Director of the Russian Agricultural Products Export Development Center: China is the main importer of a series of Russian agricultural products.

Ilyashin pointed out that China is the main importer of Russian grain and legume crops. According to data from the Russian Agricultural Products Export Development Center, in 2024, Russia exported 1.74 million tons of grain and 583,300 tons of legumes to China. Ilyashin added that China is also the main importer of Russian oil products, dairy products, meat, confectionery, food and processed products, fish, and seafood. He explained that Russia is actively developing agricultural exports, with agricultural exports increasing by 70% over the past five years, exceeding $43 billion in 2024. Ilyashin said, "To promote agricultural exports, we continuously carry out business inspection activities. This year's business delegation to China has achieved significant results." Ilyashin pointed out that to promote exports to China, they have successfully used export product catalogs from enterprises in various regions of Russia. For example, during the Russia-China Forum in Khabarovsk in ...