Foreign trade turnover of the Moscow region with China increased by 63 percent

“The value of exports amounted to more than $270 million, imports - more than $230 million. Compared to the same period in 2021, the foreign trade turnover between the Moscow Region and the People's Republic of China grew by 63%,” said Georgy Filimonov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region, in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.  

Among the main types of exported products: meat worth more than 258 million US dollars , oil seeds and fruits worth more than 5 million dollars, flour confectionery and mixtures worth more than 3.5 million US dollars.

In 2023, Selyatino Agrohub plans to export 216 thousand tons of products.

“Work on the development of exports of the agro-industrial complex is one of the key areas of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Moscow Region. Selyatino is a key project for the development of the export infrastructure of the Moscow region, which contributes to a significant increase in export deliveries of Russian agricultural products to China and other Asian countries. In 2023, the company plans to export 8,000 containers, which is 216,000 tons of products worth about $432 million,” said Georgy Filimonov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region, who is in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

It is also planned to build the third stage of the agrohub, which will double the transshipment capacity and launch agroexpress trains using reverse loading technology to China, Mongolia, South Korea, Vietnam, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Iraq.

In 2022, almost 6,000 food containers of 155.8 thousand tons were exported through Selyatino.