China’s poultry meat export revenue from Russia nearly doubles to $104.3 million in H1 2026
China supplied Russia with poultry meat worth $104.3 million in the first half of 2026. The value was nearly twice the year-earlier level, indicating rapid growth in the bilateral poultry trade.
Export earnings reach $104.3 million
China supplied Russia with poultry meat worth $104.3 million in the first half of 2026, according to Finmarket, which cited information from China’s General Administration of Customs. That result was almost twice the value recorded in the corresponding period of 2025.
Finmarket put the year-earlier figure at $53 million. On that basis, Chinese suppliers generated about $51.3 million more revenue from the Russian market in the first six months of 2026. Rambler Finance separately reported the same $104.3 million total and described the increase as nearly twofold.
Value growth points to a rapid expansion
The available figures measure trade value rather than physical volume. They therefore show how quickly Chinese export earnings from Russia increased, but do not establish whether the change was driven mainly by larger shipments, higher prices, a different product mix or a combination of those factors.
The source material does not provide monthly data, tonnage, average customs values or a breakdown by poultry category. It also does not identify the leading exporters, Russian buyers or the share of frozen cuts, offal and other products. These details would be needed to assess how broadly the growth was distributed across the supply chain.
Russia becomes more valuable for Chinese suppliers
Even without volume data, the increase is commercially significant. An additional $51.3 million in first-half revenue makes Russia a substantially larger sales destination for Chinese poultry processors and traders than it was one year earlier. For Russian importers, the result indicates a stronger presence of Chinese-origin poultry in procurement channels during the period.
The expansion may affect competition among suppliers serving Russia, particularly in product categories where importers can switch between origins. Its effect on domestic Russian producers cannot be quantified from the reported figures because no information is provided on import volumes, wholesale prices or Russia’s total poultry supply.
The comparison is limited to the first half of 2026 and the corresponding period of 2025. Full-year performance will depend on shipments during the remaining six months, while any assessment of market share will require complete Russian import data by country and product category.
