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.

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.

Russian imports were expected to grow by *** percent in 2025 relative to the previous year and continue increasing in 2026. Furthermore, the country's export revenue was forecast to grow by only *** percent in 2025.

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

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.

Historical chart and dataset showing Russia imports by year from 1989 to 2023.

Key information about Russia Total Imports Growth

• Russia Total Imports grew 5.8 % YoY in Dec 2024, compared with an increase of 11.1 % YoY in the previous month
• Russia Total Imports Growth data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1999 to Dec 2024, with an averaged rate of 14.4 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 63.4 % in Aug 2010 and a record low of -52.3 % in Jan 1999

• In the latest reports, Russia Total Imports recorded 27.6 USD bn in Dec 2024
• Total Exports reached 39.7 USD bn in Dec 2024, which registered a decrease of 0.2 % year on year
• Russia Trade Balance recorded a surplus of 12.0 USD bn in Dec 2024

Imports of goods and services occupied 18.75 percent of the Russian gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, having increased by around 3.5 percentage points from the previous year. To compare, the share of exports in the country's GDP was measured at 23.1 percent.

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

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.

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.

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.

Russia Imports: Year to Date: Clothing data was reported at 657.500 USD mn in Jan 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.936 USD bn for Dec 2021. Russia Imports: Year to Date: Clothing data is updated monthly, averaging 2.378 USD bn from Dec 2004 (Median) to Jan 2022, with 206 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.488 USD bn in Dec 2013 and a record low of 39.100 USD mn in Jan 2005. Russia Imports: Year to Date: Clothing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Customs Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Russian Federation – Table RU.JAA028: Imports: by Main Products: ytd. Data release delayed due to the Ukraine-Russia conflict. No estimation on next release date can be made.
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Russia Imports: Serbia: Carpets data was reported at 2,507.000 USD th in Dec 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,215.000 USD th for Sep 2018. Russia Imports: Serbia: Carpets data is updated quarterly, averaging 2,708.000 USD th from Dec 2007 (Median) to Dec 2018, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,678.000 USD th in Dec 2013 and a record low of 289.000 USD th in Jun 2009. Russia Imports: Serbia: Carpets data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Customs Service. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Foreign Trade – Table RU.JAD141: Imports: by 2-Digit HS Code: Serbia.

Finland Imports: Europe: Russia data was reported at 64,321,739.000 EUR in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 47,685,522.000 EUR for Jan 2025. Finland Imports: Europe: Russia data is updated monthly, averaging 527,342,659.500 EUR from Jan 1996 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 350 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,217,417,710.000 EUR in Mar 2011 and a record low of 35,976,949.000 EUR in May 2023. Finland Imports: Europe: Russia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Finnish Customs. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Finland – Table FI.JA007: Imports: by Region and Country.

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.