Russia increases grain exports to Turkey by 67% in January-July 2026

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 07, 2026 · 354 words

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What to know about Russia increases grain exports to Turkey by 67% in January-July 2026

Russia's exports of grain and grain products to Turkey increased by 67% in the first seven months of 2026, totaling 6.7 million tonnes. The Federal Center for Safety and Quality Assessment of Grain and Grain Products attributes this growth to a Turkish drought, competitive pricing, and Turkey's role as a global grain processing hub.

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What happened

Russia increased its exports of grain and grain processed products to Turkey by 67% year-on-year in January-July 2026, reaching 6.7 million tonnes, the Federal Center for Safety and Quality Assessment of Grain and Grain Products told TASS.

Why it matters

"In the first seven months of 2026, 6.7 million tonnes of Russian grain and grain products were exported to Turkey, representing a 67% increase compared to the same period in 2025," the center reported.

Common ground

In particular, shipments of grain crops doubled to 4.5 million tonnes, with wheat exports also doubling to 3.2 million tonnes.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Russia increases grain exports to Turkey by 67% in January-July 2026?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Legume shipments rose by 29% to 387,000 tonnes?
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Legume shipments rose by 29% to 387,000 tonnes”

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The evidence provided discusses ice cream imports and the Russia-Ukraine war, but contains no information regarding legume shipments to Turkey.

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web search NEUTRAL — South Korea imported 10.6 tonnes of ice cream from Russia for US$72,000 in July 2026, according to South Korean customs data. This is the highest figure for this year so far.
https://russiaspivottoasia.com/south-korean-2026-ice-cream-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Search. RU. 2026 July BR Changes. Tap to unmute.55:16. Marine Corps Boot Camp Is Stupid & Spiritually DepravedLost Things Found1.1M views • 2 weeks agoLivePlaylist ()Mix (50+). 29:05.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK_4r7WhmlA

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web search NEUTRAL — 18, 2026) Russian forces endured a net loss of 12 square miles of Ukraine’s territory (just over half the area of Manhattan Island).1 In comparison, during the previous four-week period (June 23–July …
https://www.russiamatters.org/news/russia-ukraine-war-report…

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Claim 2: “wheat exports also doubling to 3.2 million tonnes”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

The evidence provided consists of general descriptions of the Russian language and the country of Russia, with no mention of wheat export volumes to Turkey.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2026 (MMXXVI) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Individuals and events related to 2026 in Turkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Turkey

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2026. Strong and destructive tornadoes most frequently form in the United States, China, the La Plata Basin, the European Plain…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoes_of_2026

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Claim 3: “Russia increased its exports of grain and grain processed products to Turkey by 67% year-on-year in January-July 2026, reaching 6.7 million tonnes”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia entries about the Russian language, the country of Russia, and general relations between Russia and Turkey. None of the sources mention grain export statistics for 2026.

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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 — Russia–Turkey relations are the bilateral relations between Russia and Turkey and their antecedent states. They are both countries with territory in Europe and Asia. Relations between the two are rath…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–Turkey_relations

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Turkish wars or the Russo-Ottoman wars began in 1568 and continued intermittently until 1918. They consisted of twelve conflicts in total, making them one of the longest series of wars in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_wars

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Claim 4: “the country's recent lifting of the ban on milling wheat exports, which had been in effect since March 2025”

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Claim 5: “Corn shipments tripled to 940,000 tonnes”

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The evidence provided contains general information about the year 2026 and the Russo-Ukrainian war, but no specific data on corn shipments to Turkey.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Individuals and events related to 2026 in Turkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Turkey

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

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Claim 6: “barley exports surged fivefold to 330,000 tonnes”

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The evidence provided consists of general information about Russia and the year 2026, with no mention of barley exports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Individuals and events related to 2026 in Turkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Turkey

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

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Claim 7: “Sunflower meal shipments increased by 10% to 487,000 tonnes during this period”

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No evidence was found after searching for sunflower meal shipments.

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Claim 8: “lentils, which tripled to 86,000 tonnes”

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The evidence provided consists of general descriptions of the Russian language and the country of Russia, with no mention of lentil exports.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian is written using the Russian alphabet of the Cyrillic script; it distinguishes between consonant phonemes with palatal secondary articulation and those without, the so-called "soft" and "hard"…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia is generally considered a great power and wields significant regional influence, possessing the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons and having the third-highest military expenditure in the wor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian, like other Slavic languages, is an Indo-European language. Russian is one of the three main East Slavic languages; the others are Ukrainian and Belarusian. More people speak Russian than any …
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language

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Claim 9: “the gross wheat harvest dropping to 16.8 million tonnes”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 10: “import restrictions were lifted in March 2026”

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Claim 11: “peas, which increased by 36% to 204,000 tonnes”

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The evidence provided discusses ice cream imports and Armenian exports to the EU, but contains no information regarding pea exports from Russia to Turkey.

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web search NEUTRAL — South Korea imported 10.6 tonnes of ice cream from Russia for US$72,000 in July 2026, according to South Korean customs data. This is the highest figure for this year so far. The previous largest was …
https://russiaspivottoasia.com/south-korean-2026-ice-cream-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Armenian exports the European Union exceeded $516 million in January-June 2026, the Armenian government reported.
https://arka.am/en/news/economy/armenia-s-exports-to-the-eu-…

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Claim 12: “Wheat bran shipments totaled 817,000 tonnes, down 13% from the 2025 figure”

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No evidence was found after searching for wheat bran shipments.

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Claim 13: “shipments of grain crops doubled to 4.5 million tonnes”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

The evidence provided includes general information about the year 2026 and unrelated trade data (ice cream imports from South Korea), but contains no data regarding Russian grain shipments to Turkey.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Individuals and events related to 2026 in Turkey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Turkey

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

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Claim 14: “corn bran exports rose by 43% to 110,000 tonnes”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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