According to updated data, in 2021, Russia exported agricultural products at the general sum of 37.3 bln USD, up from 30.5 bln USD in 2020. In volume terms, the export totaled 71.1 mln tonnes informed Agroexport Center at the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia.
Particularly, Russia increased export of grain by 12% to 11.441 bln USD, fat&oil products – by 48% to 7.28 bln USD, products of food and processing industry – by 15% to 5.193 bln USD, meat and dairy products – by 31% to 1.578 bln USD.
The EU remained the leading importer of Russian agricultural products (12.5% in the overall structure). It increased import of Russian products by 41% to 4.716 bln USD. Supplies to Turkey (11.5%) totaled 4.33 bln USD. The export to China (9.4%) decreased by 12% 3.554 bln USD.
TOP-5 importers of Russian agricultural products included Kazakhstan (7.4%) and South Korea (6.7%).
Turley (2.41 bln USD) and Egypt (1.555 bln USD) were the largest importers of Russian grain in 2021. Turley (1.293 bln USD) and China (944 mln USD) were the largest importers of Russian fat&oil products.