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 has increased its exports purchases of buckwheat to China 1.8-fold year-on-year to US$75.6 million in the first 10 months of the year from US$40.9 million in the same period last year, China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) said. Russia has retained to the position as the leading supplier of buckwheat to the Chinese market. […]
China’s State Administration of Customs has said that Russia exported pork products worth US$10.98 million to China in October 2024, almost double the amount exported in September, when the figure stood at US$5.93 million. The October figure represents a return to the export level seen in August, when Russia exported US$11.3 million of pork to […]
The Caspian Sea region has a complex maritime transport infrastructure, with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Russian ports all involved in its development. Despite the fact that the Caspian Sea is essentially landlocked, several international transport corridors pass through it. Goods are in transit to Europe, the Caucasus, Turkiye, the Middle East, Central Asia, East […]
India’s Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal has said that the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC), which connects major logistics hubs in Russia’s Far East with India’s southeastern coast, has become operational. The maritime link is expected to serve as a cheaper and faster alternative for shipping vital commodities, including oil and coal. Sonowal […]
The Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister Maxim Titov has been involved this week in the Russian-Indian intergovernmental committee in New Delhi and has commented on Russia’s agricultural export market with India. He stated that “Trade in agricultural products between Russia and India grew by more than 50% in the first nine months of 2024, and Russia […]
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The Centre for Breeding and Primary Seed Production department of Russia’s EkoNiva Group has signed an MoU with Chile’s Agricultural Research Institute (INIA). It aims to help introduce accelerated breeding methods and develop the exchange of experience between the two countries’ main plant breeders. It plans to cut the time needed to create new agricultural […]
Two new shipping lines are to open between Russia and Egypt for the transportation of refrigerated containers. Egypt’s Global Logistics, an agent of the Cairo forwarder Fox Shipping, will become the operator of two marine container lines: El Dekheila – Novorossiysk and El Dekheila – St. Petersburg. El Edkhelia is the main port of Alexandria […]
Russia has begun to purchase butter from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first time it has imported the product from the country. Before, the European Union was a major source of the product, with 28% of all EU butter exports going to Russia. Russia began importing UAE butter on October 18, and in the […]
Saudi Arabia’s Salic (Saudi Agricultural & Livestock Investment) has gained control over several Russian agricultural assets through its purchase of Singapore’s Olam Agri, the Russian Union of Grain Exporters and Producers has said. The main asset is the Azov Grain Terminal. Eduard Zernin, the Union CEO, stated “Without exaggeration, this is a landmark deal which […]
Russia has received the right to export livestock products to Cuba, in moves that should provide a boom for Russian exporters operating in this sector. The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has been looking at developing foreign markets, and an audit of the Russian system for control and oversight of animal-origin […]
Russia has the potential to export more than US$210 million worth of agricultural products to Thailand per year by 2030, according to Dmitry Krasnov, the head of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture’s Agroexport Center. He was speaking at a business mission by Russian exporters to Thailand on Tuesday (October 28). Krasnov said that “At present, […]
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