MOSCOW, July 13. /TASS/. Russia exported record volumes of wheat to a number of African countries during the agricultural season that ended on June 30, 2026 (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026), the federal Agroexport center told TASS.
Amid a surge in import demand, Russian exporters shipped a record 10 mln metric tons of wheat to Egypt between July 2025 and June 2026, up 6% from the 2024-2025 agricultural season and 27% above the average for the past five years. Egypt remained the largest importer of Russian wheat both in Africa and globally, Agroexport emphasized.
Sudan also purchased a record volume of Russian wheat. Shipments totaled about 2.2 mln metric tons, twice as much as in the 2024-2025 agricultural season and double the average for the past five years.
Russian exporters shipped around 6.7 mln metric tons of wheat to Sub-Saharan Africa during the completed season, up 3% from the 2024/25 agricultural season and 34% above the average for the past five seasons. Record volumes were exported to Kenya (up 40% compared with the 2024/25 season and 83% above the five-season average, to about 1.8 mln metric tons), Tanzania (around 900,000 metric tons, up 17% and 49%, respectively), Uganda (500,000 metric tons, up 42% and 83%), Djibouti (more than 350,000 metric tons, up 43% and twofold), Somalia (nearly 230,000 metric tons, up 33% and threefold), among others.
