In the first 5 months of 2019, the volume of exports of food products and agricultural raw materials amounted to 73.9 million US dollars, while the export structure changed slightly. It is planned to increase exports by the end of 2019 in the amount of 169.8 million dollars.
Today, on the opening day of the agrotechnical exhibition-fair AgroOmsk-2019, a seminar "Development of the export potential of the Omsk region" was held, which was attended by agricultural producers, elevator managers, grain traders involved in the production and export of agricultural products.
Konstantin Tsyplenkov, Head of the Processing and Commodity Market Department of the Regional Ministry of Agriculture and Food, spoke about the implementation of the regional project "Export of agricultural products of the Omsk region". It should be noted that the development of the export sector is currently an urgent issue in the development of the region's economy. And the promotion of the products of the Omsk agro-industrial complex outside our region and beyond can give a powerful impetus to the development of the entire agricultural sector.
The volume of exports of food products and agricultural raw materials in the Omsk region in 2018 amounted to 164.3 million US dollars. This value exceeds 1.5 times the level of 2017. An additional increase in the volume of exports is the intensification of trade with countries such as Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan, Bangladesh. It is to these countries that the Omsk region exports significant amounts of food (confectionery, etc.) and agricultural products (cereals).
Grain importing countries: China, Turkey, Mongolia, Israel, Saudi Arabia and others. Countries importing fat and oil products: China, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, etc. Countries importing finished flour and grain products: Kazakhstan, Belarus, Mongolia, China.
In the first 5 months of 2019, the volume of exports of food products and agricultural raw materials amounted to 73.9 million US dollars, while the export structure changed slightly. It is planned to increase exports by the end of 2019 in the amount of 169.8 million dollars.
The Omsk region has developed a regional project "Export of agricultural products of the Omsk region", which aims to develop the export direction of agricultural products to 359 million US dollars by the end of 2024. The regional project provides for the achievement of export indicators in the following sectors: products of the fat and oil industry; cereals; fish and seafood; meat and dairy products; products of the food and processing industry; other products. The key industries for our region are products of the fat and oil industry, cereals, and products of the food and processing industry.
In 2017-2018, 222.5 thousand tons of grain were shipped from the region by rail at preferential tariffs. This year, the Government of the Omsk region has already submitted an application to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture for transportation at preferential tariffs of 250 thousand tons.
It is worth noting that the organizations of the agro-industrial complex of the Omsk region participate in international and interregional exhibition and fair events, business missions to countries near and far abroad to establish trade and business relations with enterprises.
This year, the agro-industrial complex enterprises of the region participated for the second time in the international exhibition "SIAL CHINA" in Shanghai (China), where Omsk products were also awarded. The company IP Tarasov G.G. (TM Sibholod) received 2 gold medals as part of the tasting of Omsk products (ice cream), the company LLC Yastro – 1 gold medal. The Chinese delegation highly appreciated the quality of Omsk products. A plan of exhibition, fair and congress events of the Omsk region is formed annually, which is approved by the Governor.
Konstantin Tsyplenkov noted that this year, thanks to the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, the list of dairy suppliers in China includes three dairy processing enterprises in the region (IP Tarasova G.N., JSC Lyubinsky MKK and LLC Yastro). Currently, work is underway to include organizations of the Omsk region in the list of suppliers to China for products of the fat and oil industry (meal and cake).
During the seminar, Anna Kolokolova, Deputy Head of the Export Support Center, told the participants about state support for exporters, and Stepan Moiseev, Head of the Phytosanitary Surveillance Department of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Omsk Region, informed them about phytosanitary requirements for exporting agricultural products. In addition, the seminar also focused on the improvement and development of business, international and national cargo transportation.