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’s pasta exports have increased 8% this year, reaching 103,000 tonnes in volume, with a value of US$154 million during 9M 2025, according to the Russian Agroexport Federal Center. The biggest importers of these products are traditionally the CIS countries. This year, they were led by Belarus with a 35% share, and the growth of […]
Russian dairy producers have begun to access the Mauritanian market in Northwest Africa, with the Russian Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport saying that Russian exports totaled 80 tonnes worth nearly US$190,000 in 10M 2025. Russia also exported yeast to Mauritania at over 75 tonnes worth nearly US$170,000 in the same period. It is the first time Russian […]
China resumed imports of Russian ice cream in October after a break in September, according to China’s General Administration of Customs. China purchased ice cream valued at US$16,700, which was the lowest monthly figure for 2025. The largest amount of exports of Russian ice cream to the Chinese market this year occurred in March, at […]
Russia is processing approvals of nearly 25 Indian fishery companies, with Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal saying the approval will enable them to begin exports to Russia. Moscow aims to address the growing trade imbalance with India during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip next month. India’s exports to Russia are worth US$5 billion, while imports […]
Russia boosted exports of agricultural products to Uzbekistan 15% year-on-year to US$938 million in value over the first ten months of 2025, according to the Russian Agroexport Federal Center. This means that Uzbekistan is now among the top 10 buyers of Russian food products. In 2021, significant Russian agricultural export markets also included Latvia, Lithuania, […]
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The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has held discussions with Uzbekistan’s president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The leaders talked by phone and “discussed further development of the Russian-Uzbekistani relations as a strategic partnership and alliance across a wide band of areas. Special attention was given to implementing big joint projects, including in the energy sector,” according to a […]
Russia exported agricultural products to Guatemala in 2025 for the first time in the last three years, the Russian Agroexport Federal Center has stated. Around 100 tonnes of processed vegetables, fruit, and nuts were supplied, the center said. This product category includes jam, jelly, fruit jelly, fruit puree, and some other goods, with an export […]
The National Mercantile Exchange (NAMEX) plans to launch a Digital Grain Exchange in Novorossiysk Port in January 2026 to create a unified digital space for determining the market price of grain. It will be known as the “Unified Exchange Order Book.” The National Mercantile Exchange was established in 2002 to organize the commodity market and […]
Russian fertilizer company Uralchem has donated 30,000 metric tons of potash to Bangladesh as a humanitarian gesture, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The shipment was conducted under the United Nations World Food Program. Uralchem CEO Dmitry Konyaev said that mineral fertilizers play a crucial role in boosting crop yields and ensuring a […]
Russia increased its exports of wheat gluten to India 9-fold year-on-year to over 1,500 tonnes in January-September 2025, while the value of the exports grew almost 7-fold to reach US$1.7 million, Russia’s Agroexport federal center reported. Russia started exporting this product to India in 2020. India was the fourth biggest importer of wheat gluten from […]
Russian Railways Logistics has sent a full container train along the INSTC route from Chelyabinsk, in the Russian Urals region, to Mundra Port, in Gujarat, India. The train, consisting of 62 twenty-foot containers with oats, followed the eastern rail route of the INSTC North–South to Iran’s Bandar Abbas Port and was then shipped to Mundra. […]
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