# Saudi Arabia exports to Russia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Saudi Arabia reported $36.5M in goods exports to Russia. 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 | $36.5M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 72% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 7 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 21.1% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $368.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 842482 | Mechanical appliances: agricultural or horticultural, n.e.c. in heading 8424 | $37.4M | 68% | High attention |
| 3 | 392010 | Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polymers of ethylene, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials | $206.8M | 36.2% | Watch |
| 4 | 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $204.7M | 96.4% | High attention |
| 5 | 902300 | Instruments, apparatus and models: designed for demonstrational purposes (in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses | $31.5M | 0% | Watch |
| 6 | 400270 | Rubber: synthetic, ethylene-propylene-non-conjugated diene rubber (EPDM), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $23.9M | 33.8% | High attention |
| 7 | 080410 | Fruit, edible: dates, fresh or dried | $50.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 401130 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on aircraft | $10.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $279.0M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 901520 | Surveying equipment: theodolites and tacheometers | $16.0M | 0% | High 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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