Russian Center for the Development of Agri-Exports: Russian buckwheat exports to China increase in the first half of 2025

According to data from the General Administration of Customs of China, in the first half of 2025, China imported 183,000 tons of Russian buckwheat, with a total import value of $49 million. In the first half of 2024, China imported approximately 118,000 tons of Russian buckwheat, with a total import value of about $42 million. The Russian Agricultural Products Export Development Center pointed out that the volume of Russian buckwheat exports to China increased by 55% year-on-year, and the export value increased by 17%.

The Russian Agricultural Products Export Development Center emphasized that over the past five years, the import volume of buckwheat from Russia by China within half a year has increased by 69 times, and the import value has increased by 65 times.