21 countries now buy more from China than from Russia

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UN Statistics Division, UN Comtrade, annual merchandise imports (all goods, current US$) by partner, as reported by each importing country; read from the UN Comtrade API via the progrss vault (vault rule GUIDELINES §4.11). Set: the 130 economies that reported imports from both Russia and China in 2013 and in 2024 (China and Russia themselves excluded as reporters; Belarus, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and others missing a year are left out). Partner is the country of origin as recorded by the importer. Türkiye was close in 2024 ($44.9bn from China, $44.0bn from Russia); its 2025 report shows $49.6bn vs $42.4bn. Georgia bought more from Russia in 2024 ($1.85bn vs $1.61bn); its 2025 report shows China ahead again. 2025 reports: Armenia and Kazakhstan still buy more from Russia. The chart compares only these two suppliers; neither need be a country's largest. Map colour: yellow = the 21 countries that switched from Russia to China as the bigger of the two; hover shows imports from Russia as a % of imports from China in 2024. Counts and ratios are progrss calculations. Comtrade images may be used with credit.