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Russia’s exports in 2025 were characterized by shifts in energy trade, increased reliance on Asian buyers and stable, high-demand grain exports, with overall trade figures showing resilience, especially in non-oil/gas sectors, while adapting to new market dynamics. Key trends include exports of crude oil, fertilizers, and grain exports exceeding forecasts. Source products from Russia with confidence. Get insights into Russia’s key export industries, trade finance, and logistics. Essential for importers and businesses building a Russian supply chain.

Food Security
Featured January 27, 2026

Russia Getting Closer To Domestic Vegetable Self-Sufficiency and Will Become A Global Exporter

Production of open- and closed-field vegetables in Russia’s organized agricultural sector reached 7.6 million tonnes in 2025, the Russian Agriculture Ministry has said, stating that “The volumes of vegetable production largely meet the country’s domestic needs. As a result, Russia is very close to approaching the national food security doctrine target for self-sufficiency in vegetable […]

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Agriculture
Featured January 27, 2026

Russia’s 2025 Agricultural Exports To The Middle East Reached US$4.3 billion

Russia’s exports of agricultural products to Middle East countries reached US$4.3 billion in value during 2025, according to Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut. She was speaking at the opening of the Russian exposition at the Gulfood 2026 international food exhibition currently taking place in Dubai. Lut stated that “Our relations with Middle East countries are steadily […]

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Flax
January 27, 2026

Russia To Develop Flaxseed And Palm Oil Export Markets

Russia is expanding the range of vegetable oil exports is ready to provide to export markets with a new variety – flaxseed oil, according Ilya Ilyushin, the head of Russia’s Agroexport Federal Center. He was speaking at an oil and fat conference taking place as part of the Global Grain and Pulses Forum 2026 in […]

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Soybeans
January 26, 2026

Russian Soybean Oil Exports To Middle East / North Africa Up 11% In 2025

Russia exported soybean oil to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries worth nearly US$290 million in 2025, up 11% from 2024, according to the Agroexport federal center. The MENA  region accounted for 43% of the export revenue from supplies of Russian soybean oil abroad. The top five buyers included Algeria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, […]

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Strategic
January 23, 2026

Russia’s Differing Strategic Trade Goals With Foreign Trade, China & India

The goals of Russia’s trade and economic partnerships differ depending on the country; for example, with China it is increasing non-resource, non-energy exports, and with India it is balancing trade, according to government materials for a strategic session on the development of foreign economic activity. Documents state that “the central element of Russia’s foreign economic […]

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January 23, 2026

Russia-Azerbaijan Bilateral Trade Up 2.5% In 2025

Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia amounted to US$4.92 billion in 2025, up 2.5% compared to the previous year, the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee (SCC) has stated. Trade operations with Russia accounted for 9.96% of the country’s total foreign trade turnover, the SCC said. Russia is Azerbaijan’s third largest foreign trade partner after Italy and […]

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Crab
January 22, 2026

Russia’s Global Crustacean Exports Up 10% In 2025

Russia boosted crustacean exports by 10% year-on-year to 91,000 tonnes in physical terms, and increased revenues by 13% to over US$2 billion in 2025, according to the Russian Agriculture Ministry’s Agroexport center. The top 5 importers included China at US$1.2 billion, South Korea at around US$750 million, Japan at over US$33 million, Vietnam at over […]

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Saudi
January 22, 2026

Russia Begins Greenhouse Substrate Exports To Saudi Arabia

Russia’s Technonicol has begun exporting greenhouse substrates produced at the corporation’s plant in Krasny Sulin in the Rostov region to Saudi Arabia. The first batch of products included mineral wool cubes intended for germinating tomato seedlings in greenhouses. Technonicol’s products were delivered by sea from Novorossiysk to Jeddah via the Bosporus and the Suez Canal. […]

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Potash
January 22, 2026

Russia Increases 2025 Potash Fertilizer Exports To China By 6% 

Russia boosted exports of mineral fertilizer to China 6% year-on-year to nearly 5 million tonnes, totaling US$1.6 billion, up 12% year-on-year, in 2025, according to data from China’s General Administration of Customs. This was mainly China increasing its imports of potash fertilizer, the primary fertilizer imported from Russia, 9% year-on-year to 4.6 million tonnes, worth […]

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Pork
January 21, 2026

Russian Pork Exports To China Up 60% In 2025

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 […]

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