Taliban became the largest importer of Russian flour last year

Published 2025년 1월 14일

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In 2024, Afghanistan emerged as the largest importer of Russian flour, joining China and Turkmenistan as the top buyers. This increase in imports is attributed to Russia's diplomatic efforts to engage with the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan. Last year, Afghanistan's purchase of Russian flour doubled from the previous year, reaching a value of almost $80 million. Overall, Russia's exports of wheat and wheat-rye flour saw a 3% value increase and a 7% volume increase, totaling $300 million in 2023.

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Afghanistan became the largest importer of Russian flour in 2024. China and Turkmenistan are also among the three largest buyers. This was reported by the Russian state agency for the export of agricultural products “Agroexport”, writes Reuters. The increase in imports was due to Russia’s efforts to establish ties with the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan. “Citing preliminary estimates, Agroexport said that last year Afghanistan purchased almost $80 million worth of Russian flour, which is twice the level of 2023. Total exports of wheat and wheat-rye flour from Russia last year reached $300 million, up 3% in value and 7% in volume. For almost 30 years of expertise in the agri markets, UkrAgroConsult has accumulated an extensive database, which became the basis of the platform AgriSupp. It is a multi-functional ...

Source: UkrAgroConsult