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.
Analysts at the Moscow-based Gaidar Institute’s Foreign Trade Laboratory (IEP) have stated that China-Russia trade dynamics show that the pressure of secondary sanctions on China began from March 2024, when they were first applied on a large scale. However, within four months, Russian exports to China had recovered, and by July the initial decline was […]
Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has said it has introduced a colouring procedure for wheat intended for export in accordance with the requirements of customers from several countries. The first colouring procedure was carried out at Vysotsky port in the Leningrad region, with a batch of 28,000 tonnes of wheat destined […]
Russia exported a record 33.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) last year, more than half of which went to the EU market, with Asia a close second, according to data from Belgium based, global analytics firm Kpler. The figure represents an increase of 4% from the previous record of 32.9 million tons set […]
Russia’s Pivot To Asia has published its 2025 Guide To East Asia, which includes detail of Russia’s geopolitical, trade and investment relations with China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, in addition to North and South Korea, as well as Japan. It also includes a detailed breakdown of the Russian Far East and especially its East […]
Torklink Controls, a partner of the Chinese company Flowinn, is investing over ₽100 million (US$1 million) into an assembly plant for electric actuators for pipeline valves at the Yesipovo Industrial Park in the Solnechnogorsk region of Moscow. The investment is typical of the type of Foreign Direct Investment Russia is now attracting, as Chinese manufacturers […]
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Russa’s Roscosmos Space Agency is developing the Amur-SPG launch vehicle with a reusable first stage to be in use by 2030, according to Roscosmos head Yury Borisov. He was speaking at the 49th Korolyov Academic Readings on Cosmonautics on Tuesday (January 28). The Amur-SPG, also known as the Soyuz-7 is a reusable, methane–fueled, orbital launch […]
Meetings held between 15 Russian airlines and an aviation delegation from the Chinese Embassy have discussed the bilateral strengthening of cooperation in Russia-China passenger and cargo air transport. The meeting was chaired by Lev Kosinov, Head of the Department for Transportation Regulation and International Cooperation of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency. In volumes, during […]
Russia’s Rostselmash plans to expand exports to Iran and more African countries in 2025. Rostselmash is one of the largest global designers and makers of purpose-designed machines. The company has its own research and technology center, experimental facilities, modern production sites with complete manufacturing cycles. In the words of Konstantin Babkin, co-owner of Rostselmash “We […]
India has permitted the Russian insurer Soglasie Insurance Company to provide marine cover to tankers entering Indian ports, according to the Indian ship regulator’s website, as New Delhi desires a reliable and steady supply of Russian oil in spite of the latest escalation of U.S. sanctions. Taking matters a step further, India has extended the […]
Chelyabinsk Electric Equipment Plant LLC (CEEP), a major manufacturer of electrical switchgear equipment in the Urals, is discussing the possibility of setting up assembly production in South Africa, the company has stated. Like Russia, South Africa is a member of BRICS. CEEP’s statement reads “From January 15 to 17, a delegation from CEEP led by […]
Russia’ Fast Payment System (SBP), in which banks will accept money transfers by phone number is rapidly developing and has now expanded to include nine countries: Abkhazia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The number of foreign banks accepting money through the SBP by phone number is also growing, with 50 now […]
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