Russia May Provide Trade Finance To Importers Of Its Grain: Minister
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Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, is working with Eximbank and the Russian agency for export credit and investment insurance.
Russia may start providing trade finance to importers of its grain as sanctions imposed on Moscow since it sent troops to Ukraine affect this financial instrument, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said.
Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, is working with Eximbank and the Russian agency for export credit and investment insurance "to provide financing to foreign companies for the purchase of our products", Patrushev told the RBC business daily in an interview published on Monday.
"This will give us the opportunity to sell large amounts. Because there is also a problem with settlements so far," he added.
Some importers of Russian grain are currently paying in roubles or their local currency, and the number of such deals is rising every month, Patrushev said. Egypt and Turkey are the largest buyers of Russian grain.
