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How dependent is Azerbaijan on Russia?

In 2024, Russia sold $3.6 billion to Azerbaijan, 15.6% of its imports, ranking 2nd among its suppliers. Its share was 14.7% in 2019 and 0% in 1995. In 60 products it sells more than 50% of what Azerbaijan buys of them (in 34, more than 75%); what Azerbaijan buys from Russia in those products (dominated value) adds up to $2 billion, 8.6% of its imports.

Summary

Share of its imports
15.6%
Value imported
$3.6billion
Rank among its suppliers
2nd
Products where it sells over 50%
60
Products where it sells over 75%
34
Dominated value
$2billion
Share of total imports
8.6%

Trend

Trend in shares

Russia went from 0% to 15.6% of what Azerbaijan buys

Share (%)

  • Russia 15.6%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearValue (USD millions)ShareRank
199500%—
199621115.8%2
199725018.5%2
199819312.9%2
199918313.9%2
200021813.1%2
20011568.4%4
200229313.7%1
200342812.8%1
200464314.2%1
200583615.1%1
20061,36819.2%1
20071,34117.5%1
20081,88018.8%1
20091,43617.6%1
20101,51215.8%1
20111,92415.4%1
20121,86114.4%2
20131,96713.6%2
20141,99715.1%2
20151,78216%1
20161,85219.6%1
20171,67218.2%1
20181,93614.6%1
20192,38214.7%1
20202,00417.7%1
20212,13816.2%2
20222,71517.3%1
20233,15616.9%1
20243,61715.6%2

Products where Russia sells more than half

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
Crude petroleumRussia83.4%over 75%Turkmenistan · 8.4%$907 million
WheatRussia88.7%over 75%Kazakhstan · 11%$251 million
Hot-rolled flat steelRussia87.2%over 75%Kazakhstan · 7.8%$133 million
Sunflower, safflower and cottonseed oilRussia97.2%over 75%Turkey · 2.5%$62 million
Welded steel pipesRussia78.6%over 75%Turkey · 8.4%$51 million
Particle board and OSBRussia71.4%Belarus · 14.9%$46 million
Semi-finished steelRussia52.2%Iran · 46.4%$36 million
Fiberboard (MDF)Russia54.1%Belarus · 19.8%$36 million
Live cattleRussia60%Georgia · 19.8%$34 million
Glass bottles and jarsRussia80%over 75%Turkey · 6%$29 million
MargarineRussia84.5%over 75%Kazakhstan · 7.2%$28 million
Mixed fertilizersRussia68.7%Turkey · 13.9%$26 million
Sauces and condimentsRussia71.6%Turkey · 8.1%$26 million
Aluminum cans, drums and containersRussia62.8%Turkey · 22.1%$24 million
PlywoodRussia54.4%Belarus · 40.6%$24 million
Nitrogen fertilizersRussia80.5%over 75%Slovakia · 4.7%$22 million
Direct-reduced ironRussia97%over 75%Iran · 3%$22 million
Writing and printing paperRussia91%over 75%China · 4.4%$19 million
PVC and other vinyl polymersRussia69.7%Iran · 13.8%$19 million
CornRussia68.5%Turkey · 10.3%$17 million
Canned vegetablesRussia57.7%Turkey · 14.8%$17 million
Uncoated paperRussia76.7%over 75%Germany · 6.8%$16 million
Open-chain hydrocarbonsRussia78.3%over 75%Belgium · 15.4%$15 million
SausagesRussia69.8%Germany · 10.4%$12 million
Cold-rolled flat steelRussia84.2%over 75%Kazakhstan · 6.7%$10 million
BarleyRussia72.1%Kazakhstan · 27%$9 million
Meal from other oilseedsRussia99.7%over 75%Sri Lanka · 0.34%$9 million
Aluminum wireRussia87.8%over 75%Kazakhstan · 3.2%$7 million
Railway freight carsRussia78.4%over 75%Kazakhstan · 20.6%$7 million
Asphalt roofing and membranesRussia86.2%over 75%Turkey · 10.3%$6 million

and 30 more

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

Are there other suppliers in the world?

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Seen from Russia

Azerbaijan is Russia’s 18th-largest customer, with 0.96% of its exports.

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.