Russian Federation

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Trade in Russian Federation

Russian Federation was the world’s 21st largest exporter of goods and 40th largest exporter of commercial services in 2025. Export values were $372833 and $42186 million USD respectively. Russian Federation’s top export category was fuels and mining products, followed by manufactures, and agricultural products. In 2021, Russian Federation’s main export destination markets for goods and services trade were to China, Netherlands and Germany, with trade representing 39.42 per cent of GDP. In terms of imports, Russian Federation is the world’s 26th largest importer of goods and 26th largest importer of commercial services. Import values were $187853 and $81326 million USD respectively in 2025. Russian Federation’s top import category was manufactures, followed by agricultural products and fuels and mining products.  Leading import partners were China, Germany and United States. Russian Federation is part of 11 different Regional Trade Agreements, including with the Common Economic Zone (CEZ), Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) – Accession of Armenia.

 

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General Information

This section includes general information on the economy, legal system, official languages and links to additional demographic information.

Official Name

Russian Federation

Abbreviation

RU

Capital

Moscow

WTO Membership Date

22 August 2012

Legal System

civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts

Language

Russian

Number of Time Zone(s)

11

Additional Information

Financial Information

This section includes financial information such as the currency, exchange rate lookup and local banks issuing trade finance.

Currency

Russian ruble

Exchange Rate

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Contact Information

This section includes contact information for business support organizations and national resources.

Business Support Organizations

  • Russian Trade and Economic Development Council

    Trade promotion organization (TPO)

    [email protected]

Government MSME Agency

  • Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT)

  • Ministry of Economic Development (MED)

SPS Enquiry Points

Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) enquiry points are government agencies designated to answer questions about trade requirements.

  • Federal State Budgetary Institution
    "Russian Standardization Institute"
    Phone: +7 (495) 531-27-05; +7 (495) 531-26-59
    Website: www.gostinfo.ru/pages/Wto/

    31, building 2, Nakhimovsky prospect,

    [email protected]

TBT Enquiry Points

Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) enquiry points are government agencies designated to answer questions about trade requirements.

  • Federal State Budgetary Institution "Russian Standardization Institute"
    Phone: +7 (495) 531-27-05; +7 (495) 531-26-59
    Website: www.gostinfo.ru/pages/Wto/

    31, building 2, Nakhimovsky prospect

    [email protected]

Additional Information

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Links to other helpful resources

This section includes additional links to trade-related resources.

National Tariff Finder

 http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/act/trade/catr/ttr/Pages/default.aspx

Last Reviewed: October, 2026

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