Revenue from Russian oat exports hits new record in 2025 - Agroexport

MOSCOW. Jan 14 (Interfax) - Russia made a record revenue of almost $62 million from oat exports in 2025, compared with $59.3 million in 2024, the Agroexport federal center said, citing preliminary estimates by experts.

Agroexport said that the data for exports to Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries were for the first 10 months of 2025.

The weight of the exports exceeded 280,000 tonnes, though the corresponding figure from 2024 was not disclosed.

The biggest importer was China, which purchased over $56 million of oats from Russia, followed by Mongolia with around $4 million and the UAE with over $600,000.

According to preliminary data from Rosstat, Russia harvested 3.8 million tonnes of oats in 2025, up 25.8% from 2024. Yield grew to 22.7 centners per hectare from 19 the year before.

The biggest oat harvests were 538,600 tonnes in the Altai territory, 352,100 tonnes in the Krasnoyarsk territory, 242,300 tonnes in the Novosibirsk region, 199,200 tonnes in the Tyumen region and 179,700 tonnes in Bashkortostan.