
During January-July 2026, the production of agricultural machinery in Russia increased by almost 4%, sales increased by 4.3%, which stopped the downward trend in the industry, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture reported.
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The Russian agricultural machinery industry previously experienced a decrease in production and sales, but in January-July 2026 the trend changed.
The decline in the Russian agricultural machinery industry has stopped: in January-July, production increased by almost 4%, and sales by 4.3%.
The head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, Anton Alikhanov, and the head of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, Oksana Lut, held a meeting on the development of agricultural engineering.
MOSCOW, September 7 - RIA Novosti. The decline in the Russian agricultural machinery industry has stopped this year; for example, in January-July, production increased by almost 4% in annual terms, and sales by 4.3%, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade said in a statement, citing the head of the department, Anton Alikhanov.
“In 2026, the downward trend in agricultural machinery production generally stopped – over 7 months, production grew by almost 4%, and the market by 4.3% compared to the same period last year,” the report says.

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