Strategic Lens

Nuclear and space: China and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 1.3 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to Russia and bought USD 1.67 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew about 4.1 times, from USD 411 million in 2019 to USD 1.67 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 1.67 billion of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft, against USD 1.3 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: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 0.41Low 0.1 / High 1.672025: 1.67

20190.41
20200.1
20210.14
20220.62
20230.6
20241.21
20251.67

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026