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Pharma and health: China and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 147 million of pharmaceutical products to Russia and bought USD 4.5 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products grew 107 percent, from USD 73.0 million in 2019 to USD 151 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 147 million of pharmaceutical products, against USD 4.5 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 exports to Russia: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 72.4Low 72.4 / High 251.52025: 146.6

201972.4
2020184.5
2021251.5
2022210.7
2023114.8
2024107.2
2025146.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from Russia: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 0.6Low 0.6 / High 13.52025: 4.5

20190.6
20201.2
20213
202213.5
20234.6
20242.2
20254.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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