February 28 2003, 14:35

Russia's AgMin will make suggestions on intervention grain till late April

Russia's ministry of agriculture will have formulated its suggestions concerning use of the grain, bought at interventions, by the end of April, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Agriculture Aleksey Gordeyev told journalists.

He said the final decision would be made with consideration of the state of winter crops.

Russia bought 2.9 million tonnes of grain at interventions of the 2002/03 season, while the purchase in the previous season had been just 225,000 tonnes of grain.