Russia’s total trade reached about US$745 billion during 2025, also showcasing a significant, albeit shifting, trade surplus of about US$120 billion. In this section we cover all news concerning Russian trade developments, with Russian exporters increasingly reaching out into new markets on a global basis as it pivots away from the West. This is the definitive source on Russian trade. Get the latest data, analysis, and news on Russia’s import/export activities, trade agreements, and increasing commercial partnerships with the Global South.
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 intends to develop bilateral cooperation with Afghanistan in various fields, Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu has said, in meetings with Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Abdul Kabir. Shoigu paid a visit to Afghanistan on Monday, (November 25) where he met with the country’s top leadership. During four rounds of talks, he discussed economic, transportation […]
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. […]
Over the past three years, Russia’s share in BRICS trade has more than doubled and has further potential for expansion and containerisation – but there are bottlenecks that need dealing with. During that timeframe, BRICS imports from Russia have surpassed exports to Russia by almost 4.5 times, creating a huge container imbalance. As a result, […]
The Naushki border railway crossing between Russia and Mongolia, which is the most in-demand railway crossing between the two countries, has been enlarged and can now accommodate twice as many freight wagons for customs inspection. It has also been digitized, which will speed up border crossings and allow an increase in cargo turnover both between […]
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Russian Railways has transported 145 million tonnes of cargo to China over the first 10 months of 2024, 8.5% more than in the same period of 2023, according to Sergey Pavlov, the Deputy head of Russian Railways. He was speaking at the “Effective Multimodal Logistics: Horizons of the Future” event during the Russian Transport Week […]
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 […]
Russia and Iran are negotiating the construction of a Russian-standard gauge railway from the Iranian city of Parsabad on the Iranian border with Azerbaijan, to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf coast, according to Kazem Jalali, the Iranian Ambassador in Moscow. Russian rail gauge is 1,520 mm wide, Iran’s is 1,435 […]
PipeChina, the operator of the East Route pipeline that carries Russian natural gas from Siberia to eastern China, has said that the pipeline has now been completed, and will soon be fully operational. The 5,111 km cross-border pipeline is now entering its final commissioning phase, while the southernmost section, linking Jiangsu Province with Shanghai is […]
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has held a phone call with Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the President of the Central African Republic. The two discussed the current state and prospects for the further development of Russia-Central African Republic (CAR) bilateral relations in the political, trade, economic, humanitarian and other spheres. They exchanged views on regional issues, focusing […]
The Caspian Sea region has a complex maritime transport infrastructure, with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Russian ports all involved in its development. Despite the fact that the Caspian Sea is essentially landlocked, several international transport corridors pass through it. Goods are in transit to Europe, the Caucasus, Turkiye, the Middle East, Central Asia, East […]
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