Dynamics of Import Growth

In 2025, a significant increase in poultry meat supplies from the People's Republic of China was recorded in the Russian meat market. According to industry associations, the volume of poultry imported from the PRC exceeded 110,000 metric tons over the past year; concurrently, Russia’s aggregate poultry imports in 2025 reached 327,400 tons, reflecting a 6.3% year-on-year increase. Thus, the share of Chinese products in the structure of foreign poultry meat supplies approached 30%.

The core of Chinese exports consists of chicken breast fillet, which is supplied to processors. The average monthly supply volume is estimated at 20 thousand tons. Over the past three years, the total volume of chicken fillet imported from the PRC has grown by almost 39 times.

Regulation and Bilateral Relations

Amidst the growth in supplies, regulatory authorities are monitoring the quality of imported products. In May 2026, Rosselkhoznadzor imposed import restrictions on two large Chinese poultry enterprises due to the detection of listeria in frozen fillet.

In parallel, a course towards the expansion of bilateral food trade has been consolidated at the interstate level. During the visit of the President of the Russian Federation to Beijing, a joint declaration was signed, which provides for a further increase in purchases of livestock products and the admission of new Chinese poultry meat production enterprises to the Russian market.

The growth in chicken fillet imports from the PRC indicates the strengthening role of the price factor in the purchasing policy of Russian meat processors, whereas for the domestic market, the key issues are the balance between the availability of raw materials, the stability of local production, and compliance with veterinary requirements. Against this background, the further development of the situation will depend on a combination of two parallel processes: the expansion of bilateral agreements on the supply of livestock products and the maintenance of strict quality control of imported products by Russian supervisory authorities.