Russia in 2025 increased poultry meat exports to African countries by 3.5 times.

Exports of poultry meat and by-products from Russia to African countries in 2025, according to preliminary estimates by experts, increased by 3.5 times in monetary terms and by 2.4 times in physical terms, reaching more than 35 thousand tons worth over $51 million, reported TASS at the federal center "Agroexport". "According to preliminary estimates by experts, Russia in 2025 supplied over 35 thousand tons of poultry meat and by-products to African countries worth over $51 million. In 2024, exports amounted to over 14.5 thousand tons for almost $15 million. Thus, the volume of supplies increased by 2.4 times in weight and by 3.5 times in monetary terms," the report states. It is noted that the top 5 buyers of poultry meat and by-products in monetary terms include Benin (about $21 million), DR Congo (about $11 million), Ghana (about $6 million), Mozambique (about $4 million), and ...