# Russian agricultural sector reduces amino acid import dependence to 50% in 2024 - senator

> Russia's agricultural sector cut its amino acid import dependence to 50% in 2024, down from up to 80% before 2022, according to a senator speaking at the Feed-2025 conference in Moscow. The reduction followed the launch of domestic production, including a methionine plant in Tatarstan, and domestic feed output rose to 36.4 million tonnes.

- Date: 2025-04-23 · published 2025-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Russia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25471-russian-agricultural-sector-reduces-amino-acid-import-dependence-to-50-in-2024
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Import substitution by Russia reduces its demand for Chinese and EU amino acids, a modest bearish factor for global methionine and related feed additive trade.

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## Sources

- interfax.com: https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/111143/

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