Strategic Lens

Pharma and health: Russia and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 211 million of pharmaceutical products to Russia.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products fell 43 percent, from USD 368 million in 2019 to USD 211 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 211 million of pharmaceutical products, and Russia 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

United Kingdom's imports from Russia: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 7.4Low 0 / High 7.42025: 0

20197.4
20203.4
20214.6
20225.5
20230.4
20250

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

United Kingdom's exports to Russia: pharmaceutical products

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

2019: 361Low 211.2 / High 472.72025: 211.2

2019361
2020292.8
2021380.3
2022392.6
2023472.7
2024377.5
2025211.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026