What Brazil sold to and bought from Russia in January–August 2026: exports, imports, trade balance and the most traded HS4 chapters.
Brazil ran a heavy US$ 5.77 billion trade deficit with Russia in January–July 2026, exporting US$ 933.2 million against US$ 6.70 billion in imports. Brazil buys more than seven times what it sells — the widest asymmetry among all sizeable partners.
The bill is energy and agricultural inputs: refined petroleum totals US$ 4.28 billion and the three fertiliser chapters US$ 2.06 billion — together 95% of imports. Brazilian exports are agri-food and small: frozen beef, coffee and soybeans. Browse the SH4 chapters below to drill into a specific commodity.
In trade with Russia, Brazil closed January–August 2026 with a deficit of US$ 5.97B.
Brazil sold US$ 1.19B and bought US$ 7.16B, across 334 SH4 headings with data.
Brazil carries a US$ 5.77 billion deficit: US$ 933.2 million exported against US$ 6.70 billion imported. Imports run at 7.2 times exports — the most unbalanced of Brazil's large partnerships in the window.
Refined petroleum leads at US$ 4.28 billion, followed by potassic fertilisers (US$ 949.5 million), fertilisers with two or three elements (US$ 786.9 million) and nitrogenous ones (US$ 323.6 million). Energy and fertiliser total US$ 6.34 billion, roughly 95% of everything Brazil bought.
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See what Pro includesFrozen beef leads at US$ 316.9 million, followed by coffee (US$ 203.7 million) and soybeans (US$ 98.1 million). Ground-nuts and coffee extracts complete the top five. The whole basket is agri-food and totals US$ 933.2 million — less than Brazil sells to far smaller partners.
Only 320 SH4 chapters record movement, against more than 1,000 with China, the US and Germany. It is the narrowest coverage among the 30 largest partners: trade concentrates in a few high-value chapters — fuel and fertiliser one way, food the other.
