According to russian state agency Agroexport, in 2026 russia ranked behind Spain, Brazil, Denmark and the United States in terms of pork and offal shipments to China.
The increase in shipments comes amid broader growth in agricultural trade between russia and China. Since the beginning of the year, russia has exported nearly 9 million tonnes of agricultural products to China worth around $7.8 billion. By mid-October, export revenue had already exceeded the total recorded for the whole of 2025.
Offal Accounts for Around Half of Shipments
Pork offal has become one of the main drivers of trade and now accounts for around half of russian pig-sector exports to China and Southeast Asian countries.
These products include ears, tails, stomachs and feet. On the domestic russian market, such products have relatively low value, whereas in Asian countries, due to local culinary preferences, their prices can be comparable to those of pork or even higher.
Southeast Asia as a whole accounts for around half of all russian pork exports. In addition to China, products are shipped to Vietnam and Hong Kong, and more recently to the Philippines.
Shipments Began to Decline in Late Summer
At the same time, the latest data indicate a possible slowdown in trade. An analysis of Chinese customs statistics showed that the value of russian pork exports to China in August–September fell 2.2-fold compared with the previous two months.
Year on year, the value of shipments declined by 45% to $6 million, the lowest level since December 2025.
The reasons for the decline have not yet been specified. A similar trend is also evident in poultry meat trade: after several years of growth, russian exports to China began to fall sharply in 2026 due to currency fluctuations and stronger competition from Chinese producers.
PigUA.info, based on materials from Food&Agribusiness World