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.
Russia expanded its exports of agricultural products to North Korea in 2025 with beer, rapeseed oil, and tobacco products, the Agroexport federal center has stated. Previously, these products had not been supplied to the North Korean market. In particular, beer exports amounted to around 30 tonnes worth US$20,000, rapeseed oil exports stood at over 310 […]
Bilateral trade between Russia and Ethiopia saw significant growth during 2025, nearly tripling year-on-year to US$435 million, according to Evgeny Terekhin, the Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia. He added that coffee has also emerged as a standout product in bilateral trade. Ethiopian varieties, particularly from the Sidamo and Harar regions, are gaining popularity in Russia. Terekhin […]
Russia’s seaborne crude shipments to China hit a record 1.86 million barrels per day (bpd) in January, up 46% year-on-year amid falling Indian imports and rising US pressure on New Delhi to curb Russian oil purchases. Aleksandr Daniltsev, Director of the Trade Policy Institute at the Moscow National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), […]
Rossiya Airlines, part of Aeroflot Group, plans to continue its flight program to and from airports in Havana and Varadero, Cuba, despite the current fuel shortage in Cuba, according to Aeroflot. Air Canada has suspended flights, citing problems with aviation fuel supplies in the country, caused by a United States blockade on fuel reaching Cuba. […]
Russia’s FESCO Transportation Group has sent container trains from Kurgan, in the southern Russian Urals, to Tianjin, on the northeast China coast, for the first time, according to a company statement. Two trains carrying cereal crops headed to Tianjin via Kazakhstan and the Altynkol-Khorgos border crossing. Each train consists of 62 forty-foot containers. Total transport […]
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China has begun deliveries of bonded cargo from the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area to Russia by road for the first time under the TIR international transport system. This allows for a significant simplification of cargo transport between two countries. Under this system, the cargo is sealed at the starting point of the route and […]
A delegation from the Moscow City government has visited Riyadh Techno Valley – a science and technology park in Riyadh operating under King Saud University—as part of the business program of the “INNOPROM. Saudi Arabia” International Industrial Exhibition. They discussed promising areas of cooperation in high-tech industries. Riyadh Techno Valley is a key strategic project […]
Brazil and China have outlined the formation of a Trans-Pacific corridor, and Russia is joining it. The Ministry of Railway Transport of Brazil, the Ministry of Transport of China, and the China State Railway Group signed an agreement in Brasilia on the further development of the Brazil-Peru-Pacific Ocean-China railway-sea corridor in 2025-2028, providing for the […]
The Russian Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov, has said that over 70,000 Indian workers are now employed in Russia, with more expected to pursue professional opportunities in the country. Alipov stated that “As mutual interest from the business community grows and the agreements reached are implemented, this figure will increase. Looking deeper, this process will […]
Russia’s Tuva Republic has been examining the viability of the proposed Kyzyl-Kuragino railway line project, which would link Tuva with Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Russian railway network, with calculations as to how much freight such a route would attract via access to China and Mongolia. The railway is estimated at 412 kilometres in length and […]
Russia’s FESCO Transport Group has increased the capacity of the FESCO Indian Line West (FIL-W) container line, connecting Novorossiysk, India, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, by almost 20%, the company has reported. The increase occurred due to the replacement of one vessel serving the line with a far larger vessel. Previously, according to the company’s […]
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