# Russia exports to Iran: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Russia reported $1.6B in goods exports to Iran. The overall review level is High attention.

## 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 | $1.6B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 94.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 4 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 29 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 16.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $1.7B | 0.9% | High attention |
| 2 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $3.1B | 58.8% | High attention |
| 3 | 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $141.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 840140 | Nuclear reactors: parts thereof | $122.1M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 100390 | Cereals: barley, other than seed | $544.9M | 74.5% | High attention |
| 6 | 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $754.4M | 87% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 284390 | Inorganic or organic compounds: of precious metals (excluding gold and silver), whether or not chemically defined, amalgams of precious metals | $104.3M | 23.3% | Watch |
| 8 | 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $145.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 841370 | Pumps: centrifugal, n.e.c. in heading no. 8413, for liquids | $114.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | $94.6M | 98.3% | Critical attention |

## 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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