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.

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.

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.

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.

United States Imports from Russia of Iron and steel was US$13.17 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Iron and steel - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

United States Imports from Russia of Titanium was US$32.63 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Titanium - 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.

United States Imports from Russia of Fertilizers was US$1.3 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Fertilizers - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

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 2022, the United States imported around 4.59 billion U.S. dollars worth of petroleum and coal products from the Russian Federation. This accounts for the trade under the North American Classification System (NAICS) product categories. The data are not seasonally adjusted.

United States Imports from Russia of Motor cars and vehicles for transporting persons was US$112.82 Thousand during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Motor cars and vehicles for transporting persons - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

United States Imports from Russia of Crude Oil was US$759.64 Thousand during 2023, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Crude Oil - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.

United States Imports from Russia of Corn (maize) was US$2.35 Thousand during 2017, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Corn (maize) - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

United States Imports from Russia of Chocolate and other food products containing cocoa was US$2.76 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Chocolate and other food products containing cocoa - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

United States Imports from Russia of Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal was US$89.44 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

United States Imports from Russia of Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products was US$9.5 Thousand during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.

United States Imports from Russia of Nickel was US$26.55 Million during 2023, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Nickel - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

United States Imports from Russia of Labels of paper or paperboard, printed or not was US$10.88 Thousand during 2022, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Labels of paper or paperboard, printed or not - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

United States Imports from Russia of Other Organic Compounds was US$31.33 Thousand during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Russia of Other Organic Compounds - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.