure, many farmers were left without grain, which has affected the cost of production. Interfax said that now the price of coarse grains are near the cost of food. The intervention fund Russia is now 9.5 million tons of grain, much of which (7.74 million tons) of grain crops in 2008. National Commodity Exchange was established in 2002. For the bidding on this auction is used infrastructure MICEX.
