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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.

Featured April 2, 2025

Putin Meets With Republika Srpska President As EU Loses Energy Sovereignty Over Eastern Europe

The Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Milorad Dodik, the President of Republika Srpska, the want-away region of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday (April 1). The timing is interesting as the European Union has just lost effective sovereignty over Eastern European energy supplies, with implications for the erstwhile Republic.  Republika Srpska  Dodik represents a region […]

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Featured April 1, 2025

Russia’s 2024 Current Account Surplus Up 26% On Previous Year

The Bank of Russia has released 2024 statistics showing that the current account surplus of the balance of payments of Russia for the year amounted to US$62.3 billion. That is US$12.8 billion, or 26.0% more than in 2023 (US$49.4 billion). The Central Bank had previously estimated the current account surplus for last year at US$53.8 […]

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March 30, 2025

Russia, India, Looking To Boost Bilateral Trade Beyond US$100 Billion  

Russia and India have been exploring ways develop their bilateral trade partnership, with officials and experts participating at the “Russia and India: Towards a New Bilateral Agenda”, organized by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in Moscow. The event, which took place last Thursday (March 27) with support from the Indian embassy, highlighted that while […]

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March 28, 2025

Russian, Chinese Manufacturers Collaborate On Next Generation Of Public Transport E-Scooters

Russia’s electric scooter and bike-sharing service Whoosh and China’s Segway-Ninebot have agreed on a strategic partnership to develop the next generation of e-scooters for sharing services, according to Whoosh. The project calls for the joint contribution of the latest know-how and engineering solutions to create a new scooter engineering platform. Whoosh will be responsible for […]

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March 27, 2025

Russia Exports Turkey Meat To Singapore For The First Time

Russia’s Damate Group has become the first Russian turkey meat producer to receive approval for exporting its products to Singapore, the company has said in a press release. The move is of note for two reasons, firstly the continuing drive by Russian producers in searching for new export markets, as the pivot to Asia continues, […]

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March 27, 2025

Tatarstan Exports Oats To China For First Time  

The Russian Republic of Tatarstan has exported its first shipment of table oats to China, the local branch of the Federal Center for Assessment of Agricultural Product Safety and Quality (TsOK APK) has said.  Polina Azarenko, of the Centre stated that “The experts of the TsOK APK branch’s testing laboratory for the first time tested […]

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March 26, 2025

Russia-China Container Market Development: 2025-2030 Trends    

Russian and Chinese logisticians have been discussing the future development of the bilateral container market, with the first Russian-Chinese Logistics Conference held in Moscow last week as a side event to the TransRussia exhibition. Organised with the support of the general sponsor, Neptune Logistics Group, the Russia-China event was attended by more than 300 delegates […]

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March 26, 2025

A Pigs Ear From A Sow’s Purse: Russia Redirects Pork To China From Europe As Exports Increase

Russia supplied 11,600 tonnes of pork products to China between January 1 and March 21, according to Sergei Dankvert, head of the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor). However, Danvert made some interesting statements about the type of products being exported, and the reasons for this, saying that Russia’s role in pork […]

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March 25, 2025

Russia Begins First Dairy Exports To Malaysia     

The first Russian exporter has received approval to send dairy products to Malaysia. The approved company is Valuyskoye OJSC Moloko from the Belgorod region, the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has stated. Rosselkhoznadzor said that “The company’s access to the Malaysian market was preceded by the alignment of veterinary requirements and […]

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March 25, 2025

Russia Increased Chocolate Exports By 8% In 2024  

Russia exported chocolate products worth nearly US$850 million in 2024, up 8% compared to the previous year, according to the Russian Agroexport centre. This is the second-highest record since 2021, when exports amounted to US$872 million, and indicates supply chains have been rebuilt following Western sanctions. Russian chocolate was supplied to 90 countries last year, […]

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