# United Kingdom exports to Russia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from United Kingdom to Russia, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/GBR-RUS/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, United Kingdom reported $699.5M in goods exports to Russia. The overall review level is Watch.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $699.5M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 21% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 12 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 26.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $6.8B | 21.4% | Stable |
| 2 | 293499 | Nucleic acids and their salts, other heterocyclic compounds, n.e.c. in heading number 2934 | $423.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $340.2M | 14.5% | Stable |
| 4 | 300432 | Medicaments: containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues (but not containing antibiotics), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $283.4M | 0% | Stable |
| 5 | 900130 | Lenses, contact: unmounted, of any material, excluding elements of glass not optically worked | $159.4M | 0% | Stable |
| 6 | 220830 | Whiskies | $326.8M | 88.1% | High attention |
| 7 | 040711 | Birds' eggs, in shell: fresh, fertilised eggs for incubation, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (domestic hens) | $192.2M | 0% | Stable |
| 8 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $956.6M | 62.2% | Watch |
| 9 | 902190 | Appliances: worn, carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability | $202.5M | 0% | Stable |
| 10 | 340290 | Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale | $139.9M | 67.8% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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