Russia's total Imports in 2021 were valued at US$293.50 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Russia's main import partners were: China, Germany and the United States. The top three import commodities were: Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Electrical, electronic equipment and Vehicles other than railway, tramway. Total Exports were valued at US$492.31 Billion. In 2021, Russia had a trade surplus of US$198.82 Billion.

Imports in Russia decreased to 23578 USD Million in June from 24375 USD Million in May of 2025. This dataset provides - Russia Imports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2024, around ****** billion U.S. dollars worth of goods were imported into Russia. That was approximately **** percent less than in the previous year. Trade in Russia The value of goods imported to Russia dropped in 2014, likely due to a trade ban imposed on U.S. and European agricultural goods in the aftermath of the Ukraine invasion and subsequent European sanctions against Russia. The ban impacted a range of European countries; among the most affected were Germany and the United States, Russia’s second and third most important import partners respectively. The total value of U.S. exports to Russia also dropped in 2014. However, the extent of sanctions from Europe is limited, considering most of Europe is highly dependent on Russian gas. Furthermore, Germany being one of Russia’s biggest import partners makes the country especially reluctant to take a strong stance against Russia’s aggressive actions. Therefore, while the total value of Russian imports have dropped somewhat, the majority of trade continues per usual, despite increasing tensions between Russia and the west. Meanwhile, Russia is strengthening its relations with China, its most important import partner. Yet, while intentions to increase trade with China exist, trade figures have actually decreased. Results show that sanctions and bans on imports may affect Russian trade, but the extent to which they will have an impact on business as usual may be limited given the level of dependence on trade between Europe and Russia.

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.

Fertilizers were the most-imported commodity to the U.S. from Russia in the first 11 months of 2024, with a value of almost one billion U.S. dollars, followed by non-ferrous metals and inorganic chemicals. The U.S. banned oil imports from Russia in March 2022, and existing deals were to end in the following month.

Key information about Russia Total Imports

• Russia Total Imports recorded 27.6 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with a value of 25.6 USD bn in the previous month
• Russia Total Imports data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1998 to Dec 2024, with an average number of 17.0 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 30.7 USD bn in Oct 2012 and a record low of 1.8 USD bn in Jan 2000

• In the latest reports, Russia Total Imports grew 5.8 % YoY in Dec 2024
• Total Exports dropped 0.2 % YoY, to 39.7 USD bn in Dec 2024
• Russia Trade Balance recorded a surplus of 12.0 USD bn in Dec 2024

Graph and download economic data for U.S. Imports of Goods by Customs Basis from Russia (IMP4621) from Jan 1992 to Jul 2025 about Russia, imports, goods, and USA.

Russian imports of foodstuffs and agricultural raw materials exceeded 37.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Over the observed period, the highest figure was recorded at over 43.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2013. Between 2014 and 2015, the imports dropped by more than 13.3 billion U.S. dollars.

Machinery, equipment, and transportation means occupied the largest share of Russian imports in January 2024, at around ** percent. Chemical products and rubber were the second-leading import commodity group, having constituted roughly one-fifth of the import value.

India Imports from Russia was US$67.15 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. India Imports from Russia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.

The main import commodity group for Russia in 2024 was machinery, equipment, and transportation means. In that year, Russia imported ***** billion U.S. dollars worth of machinery, which was over **** of the total import value of the country. Other important import articles were chemical products, foodstuffs, and metals.

The European Union (EU) imported approximately 710,000 metric tons of oil and petroleum products from Russia in August 2024, having significantly decreased the import volume of that commodity group over the past year. The import volume in April 2024 was the lowest over the observed period from the beginning of 2021. The highest figure was recorded at more than 11.4 million metric tons in January 2022.

The United States imported an average of 147,000 barrels of petroleum per day from Russia in 2022. The U.S. Congress passed a bill banning imports from oil, gas, coal, and other energy commodities from Russia in April 2022 as a reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Other Western countries did the same as an effort to penalize and put economic pressure on Russia. According to a survey from March 2022, 49 percent of U.S. registered voters supported the government's sanctions on Russian oil exports.

Market and price uncertainty

Even though Russia was among the leading countries for petroleum imports into the U.S., market disruptions caused by the imposed sanctions have still severely impacted U.S. average gas prices. In June 2022, gasoline prices reached a new peak of more than five U.S. dollars per gallon. By comparison, diesel prices climbed to around 5.8 U.S. dollars. With the world still grappling with the economic repercussions brought on by the pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war added another layer of uncertainty over market development. According to a June 2022 outlook, the average global GDP growth forecast change due to the Russia-Ukraine war was a 1.44 percent decrease to the projection made before the war. Only five countries out of the 42 included in the study were forecast to have a positive GDP growth.

Graph and download economic data for International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Imports: Commodities for Russia (XTIMVA01RUA659S) from 1992 to 2024 about Russia, imports, trade, and goods.

In the week 22, 2025, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) received 324 million cubic meters of natural gas from Russia via the pipeline TurkStream. This route has become the only transit route after the transit via Ukraine was stopped in January 2025.Nord Stream, which was the main export route of Russian gas to the EU and the UK until July 2022, was shut down for maintenance for 10 days from July 11, 2022, for three days from August 31, 2022, and for an indefinite period from September 5, 2022. Furthermore, Russia stopped supplying gas through the Yamal pipeline via Poland from mid-May 2022.

Key information about Russia Imports: ICT Goods

• Russia Imports: ICT Goods was reported at 29,321,187.470 USD th in Dec 2021
• This records an increase from the previous number of 24,014,874.420 USD th for Dec 2020
• Russia Imports: ICT Goods data is updated yearly, averaging 18,475,529.530 USD th from Dec 2000 to 2021, with 22 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 29,321,187.470 USD th in 2021 and a record low of 1,245,904.508 USD th in 2000
• Russia Imports: ICT Goods data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Electronic Sector – Table RF.UNCTAD.ICT: ICT Goods: Total: Import Value

In April 2022, the United States imported about 10.8 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia, marking a decrease from the previous month. The May 2021 figure was the highest over the observed period. In total throughout 2021, the imports exceeded 245 million barrels.

The U.S. ban on Russian energy imports

On March 8, 2022, the U.S. government announced a ban on imports of oil, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and coal from Russia in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Furthermore, the prohibition included new U.S. investment in the Russian energy industry as well as financing foreign companies that invested in energy production in Russia.

U.S. energy imports from Russia

In 2021, the U.S. imports of oil and gas from Russia reached over 4.7 million U.S. dollars. Furthermore, petroleum and coal products’ import value stood at nearly 12.8 million U.S. dollars. At 538 thousand barrels daily, Russia was the third-leading petroleum import partner of the U.S. in 2020, following Canada and Mexico.

In 2021, ** percent of nuts on the Russian market were covered by imports. Furthermore, Russia heavily depended on the import of grapes and garlic, with the import dependency rates of ** percent and ** percent, respectively.

In November 2024, the European Union (EU) imported around 2.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia. That was more than in the previous month. Over the observed period, the imports peaked at approximately 8.2 billion cubic meters in March 2022, a month after Russia invaded Ukraine.

United States Imports from Russia was US$3.27 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.