en.Wedoany.com Reported - Uruguay's Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Alfredo Fratti, described his official mission in Russia as "extremely positive," as Uruguay advances efforts to resume beef exports from cold storage plants to the Russian market.
Fratti attended the 23rd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and subsequently reported that while some cold storage plants remain suspended, work to resume exports is ongoing. The Russian market has historically been important to Uruguay, but has lacked high-level official visits in recent years. Between 2006 and 2007, Russia accounted for nearly 40% of Uruguay's beef exports, but has since fallen to a secondary position.
According to weekly data from Uruguay's National Meat Institute (INAC) as of May 31, Russia ranked seventh in Uruguay's beef export market list, measured in cumulative millions of dollars for 2026. The ranking is as follows: the bloc comprising the United States, Canada, and Mexico ($443.671 million), China ($402.604 million), the European Union ($230.899 million), Mercosur ($43.766 million), Israel ($54.564 million), Japan ($35.558 million), and Russia ($13.041 million) in seventh place. Fratti's goal is for Russia to regain a more significant position.
Russian authorities expressed interest in increasing trade with Uruguay and viewed the presence of the national delegation as a signal of willingness to strengthen bilateral relations. Fratti noted that the reactivation of cold storage plants creates new opportunities to add value across the entire meat industry chain, as plants sell products in higher-value market segments, with benefits flowing to other parts of the chain.
Uruguay is also making efforts for the dairy and wine industries. In the dairy sector, this involves butter sales; in the wine sector, Fratti highlighted the positioning achieved by bottled premium labels. He stated that this presence is felt both in meetings with Russian authorities and during supermarket visits.
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