Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Palestine and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2023, Russia sold USD 15.9 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Palestine.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 155 percent, from USD 6.2 million in 2019 to USD 15.9 million in 2023.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2023, Russia sold USD 15.9 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, and Palestine 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

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

USD million · 2019 to 2023, calendar years, as reported by Palestine

2019: 6.2Low 0 / High 15.92023: 15.9

20196.2
20202
20210
202212.1
202315.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026