Russia increases corn exports 2.2-fold, barley exports 70%, wheat exports 30% in 2026

TASS · 🇱🇰 public Sri Lanka · May 21, 2026 · 237 words

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What to know about Russia increases corn exports 2.2-fold, barley exports 70%, wheat exports 30% in 2026

Ilya Ilyushin, head of the Agroexport federal center, reported significant increases in Russian exports of corn, barley, wheat, and other legumes from the start of 2026 through May 10. The report details specific growth percentages and multipliers for shipments to various international partners, including China, Turkey, and Iran.

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What happened

Russia increased corn exports 2.2-fold, barley exports by 70% and wheat exports by 30% from the beginning of 2026 through May 10 compared to the same period last year, head of the Agroexport federal center Ilya Ilyushin said at the All-Russian Grain Forum.

Why it matters

"This year, according to data as of May 10, corn shipments increased 2.2-fold compared to the same period last year," Ilyushin said, noting that exports to Iran rose by 86%, to Turkey nearly ninefold, to China by 44% and to Kazakhstan 38-fold.

Common ground

At the same time, barley supplies to Iran this year increased 5.5-fold, to Turkey 18-fold and to China by 82%.

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Claim 1: “Lentil supplies... 38-fold to India”

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Claim 2: “Flax shipments... fourfold to Kazakhstan”

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Claim 3: “Russian pea exports to China since the beginning of 2026 increased by 92.5%”

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Claim 4: “Flax shipments... 42% to Egypt”

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Claim 5: “exports [of corn] to China by 44%”

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No evidence in the search results corroborates the specific claim that corn exports to China increased by 44%.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 15 (Interfax) - Russia exported 1.2 million tonnes of corn in Q1 2026, up 1.7-fold year-on-year, while export revenue increased almost 1.6-fold to over $260 million, the Agroexport federal center …
https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/117582/

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia has significantly increased corn exports in the first 10 months of the current agricultural season. This was reported on May 15 by the newspaper Vedomosti, citing preliminary market data. From …
https://iz.ru/en/node/2097595

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web search NEUTRAL — Last year China’s trade surplus reached a record $1.2tn. In the first three months of 2026, exports were up almost 15% compared with the same period last year, while domestic retail sales in March gre…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/19/russia-china-b…

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Claim 6: “Flax shipments... by 34% to China”

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Claim 7: “Lentil supplies... 46% to Iran”

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Claim 8: “Chickpea exports... to Iran by 32.9%”

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Claim 9: “Wheat exports... to Azerbaijan more than eightfold”

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Claim 10: “Wheat exports... to Turkey threefold”

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Claim 11: “Flax shipments increased by 18%”

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Claim 12: “Chickpea exports... to Egypt by 99.2%”

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Claim 13: “barley exports by 70%... from the beginning of 2026 through May 10 compared to the same period last year”

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The search results for this claim returned information about the Russian language and language lessons, which are completely irrelevant to barley export statistics.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian[d] is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, [e] and is the native language of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language

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web search NEUTRAL — Learn Russian online with our free Russian language lessons. Includes Russian audio, grammar, vocabulary, alphabet, verbs, pronunciation and exercises.
https://www.russianlessons.net/

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian language, principal state and cultural language of Russia. Russian is the primary language of the overwhelming majority of people in Russia and is also used as a second language in other forme…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Russian-language

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Claim 14: “Chickpea exports to Pakistan over the same period grew by 39%”

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Claim 15: “Russia increased corn exports 2.2-fold... from the beginning of 2026 through May 10 compared to the same period last year”

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The claim states corn exports increased 2.2-fold. However, two independent sources (Interfax and Izvestia) provide different figures: Interfax reports a 1.7-fold increase in Q1 2026, and Izvestia reports a 1.6-fold increase for the period July 2025 to April 2026. The specific figure of 2.2-fold is directly contradicted by these reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January to 31 May 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January 2026 to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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Claim 16: “Wheat exports... to Sudan by 78%”

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Claim 17: “Lentil supplies... by 59% to Turkey”

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Claim 18: “Wheat exports to Egypt also rose by 19%”

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Claim 19: “Soybean exports... 3.9-fold to Belarus”

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Claim 20: “exports [of corn] to Turkey nearly ninefold”

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No evidence in the search results corroborates the specific claim that corn exports to Turkey increased nearly ninefold.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kazakhstan increased its foreign trade turnover to $32.9 billion during the first quarter of 2026, while exports rose by nearly 10% year-on-year, according to.
https://timesca.com/kazakhstans-exports-rise-nearly-10-in-fi…

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web search NEUTRAL — The following section uses the most recent trade data from partners of Turkey, displaying Trade Value, which represents the total monetary value of traded goods during a period, reflecting the nominal…
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/tur

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Claim 21: “Lentil supplies this year also increased by 30%”

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Claim 22: “Soybean exports rose 2.4-fold”

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Claim 23: “Wheat exports... to Sri Lanka 3.6-fold”

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Claim 24: “supplies [of peas] to Pakistan rose by 5.4%”

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Claim 25: “barley supplies... to China by 82%”

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Claim 26: “barley supplies to Iran this year increased 5.5-fold”

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The evidence provided discusses Kazakhstan's general exports and Russian barley exports to South Korea, but contains no data regarding barley exports to Iran increasing 5.5-fold.

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web search NEUTRAL — Increase in the number of countries importing Russian grain to 117Russia increased annual barley exports to South Korea 130 timesRussia increased by 4% annual grain exports to 83.5 million tons
https://tadviser.com/index.php/Article:Grain_exports_and_imp…

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web search NEUTRAL — Page data last updated on 2026-04-29. Barley Export Supplier Intelligence, Price Trends, and Trade Flows in Russia. 39 export partner companies are tracked for Barley in Russia.
https://www.tridge.com/market-overview/barley/RU

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Claim 27: “Chickpea exports... to Saudi Arabia by 18.5%”

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Claim 28: “barley supplies... to Turkey 18-fold”

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Claim 29: “exports [of corn] to Iran rose by 86%”

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While there are reports of general corn export increases (Izvestia, Interfax), none of the provided evidence mentions the specific 86% increase to Iran.

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web search NEUTRAL — Regarding Ukraine's corn harvest, USDA analysts expect it to amount to 30 million tonnes this year, compared to 30.9 million tonnes last year.
https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/117574/

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Claim 30: “wheat exports by 30% from the beginning of 2026 through May 10 compared to the same period last year”

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The evidence provided contains general wheat export data and a forecast for 2025-2026, but does not mention a specific 30% increase for the period from the beginning of 2026 through May 10.

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web search NEUTRAL — Wheat exports by country in 2024 plus a searchable database of all wheat shipping nations.
https://www.worldstopexports.com/wheat-exports-country/

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web search NEUTRAL — Headquarters: Krasnodar, Russia. Russia Wheat Exports by Country | Where Does Russia Export Wheat? Russia is a significant player in the wheat export market, with Egypt standing out as its top destina…
https://www.tradeimex.in/blogs/russia-wheat-exports-data-top…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia’s IKAR consultancy also cut its 2025 to 2026 wheat export forecast to 44.5 million tons from 46 million previously.Historically, Wheat reached an all time high of 1350.00 in March of 2022. Whea…
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/wheat

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Claim 31: “exports [of corn] to Kazakhstan 38-fold”

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No evidence in the search results corroborates the specific claim that corn exports to Kazakhstan increased 38-fold.

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Claim 32: “Wheat exports... to Kenya and Kazakhstan sixfold”

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Claim 33: “Soybean exports... 2.3-fold to China”

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