Exports in Russia increased to 34559 USD Million in March from 31216 USD Million in February of 2025. This dataset provides - Russia Exports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Russia's total Exports in 2021 were valued at US$492.31 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Russia's main export partners were: China, the Netherlands and Germany. The top three export commodities were: Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products; Commodities not specified according to kind and Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins. Total Imports were valued at US$293.50 Billion. In 2021, Russia had a trade surplus of US$198.82 Billion.

Key information about Russia Total Exports

• Russia Total Exports recorded 39.7 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with 39.8 USD bn in the previous month
• Russia Total Exports data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1998 to Dec 2024, with an averaged value of 29.5 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 57.2 USD bn in Dec 2021 and a record low of 4.4 USD bn in Jan 1999

• In the latest reports, Russia Total Exports dropped 0.2 % YoY in Dec 2024
• Total Imports recorded 27.6 USD bn in Dec 2024, which registered an increase of 5.8 % year on year
• Russia Trade Balance recorded a surplus of 12.0 USD bn in Dec 2024

In 2023, about 424.22 billion U.S. dollars worth of goods were exported from Russia. The export value decreased by around 28 percent from the previous year.Russia's export business Despite a drop in 2009 and 2010, probably due to the global economic crisis, the value of total Russian exports has fully recovered and even reached a new peak in 2012. However, due to falling oil and gas prices and international tensions because of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has seen another slight drop in export values in 2014. Even so, Russia remains one of the largest exporters of goods on the world stage and currently ranks eleventh on the list of top 20 export countries. Russia is rich in natural resources with large natural gas, coal and oil reserves. These resources and more are exported to countries around the world, with the highest share of exports going to the Netherlands, Germany and China, followed by Italy and Turkey. Almost 20 percent of natural gas exports go to Germany alone. Other recipients of large shares of Russian natural gas include Turkey and Italy. While Europe has already placed sanctions on Russia because of the conflict with Ukraine since 2014, tensions continue to rise as Russia’s actions and involvement in Syria become increasingly questionable. Furthermore, Turkey’s decision to shoot down a Russian warplane for violating its airspace further strained relations with one of Russia’s main export destinations.

Key information about Russia Total Exports to USA

• Russia Total Exports to USA recorded 968.400 USD mn in Jan 2022, compared with 1.659 USD bn in the previous Dec 2021
• Russia Total Exports to USA data is updated monthly, available from Mar 2004 to Jan 2022, with an averaged value of 888.900 USD mn
• The data reached an all-time high of 2.108 USD bn in Jul 2021 and a record low of 408.500 USD mn in Apr 2004

United States Exports to Russia was US$526.07 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Exports to Russia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on May of 2025.

Between 2022 and 2023, the share of exports of goods and services in the total GDP of Russia decreased, measuring at around 23.1 percent in the latest year under consideration. Over the period from 2010, Russian exports had the highest share of GDP in 2018 at nearly 31 percent, while the lowest value was recorded in 2023.

Transportation equipment was the main export commodity of the U.S. to Russia in the first 11 months of 2024, at roughly 2.5 billion U.S. dollars. Furthermore, the value of telecommunications equipment shipped from the U.S. to Russia were close to one billion U.S. dollars. The U.S. trade sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have led to a decline in exports of various commodities, such as equipment and machinery.

Minerals products were the major export commodity group from Russia. Their export value amounted to over 260 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Metals and articles thereof followed, with goods worth around 60 billion U.S. dollars exported from Russia in 2023.

Key information about Russia Total Exports to China

• Russia Total Exports to China recorded 5.805 USD bn in Jan 2022, compared with 6.394 USD bn in the previous month
• Russia Total Exports to China data is updated monthly, available from Mar 2004 to Jan 2022, with an averaged value of 2.565 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 6.643 USD bn in Nov 2021 and a record low of 634.500 USD mn in Jan 2005

Russia's leading five export partners in 2023 were China, India, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Brazil. The value of total exports from Russia to its major trade partner — China — exceeded 128 billion U.S. dollars. Trade between Russia and China China was not only the leading export destination of Russian commodities, but also the major import partner of the country. Prior to 2018, the value of Russian imports from China prevailed the Russian exports’ worth to the country. It was in 2018 when for the first time, the trade balance of Russia with China turned positive and amounted to about 3.8 billion U.S. dollars. Russia's primary export goods, mineral and energy products, were also the most imported commodities by China from the country. Russian trade with Europe Trade flows between Russia and the EU have been in decline over the past years. In 2023, the EU export value to Russia exceeded 38 billion U.S. dollars — roughly 12 billion U.S. dollars below the EU imports’ worth from Russia in that year. Germany was the major importer of Russian goods in the region.

Mineral products were the leading export commodity of Russia in January 2024, having represented over 61 percent of the total export trade revenue. Metals and articles thereof had the second-largest share of exports, at approximately 15 percent.

Key information about Russia Natural Gas: Exports

• Russia Natural Gas: Exports was reported at 175,745.100 Cub m mn in Dec 2023
• This records an increase from the previous number of 169,940.000 Cub m mn for Dec 2022
• Russia Natural Gas: Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 92,358.238 Cub m mn from Dec 1960 to 2023, with 64 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 258,240.000 Cub m mn in 2019 and a record low of 212.440 Cub m mn in 1960
• Russia Natural Gas: Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Energy Sector – Table RB.OPEC.NG: Natural Gas Exports

Key information about Russia Crude Oil: Exports

• Russia Crude Oil: Exports was reported at 4,586.354 Barrel/Day th in Dec 2023
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 4,780.354 Barrel/Day th for Dec 2022
• Russia Crude Oil: Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 4,653.000 Barrel/Day th from Dec 1980 to 2023, with 44 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 5,347.905 Barrel/Day th in 1988 and a record low of 2,489.966 Barrel/Day th in 1994
• Russia Crude Oil: Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Energy Sector – Table RB.OPEC.CO: Crude Oil Exports

China Exports to Russia was US$110.94 Billion during 2023, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. China Exports to Russia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on April of 2025.

Turkey Exports to Russia was US$8.56 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Turkey Exports to Russia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.

This graph shows the growth in the U.S. import volume of trade goods from Russia from 1992 to 2023. In 2023, U.S. imports from Russia amounted to approximately 4.57 billion U.S. dollars. RussiaRussia's foreign trade balance of goods generated a surplus of about 187 billion U.S. dollars, with more resulting from exports than imports in 2014. Russia exported trade goods valued about 418.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2019. In a global ranking of national exports, Russia was sixteenth. Leading exporters like China, the United States, and Germany are exporting goods worth between 1.5 and 2.5 trillion U.S. dollars. The placement of Russia’s export ranking is linear with its placement on the ranking of the biggest economies in the world. Russia had the eleventh largest GDP worldwide with about 1.6 trillion U.S. dollars in 2019. Russia's most important export countries are mostly its direct neighbors, like China, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, and Kazakhstan. About 35 percent of all exports go to neighboring countries. China is the most important country within the aforementioned nations, which takes about 8 percent of Russia's exported goods. The United States are not among the top ten. The nation sits in twelfth place of Russia's export destinations, with about three percent. The products exported from Russia are unsurprisingly mainly mineral products and metals, with crude and refined petroleum making up for 54 percent of all exports. The main export product apart from resources is wheat. Exported wheat from Russia was valued at about 6.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2012. Russia is one of the principal wheat exporters. Although the development of Russia's exports has been somewhat positive in recent years, the political crisis with the Ukraine, resulting in economic sanctions applied by important trade countries like Germany, the EU, the United States and many others, might have dampened foreign trade altogether. The result was a negative growth in exports of about five percent in 2014.

In 2021, mineral fuels were the most exported commodities from Russia to the United States with roughly nine billion U.S. dollars in exports of named product category. Precious and semi-precious stones and metals listed in second place by export value over the period under consideration. Russia also exported over 1.2 billion U.S. dollar worth of iron and steel to the U.S. in 2021.

Iran Exports: Russia data was reported at 751.406 USD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 578.591 USD mn for 2022. Iran Exports: Russia data is updated yearly, averaging 284.784 USD mn from Mar 1995 (Median) to 2023, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 751.406 USD mn in 2023 and a record low of 36.300 USD mn in 1999. Iran Exports: Russia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iran – Table IR.JA005: Exports: by Country.

Turkey Exports: Russia data was reported at 8,562,122.482 USD th in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10,906,585.102 USD th for 2023. Turkey Exports: Russia data is updated yearly, averaging 5,140,536.238 USD th from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2024, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10,906,585.102 USD th in 2023 and a record low of 1,792,916.121 USD th in 2016. Turkey Exports: Russia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Turkish Statistical Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.JA008: General Trade System: Exports: by Top Trading Partner.