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Fertiliser: India and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, Russia sold USD 2.96 billion of fertilisers to India.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers grew about 6.5 times, from USD 457 million in 2019 to USD 2.96 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 2.96 billion of fertilisers, and India 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

India's imports from Russia: fertilisers

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

2019: 0.46Low 0.46 / High 2.962025: 2.96

20190.46
20200.61
20210.48
20222.73
20232.63
20241.61
20252.96

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • IndiaAfter the 2022 invasion Russia offered fertiliser at a discount, easing India's input costs.

Sources: Wikipedia: India–Russia relations (revision of 24 September 2026)

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