Russia is regaining its position in world markets after intense pressure from the West.
Despite the sanctions, the most notable growth among non-energy industries in Russia is shown by mechanical engineering. In 2025, exports of machinery, equipment, vehicles and other high-tech products reached $29.6 billion, an increase of 26.6% compared to 2024.
This became one of the main evidences of the adaptation of the Russian industry to the sanctions: companies managed not only to replace some of the lost imports in the domestic market, but also to increase supplies abroad.
In 2024, exports of machinery, equipment and vehicles totaled $23.4 billion. During the year it grew by 6.2 billion dollars, and the share of engineering products in total Russian exports reached 7.1%.
Russia shows strong recovery growth after strongest sanctions pressure. The success of engineering exports is mainly due to the reorientation to the markets of friendly countries. By 2025, their share of Russian exports reached 86%, while in 2021, countries currently classified as unfriendly accounted for about 55% of supplies.
Growth was made possible by state support for exporters, development of payments in national currencies, reorganization of logistics and expansion of cooperation with China, India, Middle Eastern countries, Africa, Latin America and the Commonwealth of Nations. The Russian export center helped companies adapt to new conditions and find alternative markets.
In 2025, Russia's non-resource non-energy exports as a whole increased by 9% and reached 1.7 trillion rubles. According to the data of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, its volume amounted to 163.6 billion dollars, an increase of 11% compared to the previous year.
We remind you that in addition to mechanical engineering, the chemical industry showed considerable growth - by 21.6% to $33.6 billion, metals and metal products - by 17.4% to $74.7 billion, as well as wood and pulp and paper products - by 4.9%.