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.
Rail freight from China to Europe continues to rely heavily on transit through Russia, however the EU’s own sanctions, and especially new counter-sanctions imposed by the Kremlin, continue to create significant obstacles. For example, Italian logistics firms and importers have been complaining that containers following the China-Europe rail route have been stopping in Russia in […]
The new Nizhneleninskoye-Tongjiang cross-border bridge between Russia and China has proved beneficial to Russia’s raw material exports since it opened in November 2022, and has become a key route for Russian coal and iron ore to be transported to China. Chinese finished goods are also imported in containers via the same cross-border bridge. Russia’s Transit […]
Russia’s Softline, a prominent, Moscow based, publicly traded IT developer, is opening a new office in Indonesia to promote its products and services, in addition to providing vendor solutions. It sees its expert knowledge as a good match for the development potential in Indonesia, a BRICS partner nation. Indonesia is also shortly to sign a […]
Russia’s Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov, has stated that Russia is exploring participation in the upgrade of oil refineries in Pakistan. He was speaking after the meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation of Russia and Pakistan, and said that “In the energy sphere, we are already supplying oil to Pakistan. We also […]
PJSC Whoosh Holding, the holding company of Russian electric scooter and bike sharing service operator Whoosh, plans to soon enter the markets of several cities in Latin America, including Sao Paolo, Brazil, Dmitry Chuiko, the company’s CEO has said. Chuiko announced on Alexei Linetsky’s YouTube channel “We are launching in Sao Paolo literally within a […]
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Damate Group, Russia’s leading turkey meat producer, exported 8,300 tonnes of turkey and duck meat to China in the nine months between January and September 2024, double the volume exported in the same period last year, the company has said. Damate said that their turkey meat exports to China stood at 8,000 tonnes, of which […]
Russia has increased its exports purchases of buckwheat to China 1.8-fold year-on-year to US$75.6 million in the first 10 months of the year from US$40.9 million in the same period last year, China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) said. Russia has retained to the position as the leading supplier of buckwheat to the Chinese market. […]
Russian customs data indicates that over the past ten months, China has purchased US$849 million worth of enriched uranium from Russia – a 3.2-fold increase compared to the same period last year. In October, Chinese imports doubled from September, reaching US$216 million in value. Imports generally increase in the lead up to the winter months. […]
Russia’s Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond producer, is developing a new standard for responsible diamond mining with African partners, according to Natalya Zhulin , the company’s deputy head of international cooperation. She said “We’re participating in the creation and testing of a new standard for responsible diamond mining together with our African partners. Why is […]
China’s State Administration of Customs has said that Russia exported pork products worth US$10.98 million to China in October 2024, almost double the amount exported in September, when the figure stood at US$5.93 million. The October figure represents a return to the export level seen in August, when Russia exported US$11.3 million of pork to […]
Peru has been hosting the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, with the head of the Russian delegation, Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, received by the Peruvian Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzén Olaya. During their meeting, the sides discussed the current state of trade and economic relations between Russia and Peru as well as their prospects […]
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