GROWING EXPORTS AND NEW PROSPECTS FOR RUSSIAN LENTILS

Background. The relevance of the study is confirmed by the growing interest in lentils around the world and corresponds to the targets and tasks established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 07.05.2024 № 309 "On the national development goals of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 and for the future up to 2036". The purpose of the study is to analyze the export of lentils from Russia in the period 2015–2024. To achieve this goal, the following evaluation objectives were set and consistently addressed: top 10 ports (terminals) of Russia for the export of lentils; top 10 lentil importing countries of Russia; top 10 lentil exporting companies in Russia; lentil importing companies from the largest exporter Volgatrade LLC by country in the period 01.01.2024-31.12.2024. Materials and methods. The solution of the tasks of the study was based on the data of the form boards for the analysis of cargo exports in Russian ports – Logistic Operating System (the Logistic OS project is implemented by the TBI. During the study, data from the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor), scientific publications of domestic scientists on the presented topic were used. The work was carried out using methods of system analysis, comparison, generalization, interpretation of results. Results. The article presents the results of an analysis of export shipments of lentils from the Russian Federation in the period 2015–2024, carried out through the decomposition of lentil exports and a consistent assessment of the top 10 ports (terminals) of Russia for the export of lentils; top 10 lentil importing countries in Russia; top 10 companies exporting lentils in Russia; lentil importing companies from the largest exporter Volgatrade LLC in the world. Conclusions. The main idea of the article is that the implementation of regular deliveries of lentils opens up new horizons for the domestic agricultural industry, contributes to the development of agricultural production, increases the export potential of Russia, guarantees producers confidence in the stability of sales markets, which in turn affects the growth of product quality and stimulates investment in technology. On the basis of the identified problems in the development of the CDSS, an idea was formed about the possible problems of the existing CDSS.