Russia increases dairy exports to China by more than 60%

Since the beginning of this year, Russia has increased its dairy exports to China by more than 60 percent compared to the same period last year. This was reported by Dmitry Krasnov, head of the federal center for the development of agricultural exports (Agroexport, owned by the Ministry of Agriculture), at the strategic session “Russian Agroexport 2024-2025,” TASS reports. In particular, the list of these products, according to him, includes dry milk. According to the presentation he gave, of the individual types of products, the import of milk and cream has increased the most – by 40 percent. The supply of cheese and cottage cheese has grown by a quarter, and dry milk – by 32%. The head of the center did not announce the exact export volumes, and there is no official data from other experts either. Only joint data from Agroexport and the Chinese customs service for the first quarter are available, according to which 727 tons of whey, 276 tons of ice cream, 111 tons of dry milk, ...