Russia's agricultural exports to Africa increased by 40% in the…
Russia's agricultural exports to Africa increased by 40% in the first half of 2026, with wheat being the main product; meanwhile, export revenues for vegetable oils rose by 17%, and Russia became the world leader in sunflower oil exports. The country also exported a record 45 million tons of mineral fertilizers in 2025, driven by global demand amid regional conflicts.
Consensus
- Russia's agricultural exports to Africa grew by 40% in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2025.
- Wheat was the leading product in Russia’s agricultural exports to Africa, with approximately 10.2 million tons exported.
- Egypt is the largest recipient of Russian agricultural products in Africa, accounting for 44% of total exports by volume.
- Russia's export revenue from vegetable oils increased by 17% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2019.
- Russia became the world leader in sunflower oil export, with a market share of 38%.
- The volume of Russia’s mineral fertilizer exports reached a record 45 million tons in 2025.
- Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut confirmed that demand for Russian fertilizers is rising globally and that production volumes are increasing annually.
Points of divergence
- The total volume of Russia's agricultural exports to Africa reached 11 million tons in the first half of 2024, up from 7.9 million tons in the same period of 2023. — vedomosti
- Russia exported vegetable oils worth $4.3 billion in the first half of 2018, with sunflower oil accounting for $3 billion of that total. — interfax
- The Ministry of Agriculture reported a record export volume of 45 million tons of mineral fertilizers by the end of 2025. — vesti
- Russia's oil exports reached a record high of 4.13 million barrels per day in June 2026, driven partly by Ukrainian attacks on domestic refineries. — thebell
Coverage (7 sources)
- Russia increased agricultural exports to Africa by 40% — Ведомости
- Export revenue from Russian vegetable oils grew by 17% in the first half of the year — Интерфакс
- Lut: Russia exported record 45 million tons of mineral fertilizers in a year — Ведомости
- Lut Reveals Amount of Russian Fertilizer Exports in 2025 — Вести
- Putin: Russia increased volume of non-resource, non-energy exports by 9% — Ведомости
- Export of Russian oilseed products grew by 22% year-to-date — Ведомости
- Russia increases oil exports to record levels, but revenue from them is falling — The Bell
Key entities
- Russia
- Africa
- Oksana Lut
- Agroexport
- Moscow
- Ukraine
- INTERFAX.RU
- Bloomberg
- IT 'News'
- Vesti
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- APK
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Veronika Nikishina
- Ilya Ilyushin
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