Few believe that the spending is over with years of consolidation of Russia's grains sector anticipated. Russia's 2005 grain harvest exceeded 78m tons, with an estimated 10-12m tons set for export and overseas interests believed to control around 20% of the market. International competitor Louis Dreyfus of France already has a 50% stake in RusElCo - the joint venture that owns a chain of 11 elevators with capacity of 1.7m tons.