Russia: Malt output down 10% in 2016

Over the 12 months of the past year Russian maltsters produced a total of 1.06 mln tonnes of malt which is 10% less than in 2015, Zerno Online reported citing Rosstat data.

Russia’s Central Federal District saw its production decline 20% to 595.4 thousand tonnes while the Povolzhye Federal District increased output by 7% to 194.2 thousand tonnes.

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