Russia’s exports in 2025 were characterized by shifts in energy trade, increased reliance on Asian buyers and stable, high-demand grain exports, with overall trade figures showing resilience, especially in non-oil/gas sectors, while adapting to new market dynamics. Key trends include exports of crude oil, fertilizers, and grain exports exceeding forecasts. Source products from Russia with confidence. Get insights into Russia’s key export industries, trade finance, and logistics. Essential for importers and businesses building a Russian supply chain.
Bahrain is not a major energy play in the Middle East but is becoming important in grain transhipment. We look at the latest bilateral discussions between President Putin and the King of Bahrain.
Russian pharma has both generic and state of the art pharmaceuticals and is exporting these to North Korea in medicines largely attributed to dealing with an aging population as the DPRK populations begins to retain a better and longer quality of life.
The Russian Far East just received another boost in its links to East China by the introduction of direct flights between Sakhalin and Shanghai – two distinct regions of East Asia.
Russia has ratified a bilateral free trade agreement with the UAE, making it possible for investors from either country to set up 100% owned companies in each others countries in moves especially pertiment to the services sector. With bilateral trade already over US$12 billion, the move is a strong boost to the UAE business sector during difficult times in the Middle East and is illustrative of Russian longer-term investment planning.
Russia has ratified the free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Indonesia, paving the way for a substantial increase of the bilateral US$4.8 billion in trade but also linking fellow Muslim markets in Central Asia to Southeast Asia.
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The Russia-Brazil Intergovernmental committee has been meeting in Brasilia with significant progress made in developing Russian supplies of both LNG and nuclear power to Brazil.
The largest railway crossing between Russia and China, between Zabaikalsk and Manzhouli, is being further developed by the addition of new track. The route, which lies on the Beijing-Moscow main line, sees Zabaikalsk become the largest Russian land border crossing and now surpasses any of the earlier European routes.
Russia’s grain exports to Egypt have increased by 15% this year to date, while the two countries are also discussing the creation of a grain exchange and developing a food security export hub for countries in Africa and the Middle East.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishuston, had met with the President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, in Ashgabat to discuss significant bilateral trade and investment issues. Both are also attending the CIS Annual Heads of Government Meetings. Russia-Turkmenistan developments are being sped up due to the need to create alternative trade routes with Iran.
Russia has become China’s largest supplier of fish and seafood and intends to increase exports still more, A target of US$6 billion in exports by 2030 has been declared, a 20% increase per annum in each of the coming four years.
The Armenian Foreign Minister has firmly rebuffed European media claims that the country is looking to exit the Eurasian Economic Un ion and wants to join the EU. He stated that Armenia has no intention of taking such a step, that it is unconstitutional, and not on any development agenda. Armenia has no European border, while its trade with the EU is just 7.5% of its total compared to 38% with Russia.
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