In the first half of 2024, China has significantly increased its imports of cheese, cottage cheese, and milk from Russia, with cheese and cottage cheese imports rising more than 9 times to $923,000 and milk imports growing about 4 times to $534,400 compared to the same period last year. Russia's supply of cheese to China is now nearly matching that of Korea, with major suppliers including New Zealand, Italy, the United States, and Denmark. EcoNiva Group, a leading Russian dairy producer, has expanded its operations in China by opening a representative office and warehouse in Xi'an and plans to increase its cheese production sevenfold in 2023.