Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: China and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 2.3 million of fertilisers to Russia and bought USD 1.62 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers grew 113 percent, from USD 765 million in 2019 to USD 1.63 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 1.62 billion of fertilisers, against USD 2.3 million the other way.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's imports from Russia: fertilisers

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 0.76Low 0.66 / High 1.622025: 1.62

20190.76
20200.66
20210.77
20221.04
20231.31
20241.44
20251.62

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026