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Trade between Russia and the United States

In 2024, Russia exported $3.3 billion to the United States and imported $524 million. Russia ran a surplus of $2.7 billion with the United States, compared with a surplus of $9.6 billion in 2019. The United States was Russia’s 25th largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Russia was the United States’ 73rd (0.1%).

Summary

Russia → United States
$3.3billion
United States → Russia
$524million
Russia’s balance
$2.7billion

Balance

Russia’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Russia and the United States fell 46% since 1995

USD billions (current). Russia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 3.3
  • Imports 0.5
  • Balance +2.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$4.2 billion$2.8 billion$1.4 billion
1996$4.7 billion$3.5 billion$1.2 billion
1997$4.6 billion$3.9 billion$723 million
1998$6.1 billion$4.2 billion$1.9 billion
1999$5.6 billion$2.6 billion$3 billion
2000$7.3 billion$2.8 billion$4.5 billion
2001$6.2 billion$3.4 billion$2.7 billion
2002$6.2 billion$3.1 billion$3 billion
2003$8.7 billion$3 billion$5.7 billion
2004$11.8 billion$3.4 billion$8.4 billion
2005$14.6 billion$4.6 billion$10 billion
2006$18.1 billion$6 billion$12.1 billion
2007$15.1 billion$9.3 billion$5.8 billion
2008$21.8 billion$13.4 billion$8.5 billion
2009$16.8 billion$8.2 billion$8.6 billion
2010$20.8 billion$9.2 billion$11.6 billion
2011$27.6 billion$11.9 billion$15.8 billion
2012$22.4 billion$14 billion$8.4 billion
2013$20.4 billion$14.8 billion$5.6 billion
2014$18.3 billion$17.2 billion$1.1 billion
2015$16.6 billion$10.8 billion$5.8 billion
2016$13 billion$10.6 billion$2.4 billion
2017$15.2 billion$12.5 billion$2.6 billion
2018$18.8 billion$11.2 billion$7.5 billion
2019$21.5 billion$12 billion$9.6 billion
2020$14.8 billion$8.3 billion$6.5 billion
2021$28.8 billion$10.7 billion$18.1 billion
2022$15 billion$1.6 billion$13.4 billion
2023$4.9 billion$595 million$4.3 billion
2024$3.3 billion$524 million$2.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Russia sells to the United States

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Platinum$878 million · 26.9%
    28 tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  2. Nitrogen fertilizers$761 million · 23.4%
    2.4 million tonnes
  3. Radioactive elements$652 million · 20%
    349 tonnes
  4. Potash fertilizers$478 million · 14.7%
    1.5 million tonnes
  5. Plywood$85 million · 2.6%
    62 thousand tonnes
  6. Turbojets and gas turbines$77 million · 2.4%
    the United States’ sources
  7. Phosphate fertilizers$55 million · 1.7%
    105 thousand tonnes
  8. Soybean meal and pellets$39 million · 1.2%
    50 thousand tonnes
  9. Aircraft parts$35 million · 1.1%
    722 tonnes
  10. Titanium$33 million · 1%
    2 thousand tonnes

What the United States sells to Russia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Vaccines, blood and antisera$114 million · 21.7%
    121 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Medical and dental instruments$75 million · 14.4%
    132 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  3. Other food preparations$72 million · 13.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  4. Orthopedic and hearing devices$21 million · 4%
    21 tonnes
  5. X-ray and radiation equipment$20 million · 3.7%
    115 tonnes
  6. Physical and chemical analysis instruments$19 million · 3.7%
    175 tonnes
  7. Other plastic articles$18 million · 3.4%
    180 tonnes
  8. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$15 million · 2.9%
    158 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Fragrance mixtures$12 million · 2.4%
    272 tonnes
  10. Chemical wood pulp$12 million · 2.2%
    15 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Saint Petersburg to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Saint Petersburg and Los Angeles is 9,071 nautical miles (16,799 km) long: ≈ 21–27 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Øresund and Panama Canal.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.9 billion · 49%
  2. Air$1.9 billion · 51%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Russia’s 25th largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Russia was the United States’ 73rd (0.1%).

The United States in Russia’s trade
0.7%
The United States’ rank among Russia’s partners
25th
Russia in the United States’ trade
0.1%
Russia’s rank among the United States’ partners
73rd

Compare with

Other partners of Russia

Other partners of the United States

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.