Overview of Russian meat imports and exports in 2021

Imports of MEAT in RUSSIA In 2021, Russia imported about 548 thousand tons of meat worth 1.5 billion dollars. The main import volumes are poultry meat - it makes up about 44% of all meat imports to Russia. The import of cattle meat is about 39% of the total import of meat, and the share of pork does not exceed 1.5%. Even less mutton is imported - no more than 0.5% of all meat imports. The main suppliers of meat to Russia are Belarus (38%), Brazil (24%), Paraguay (17%), Argentina (8%) and Kazakhstan (4%). The share of other suppliers in total does not exceed 10%.

In 2021, Russia exported more than 530 thousand tons of meat worth $1.16 billion. Poultry meat accounts for the bulk of exports - it accounts for more than half of all meat exports from Russia. Pork exports account for about 24% of all meat exports, while the share of beef does not exceed 10%. Even less mutton is exported - no more than 1% of all meat exports. The main consumers of Russian meat are CHINA (27.5%), Vietnam (19%), Ukraine (13%), Kazakhstan (8.5%), Belarus (7.9%) and Saudi Arabia (6.3%) . Also, a relatively significant share is made up of deliveries to Kyrgyzstan (2.4%), Hong Kong (2%) and Mongolia (1.8%)

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