According to the RF Federal Customs Service, during 2022 Russian exports of commodity group 74 “Copper and articles thereof” increased by 16.7% year-on-year up to $7.07 bn. Commodity group 75 “Nickel and articles thereof” export surged 2.9-fold to $5.88 bn. Russian exports of commodity group 76 “Aluminum and articles thereof” amounted to $10.45 bn, up 21.8% year-on-year.
At the same time, commodity group 74 “Copper and articles thereof” import declined by 16.2% year-on-year amounting to $1.5 bn. Commodity group 75 “Nickel and articles thereof” import in 2022 decreased by 17% year-on-year to make $69.4 mn. Commodity group 76 “Aluminum and articles thereof” was down 10.9% year-on-year to $1.27 bn.