Russia Reviewing Export Restrictions Due to COVID-19

Russia is considering restricting exports of “relevant groups of foods” and medicine due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, according to an unofficial translation of a March 23 government notice. The government will conduct weekly reviews of the country’s supplies before proposing export restrictions, the notice said. Russia had placed temporary export restrictions on processed grains last week -- including buckwheat, rice and oat flakes -- but recently withdrew that measure, according to a March 24 report from Reuters.