Russia-Africa trade reached US$35 billion in 2025 with Russian exports including grain, dairy, and poultry exports, while African agricultural imports (coffee, fruit) to Russia also surged. Key areas include agricultural goods, military contracts, and nuclear energy, with Russia actively reducing trade barriers and diversifying into the processed foods and high-tech sectors. We cover Russia-Africa trade, investment, and market entry opportunities and provide your guide to navigating the commercial landscape and forging strategic partnerships for growth in Africa’s emerging markets.
Russia increased pork product exports to China by 60% to a value of US$86.5 million in 2025 from US$53.3 million in 2024, China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) has reported. As a result, Russia became one of the top ten suppliers of pork products to China in terms of export revenue. China imported pork products […]
Russia exported dairy products worth more than US$500 million in 2025, with supplies going to almost 100 countries worldwide, the head of the Agroexport federal center Ilya Ilyushin, said at the third forum of dairy industry leaders in Moscow on Tuesday (January 20). The final sales volumes are likely to be higher, as the December […]
Russian fertilizer giant Uralchem has completed the delivery of 30,000 metric tons of potash to Bangladesh as a humanitarian gesture, the company announced on Monday (January 19). The donation was conducted under the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). This is the company’s seventh donation in a series of humanitarian deliveries to developing countries since […]
Russia is ready to increase wheat exports to Mexico and is capable of quickly meeting local demand, Russian diplomats have stated, with Mexico currently experiencing a grain shortage due to a series of droughts. There are stumbling blocks: Russian companies remain highly interested in the Mexican market, but the development of these trade relations is […]
Russian exports of grain and processed products from Primorye Krai in the Russian Far East reached 1.4 million tonnes in 2025, with the largest amounts registered for supplies to China, according to the Primorye Interregional Department of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor). A total of 281,100 tonnes were registered for export […]
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Russia boosted exports of soybean oil to South Korea 3.2-fold year-on-year to 5,500 tonnes in 2025 from 1,700 tonnes in 2024, setting an all-time high figure for supplies that began to this market in 2017, South Korea’s customs service has said. The value of shipments increased to US$6.4 million from US$1.8 million in 2024. Russia […]
The government of the Republic of Dagestan and representatives of MKB Group of Ankara, Turkiye have discussed building an assembly plant for agricultural machinery in the Russian region, mainly for tractors, the Dagestan export support center has stated. Rizvan Gazimagomedov, Dagestan’s deputy prime minister, said that “The launch and localization of production will provide impetus […]
Namibia’s Foreign Minister, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi visited Moscow from January 12 to 14), with the symbolism important but the trade, economics and investment dialogues more vital. Three decades after Namibia’s independence and more than sixty years after the Soviet Union first backed the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) during the liberation struggle, Windhoek and Moscow […]
Russia increased revenue from exports of agricultural products to Benin 6.8-fold in 2025 to over US$21 million in value, reaching a new historical record compared to the previous record of US$20.9 million in 2022, according to the Agroexport federal centre. In physical terms, exports increased 3.6-fold to 9,000 tonnes. The basis of the export revenue […]
China has authorized another 13 Russian fishing companies to supply products to its market, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) said, citing a decision by China’s General Administration of Customs. This includes six Sakhalin-based companies (including two transport refrigerators) and three from Kamchatka. The rest are from Primorye Territory and the Murmansk […]
South Korea tripled its wheat imports from Russia to 202,700 tonnes in 2025, compared with 67,750 tonnes in 2024, the Korea Customs Service has reported. Imports of Russian corn increased to 323,700 tonnes, compared with 227,650 tonnes in 2024; however, Russian barley imports fell by almost 80% to 3,730 tonnes from 15,170 tonnes in 2024. […]
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