“Over the past year Russia supplied foreign markets with more than 71 million tons of food products and agricultural raw materials” Agroexport said in a statement.
In particular, in 2021 exports of fish and seafood, meat products and dairy increased by 25%, 32% and 30% respectively.
More than 160 countries started importing Russian agricultural products during the past year.
Turkey is considered to be the largest importer of Russian agricultural products. In 2021 it increased its imports by $38% to 4.3 billion, followed by China, which reduced its imports by 12% to $3.6 billion.
Top 5 countries that import Russian agricultural products also include Kazakhstan ($2,8 billion, +33%), Republic of Korea ($2.5 billion, +41%) and Belarus ($1,8 billion, +28%).
