Volumes of exported Russian grain reached in January 2010 1.54 million tons, a 52.5% surge from the same period last year. This number has been a record in January volumes seen in Russian seaports in seven recent years, AK & M agency reports, citing Rusagrotransa analysis center.

The current trend might repeat the last grain exports of the record 2008-2009 season, when the grain volumes from Russia amounted to 20 million tons. Thus, in eight months of the current marketing year (2009-2010), Russian exports are at 13.1 million tons against 13.3 million tons in the reported period of 2008-2009.