Russia must develop the export of agricultural products with added value.

According to the results of 2024, the export of agricultural products exceeded $43 billion, which is 67% higher than the level of 2018, when the implementation of the federal project "Export of Agricultural Products" began. The main drivers of Russian exports are grain, dairy products, and fish products. "And now the task is to develop the export of products with added value," said the head of the "Agroexport" center, Ilya Ilyushin, at the conference "Measures to Increase the Competitiveness of Russian Exporters of Agricultural Products." The geography of exports is expanding, in recent years mainly due to countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia. "For example, if we historically sold dairy products to Turkey, Egypt, and a little to Iran, now we have increased supplies in this category, and not only the mentioned countries buy from us, but also India, where the volume of exports last year amounted to more than 2 million tons; China, we are increasing supplies to ...