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.
The Russian and Turkmenistan Presidents have held a bilateral meeting at Avaza, a national tourist zone on Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast, located near the city of Turkmenbashi. Current bilateral trade is about US$2.5 billion and has been growing significantly the past two years. Both governments have set a target to double trade by 2030. We discuss the bilateral trade makeup.
Intra-Eurasian Economic Union trade has grown by 10% in 7M this year. The bloc includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, filling the geographic space between Eastern Europe and Western China. If this growth continues for the rest of 2026, multilateral trade values would surpass US$100 billion for the first time.
The Joint Russia-Myanmar Commission For Trade & Economic Cooperation was held in Moscow this week, with Russia and Myanmar expanding their bilateral trade and economic ties through long-term commodity agreements, joint infrastructure projects, and alternative settlement mechanisms. Bilateral trade turnover has been scaling up, with total trade values close to US$2 billion.
The Eurasian Economic Union – United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement came into effect on October 6th. We examine the multilateral trade flows, key areas of imports and exports, the resulting tariff reductions and the expected impact on Russia-UAE trade flows.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk and Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi have discussed improving bilateral trade, which has increased 150% in 7M in 2026. There is the possibility for 2026 bilateral trade volumes to reach US$1 billion this year. We discuss the growth sectors.
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Between January and August 2026, rail freight between Russia and China hit 130.2 million tonnes, a rise of 5.4 percent compared with the same period last year. At the same time, container shipments increased 12.8 percent, reaching 2.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units. Exports from Russia to China came to 113.5 million tonnes, a 3.7 per […]
The port of Murmansk is welcoming a large increase in cargo traffic, which is tied to the confluence of geopolitical events, including what is happening in the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, and the EU’s desire to switch itself off from energy and trade with Russia. Pavel Oleynik, Executive Director of the Commercial Port […]
Russia’s container market volumes have grown by 6% in the 8M of this year, incorporating foreign trade and transit shipments via Russian seaports, foreign trade and transit movements across overland border crossings along the Russian Railways network, domestic Russian container shipments along the Russian Railways network, and coastal cabotage traffic.
The recent history of the bilateral relationship between Russia and Brazil has key aspects that deserve to be highlighted. On one hand, two very powerful markets that stand as global hubs of international trade; on the other, from the platform of the BRICS bloc, a complementarity that enables significant expansion of the frontiers of trade […]
Russian coal exports from Vostochny Port in the Russian Far East to China have reached record highs. China is the world’s largest consumer of coal and coal power in the world, and consumes more than it can produce. Coal prices are also at record highs and are expected to remain so for several weeks.
The Trans-Caspian corridor is developing fast and is expected to achieve record freight tonnage during 2026. We examine the route and show where the growth development segments are.
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