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About

Russia-Iran Trade: In 2022, Russia exported $1.52B to Iran. The main products that Russia exported to Iran were N/A. Over the past 5 years the exports of Russia to Iran have increased at an annualized rate of 1.51%, from $1.41B in 2017 to $1.52B in 2022.

In 2017, Russia exported services to Iran worth $138M, with Other business services ($73.4M), Travel ($30.1M), and Transportation ($22.8M) being the largest in terms of value.

Iran-Russia Trade: In 2022, Iran exported $691M to Russia. The main products that Iran exported to Russia were N/A. Over the past 5 years the exports of Iran to Russia have increased at an annualized rate of 9.34%,  from $443M in 2017 to $691M in 2022.

In 2022, Iran did not export any services to Russia.

Comparison: In 2023,  Russia ranked 50 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.3), and 18 in total exports ($394B). That same year, Iran ranked 58 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.084), and 92 in total exports ($13.2B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Russia exported $1.52B to Iran. There were not main exports from Russia to Iran in 2022. During the last 5 years the exports of Russia to Iran have increased at an annualized rate of 1.51%, from $1.41B in 2017 to $1.52B in 2022.

In 2017, Iran exported $691M to Russia. There were not main exports from Iran to Russia in 2017. During the last 5 years the exports of Iran to Russia have increased at an annualized rate of 9.34%, from $443M in 2022 to $691M in 2017.

Exports from Russia (Flag) to Iran (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Iran (Flag) to Russia (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Russia
Top Destination
China$129B
Iran
Top Destination
China$4.59B

This map shows whether countries import more from Russia or Iran. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Russia and Iran or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2023, countries that imported more from Russia than Iran included China ($129B), India ($66.1B), and Turkey ($31B).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Iran than Russia included Kuwait ($297M), Qatar ($134M), and Pakistan ($943M).

Difference in imports from Iran (Flag) and Russia (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage Russia - Iran

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Russia and Iran by product, considering products traded by both, Russia and Iran.

During 2022, Russia had a large net trade with Iran in the exports of .

During 2017, Iran had a large net trade with Russia in the exports of .

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Russia Iran+$7.51kRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Iran Russia+$6.9kEthylene Polymers

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Russia and Iran. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Russia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Iran. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Iran indicates it has a comparative advantage over Russia.

Product Space of Russia (Flag) and Iran (Flag) (2022)

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