How dependent is Russia on Kazakhstan?

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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%.

• Kazakhstan sells 18.8% of what the world exports of radioactive elements; next come Canada (17.6%), France (9.9%) and United Kingdom (9.1%). The rest of the world exported 9.6 times what Russia buys from Kazakhstan.
• Kazakhstan sells 0.96% of what the world exports of hot-rolled flat steel; next come China (28.1%), Japan (13.9%) and South Korea (9%). The rest of the world exported 143 times what Russia buys from Kazakhstan.
• Kazakhstan sells 0.47% of what the world exports of iron ore; next come Australia (54.2%), Brazil (20.8%) and Canada (4.4%). The rest of the world exported 436.5 times what Russia buys from Kazakhstan.
• Kazakhstan sells 2.3% of what the world exports of cold-rolled flat steel; next come China (18.5%), South Korea (14.8%) and Japan (9.1%). The rest of the world exported 66.1 times what Russia buys from Kazakhstan.
• Kazakhstan sells 5% of what the world exports of unwrought zinc; next come Spain (9.9%), South Korea (9.5%) and Australia (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 61 times what Russia buys from Kazakhstan.
• Kazakhstan sells 3.1% of what the world exports of copper ore; next come Chile (29.2%), Peru (19.8%) and Indonesia (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 457.6 times what Russia buys from Kazakhstan.
• Kazakhstan sells 1.6% of what the world exports of gold; next come Switzerland (19.2%), United Arab Emirates (10.6%) and Hong Kong (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 2,987.3 times what Russia buys from Kazakhstan.
• Kazakhstan sells 0.69% of what the world exports of coal; next come Australia (33.5%), Indonesia (19.9%) and United States (10.6%). The rest of the world exported 992.1 times what Russia buys from Kazakhstan.
• Kazakhstan sells 1.2% of what the world exports of chromium ore; next come South Africa (83.8%), Turkey (4.8%) and Zimbabwe (4.2%). The rest of the world exported 79.7 times what Russia buys from Kazakhstan.
• Kazakhstan sells 0.39% of what the world exports of natural gas and LPG; next come United States (18%), Norway (11%) and Australia (10%). The rest of the world exported 5,415.8 times what Russia buys from Kazakhstan.

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

Russia is Kazakhstan’s 2nd-largest customer, with 10.6% of its exports.

• Trade between Russia and Kazakhstan
• Who does Russia rely on?
• Who does Kazakhstan rely on?
• Dependence of Russia on China
• Dependence of Russia on Brazil
• Dependence of Russia on Indonesia
• Trade profile of Russia
• Trade profile of Kazakhstan
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

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.