October 1 2004, 12:41 APK-Inform

Russia: new crop grain quality performances as of Sept. 30

According to the data of Russian State Bread Inspectorate as of September 30, examination of 30.4 tonnes of new crop wheat (68 percent of the total crop) revealed that the share of milling wheat constituted 71 percent, which is the same as last week. The share of top quality (3rd class) milling wheat increased 1 percent from the previous week - to 30 percent (9 million tonnes). The share of mid-quality (4th class) milling wheat dropped 1 percent - to 41 percent (near 12.5 million tonnes). The share of feed wheat did not change, remaining at 29 percent of the tested amount (8.8 million tonnes).

As of September 23 the Inspectorate also tested 2.1 million tonnes of new crop rye (70 percent of the total crop) and found out that the share of milling grain within this volume was 80 percent (1.7 million tonnes) against 81 percent last week. The share of top quality (1st class) rye is 28 percent (or 580,700 tonnes) of the tested volume.