Russian Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko stated that Russia increased its agricultural exports in 2022 by 12% compared to 2021.
According to the official, these exports increased to $41.5 billion, including supplies to friendly countries amounting to $34 billion, or 82% of total exports.
She pointed out that Russian exporters redirected supplies of agricultural products from unfriendly countries to friendly countries, and the official said: “As a result, the volume of agricultural products exported to friendly countries amounted to 82% of the total volume and exceeded $34 billion, which is more than a quarter from a year ago.” the previous”.
She added that the geography of Russian agricultural exports covers about 160 countries in the world, and despite foreign trade restrictions, in the year 2022, 18 markets were opened for 46 types of products.
“First of all, these are Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Cooperation has been intensified with major foreign partners in the field of food trade such as Egypt, Turkey, China and India,” she explained.
This article was originally published by RT.
