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Supply chains and manufacturing: Japan and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, Japan sold USD 1.62 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Russia and bought USD 8.4 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel fell 71 percent, from USD 5.59 billion in 2019 to USD 1.63 billion in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Japan sold USD 1.62 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 8.4 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

Japan's exports to Russia: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 5.32Low 1.55 / High 5.822025: 1.62

20195.32
20204.25
20215.82
20223.56
20232.16
20241.55
20251.62

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Japan's imports from Russia: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 279.3Low 8.4 / High 469.42025: 8.4

2019279.3
2020235.1
2021469.4
2022448
2023188.1
202455.1
20258.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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