Strategic Lens

Nuclear and space: Brazil and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, Russia sold USD 75.9 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to Brazil.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew about 9.6 times, from USD 7.9 million in 2019 to USD 75.9 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 75.9 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft, and Brazil sold almost none.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Brazil's imports from Russia: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Brazil

2019: 7.9Low 4 / High 90.92025: 75.9

20197.9
20204.1
20214
20224.8
202390.9
202453.1
202575.9

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026