US turns to Russia for chicken eggs for the first time in 32 years, despite sanctions to cripple its economy

The US reported that the US has imported chicken eggs from Russia for the first time in decades, referring to data from the US statistical service. Despite long -term Western sanctions to disable the Russian economy, the unprecedented July 2025 acquisition points to the first shipment of Russian eggs to the US since 1992.

At the beginning of this year, after a bird flu outbreak, he devastated the stocks of domestic poultry animals, which created egg shortages and a sharp increase in prices. Despite some prices in recent months, egg costs in July remained 16.4 percent higher than the same period last year, and Washington asked for new resources to stabilize the market. According to the report, the United States spent 455,000 dollars on fresh chicken eggs from Russia in July.

The Russian state -backed news agency sent it to the X branch.

According to the latest data from the US Economic Analysis Office (BEA) and the census office, the trade between Russia and the United States of America fell approximately 90 percent because the Kremlin launched the full -fledged Ukrainian invasion of the Kremlin, but the United States imported $ 3 billion from Russia last year.

US sanctions on Russia

Since Russia’s full -scale Ukrainian invasion in February 2022, the US imposed a comprehensive set of sanctions to disable the Russian economy, reduce its military capabilities and isolate financially and diplomatically.
These include the freezing of billions of dollars of Russian Central Bank assets, the prohibition of large Russian banks from the rapid system, heavy restrictions on trade and investment in Russia’s energy sector and imposing sanctions on lock Russian officials.

The US also banned Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal imports; Price limits applied to Russian crude oil in coordination with the Allies; and limited imports of lock Russian goods such as seafood and diamonds.

However, in August 2025, the US-Russian relations showed signs of renewal after meeting in the presidents in Trump and Putin Alaska and interest in economic cooperation.

Egg shortage in the USA

Bird flu crisis, Americans encountered famine in a large part of the year. On January 14, CNN reported that the outbreak forced stores to implement the purchase limits, while a dozen egg prices rose to $ 7 until 9 February. At that time, experts estimated that the restoration of stability in the US Food Market could last six to nine months.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt accused the previous Biden administration of exacerbating the crisis by raising about 8 million chickens throughout the country before leaving the post.

USA-Russia Trade

In 2025, large US imports from Russia contained fertilizer: US, the US census office data was shown. Last year, fertilizer imports from Russia was more than $ 1 billion.

Until June, according to the census data, the United States imported uranium and plutonium from Russia this year. In 2024, these commodities from Russia imported $ 624 million. Palladium, a metal used in catalytic converters, remained an important import from the Russians by the US.