Traders weigh Russian grain restrictions

Will Russia restrict grain exports or not in the autumn of 2012 after a poor harvest due to drought? The agricultural market was trying to read the signs in August 2012 on which way Russia would swing before the end of 2012.

ESO: Background information: Lifting wheat ban yields fresh trouble for Russia http://www.europeansources.info/record/lifting-wheat-ban-yields-fresh-trouble-for-russia/

RIA Novosti, 23.8.12: Russian Grain Harvest Falls to 75 Mln Tons - Minister http://en.rian.ru/business/20120823/175382202.html

Reuters, 29.8.12: Grains: GRAINS-Wheat gains on worries Russia may curb exports http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/29/markets-grains-idINL4E8JT2CV20120829

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