As of November 28, gross harvest of greenhouse vegetables in Russia was 690,100 MT, which is 13.6% more than in the same period last year (to compare – in 2016 it was 607,100 MT) as it was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
450,200 MT of cucumbers were harvested (in 2016 – 409,400 MT) and 229,000 MT of tomatoes (in 2016 – 182,500 MT). The yield of other vegetable crops was 10,900 MT (in 2016 – 15,200 MT).
The leading regions in the production of greenhouse vegetables are Krasnodar region (82,000 MT), Stavropol region (61,000 MT), the Republic of Tatarstan (41,700 MT), the Republic of Bashkortostan (39,200 MT), and Lipetsk region (33,700 MT).