The largest meat importing countries from Russia in 2023

In 2023, China became the main buyer of poultry meat as well as beef from Russia. This was reported by "Rosselkhoznadzor", referring to data from the Federal State Information System "Argus". Most of the export of Russian lamb was realized last year in Iran. Specifically, in 2023, China imported almost 133 thousand tons of poultry meat and 21.5 thousand tons of beef from the Russian Federation, and Iran - 10.3 thousand tons of lamb meat. The biggest buyers of Russian pork last year were Vietnam (85.1 thousand tons) and Belarus (78.8 thousand tons). Kazakhstan bought the most finished meat products (sausages, sausages, etc.) - almost 49 thousand tons. China has lifted a 14-year-old ban on imports from Russia of a major type of meat The reason for the ban In 2023, 16 countries have opened their markets for supplies of 47 types of livestock production from the Russian Federation. The biggest increase was marked by deliveries to former Soviet republics (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, ...