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 increased to 24017 USD Million in April from 22803 USD Million in March 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.

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

The main import commodity group for Russia in 2023 was machinery, equipment, and transportation means. In that year, Russia imported 145.8 billion U.S. dollars worth of machinery, which was just over half of the total import value of the country. Other important import articles were chemical products, foodstuffs, and metals.

Machinery, equipment, and transportation means occupied the largest share of Russian imports in January 2024, at around 50 percent. Chemical products and rubber were the second-leading import commodity group, having constituted roughly one-fifth of the import value.

Russian imports of foodstuffs and agricultural raw materials exceeded 35 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Over the observed period, the highest figure was recorded at over 43 billion U.S. dollars in 2013. Between 2014 and 2015, the imports dropped by more than 13 billion U.S. dollars.

Graph and download economic data for International Trade: Ratio: Exports to Imports: Total for Russia (XTEITT01RUA156S) from 1991 to 2022 about Russia, ratio, imports, exports, and trade.

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 July of 2025.

In the crop year 2024/25, Russia's cereal imports were forecast to reach 0.57 million metric tons. The import volume of that commodity has decreased in recent years. Over the observed period, the highest cereal imports were recorded at over 2.7 million metric tons in the marketing year 2000/01. What cereals does Russia import and from where? The most-imported cereals in Russia are rice, corn, rye, and wheat. Russian wheat and meslin imports exceeded 123,000 metric tons in 2021. Imports of grains from Kazakhstan stood at over 157,000 metric tons in that year. Thus, that country was the leading origin of grain imports in Russia. Cereal import substitution in Russia Russian introduced a food embargo from the European Union, the United States as well as other Western countries in 2014. The country followed the import substitution path by increasing financial support to the agricultural sector and became the global leader in wheat exports, overtaking the U.S. and Canada. In 2023, Russia decreased food and agricultural product imports by nearly two percent compared to the previous year.

Japan Imports from Russia was US$5.68 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Japan Imports from Russia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

India Imports: Russia: Ceramic Products data was reported at 0.050 USD mn in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.080 USD mn for 2017. India Imports: Russia: Ceramic Products data is updated yearly, averaging 0.050 USD mn from Mar 1998 (Median) to 2018, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.730 USD mn in 2006 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1998. India Imports: Russia: Ceramic Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.JAC015: Foreign Trade: Harmonized System 2 Digits: Russia.

Key information about Russia Crude Oil: Imports

• Russia Crude Oil: Imports was reported at 0.000 Barrel/Day th in Dec 2023
• This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Barrel/Day th for Dec 2022
• Russia Crude Oil: Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 51.564 Barrel/Day th from Dec 1990 to 2023, with 34 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 376.629 Barrel/Day th in 1991 and a record low of 0.000 Barrel/Day th in 2023
• Russia Crude Oil: Imports 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 Imports

Russia Imports from United States was US$17.27 Billion during 2021, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Russia Imports from United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

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.

In April 2025, the value of U.S. merchandise imports from Russia exceeded the exports to the country by around ***** million U.S. dollars. To compare, in the previous month, the negative trade balance was measured at approximately ***** million U.S. dollars. Exports of goods from the U.S. to Russia sharply decreased in March 2022 due to the trade sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. In total, over the course of 2024, the U.S. exported goods worth around *** billion U.S. dollars to Russia.

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.

China Imports from Russia was US$129.88 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. China Imports from Russia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.