In 2025, the export of herring from Russia increased by 72%

The main part of the revenue came from frozen herring According to preliminary estimates by experts, for the first eight months of 2025, Russian herring exports increased by 72% compared to the same period last year and reached $168 million. The physical volume of shipments increased by 48%, to 177 thousand tons. This was reported to Izvestia by the press service of the federal center "Agroexport". The main part of the revenue came from frozen herring, the export of which increased by 70% year-on-year, to $146 million. Another 10% comes from herring fillets ($17 million, a growth of 2.3 times), 2.2% from ready-made or canned herring products ($4 million, +4.8%). The largest buyer of Russian frozen herring is China. From January to August 2025, supplies to China increased 2.1 times, to $95 million. In second place is the Republic of Korea with a volume of about $20 million, which is 17% higher than in the eight months of 2024. Closing the top three is Nigeria: since the beginning ...