In the 2025/26 season, despite high competition, Russia supplied about 46.5 million tons of wheat to the world market, maintaining its leadership among the main exporters of this crop, Agroexport reports.

According to USDA estimates, the EU took second place in this ranking, exporting 31.5 million tons, and Canada took third place with 29.6 million tons.

Such results were achieved mainly due not only to the growth of the gross wheat harvest in Russia in 2025—91.1 million tons, +8.5 million tons compared to 2024, but also due to the growth in import demand from the country’s traditional buyers. Thus, Russian wheat exports to Turkey increased significantly, reaching about 7.3 million tons—an increase of 2.2 times compared to the 2024/25 season, as well as to Sudan, reaching 2.2 million tons—an increase of two times. It is also worth highlighting Egypt—an increase of 6%—and Israel (21%) among Russia’s trading partners that have increased their Russian wheat purchases.

“One of the important events of the past season was the actual opening of the Iraqi market for Russian wheat. Despite the availability, there have been no significant and regular supplies in this direction in recent seasons. However, in 2025/26, a record volume of about 560 thousand tons of crops was delivered to Iraq, compared to the 82 thousand tons in the previous season,” the Agroexport analysts note.