Russia could ship up to 1 million tonnes of grains to China in 2016: Official

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Russia has exported 500,000 tonnes of grains to China in 2015 and the whole year's export number could reach 550,000 tonnes, according to Sergey Dankvert, Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, Russia’s food safety watchdog, on Wednesday.

Dankvert also estimated 1 million tonnes of Russian grains is to be shipped to China in 2016 and told TASS news agency the number is not huge to China.

China has signed protocols with Russia last week on phytosanitary regulations for imports of Russian agricultural products to China. The move further opened up the Chinese market for Russian grains.