Russia's 2025 meat and poultry exports hit record levels, TASS reports
Russian exports of meat and meat products rose 10.6% in 2025 to more than 911,000 tonnes, a record, according to Agroexport data cited by TASS. Poultry led the gains, with volumes up 9% and export revenue up 15%; chicken meat and offal alone rose 14%.
Russia posts record 2025 meat export earnings
Russia's exports of meat and edible meat offal reached a record level in 2025, according to data from the federal center Agroexport reported by TASS. Total shipments of meat and meat products rose 10.6% from the previous year and topped 911,000 tonnes, the agency said in a release dated 4 March. The result underscores Russia's growing weight in global meat trade, after years in which the country was known mainly as a large importer of meat.
Poultry drives the gains
Poultry was the fastest-growing segment. TASS, citing Agroexport, reported on 19 May that Russia lifted exports of poultry meat and offal by 9% in physical terms and by 15% in value terms over 2025. The gap between volume and value growth points to firmer average prices for Russian poultry on export markets. In a separate Agroexport release dated 6 March, exports of chicken meat and offal were reported up 14% for the year.
What the numbers mean for trade
For importers, the data signal a larger and steadier pool of Russian protein available on international markets. Rising volumes typically ease supply pressure and support competitive pricing for buyers in Russia's main destination markets. For exporters and analysts, the key detail is the divergence within poultry: revenue climbing 15% against a 9% rise in volume means earnings are outpacing tonnage, a sign that either prices or product mix improved over the year.
- Total meat and meat products: +10.6% year on year, above 911,000 tonnes (record), per Agroexport via TASS, 4 March.
- Poultry meat and offal: +9% by volume, +15% by value in 2025, per TASS, 19 May.
- Chicken meat and offal: +14% for the year, per Agroexport, 6 March.
The releases do not break out individual destination markets or per-tonne prices, so the split between higher volumes and stronger prices cannot be quantified further from the published figures. What is clear is that meat, and poultry in particular, has become one of the faster-growing lines in Russia's agricultural exports, and that both tonnage and revenue moved higher in 2025. For trade participants tracking protein flows, the direction is consistent across every metric released so far: more product shipped, and more money earned per shipment.
Because Agroexport's figures cover the full 2025 calendar year, they set a new baseline against which 2026 shipments will be measured. Buyers negotiating fresh contracts and analysts modelling protein availability can treat the 911,000-tonne threshold and the 15% poultry revenue gain as the reference points confirmed by TASS.
