2024年8月,俄罗斯的贸易顺差从去年同期的117亿美元收窄至93亿美元,这是自2017年以来贸易顺差最窄的一年,当时不包括2020年疫情造成的能源危机。出口每年下降7.1%,至345亿美元,这与外国对占俄罗斯出口很大一部分的关键能源商品的需求急剧下降相一致。根据第三方来源收集的船舶跟踪数据,自西方制裁避开欧盟客户以来,俄罗斯对中国最大的能源贸易伙伴的石油出口暴跌了55%,导致俄罗斯联邦预算的石油和天然气收入在此期间暴跌28%。与此同时,进口放缓0.9%,至252亿美元,与同期卢布走弱及其对进口需求的影响相一致。
Russia’s trade surplus narrowed to $9.3 billion in August of 2024 from $11.7 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year, marking the narrowest trade surplus since 2017, when excluding the energy crisis caused by the pandemic in 2020. Exports sank by 7.1% annually to $34.5 billion, aligned with the sharp decline in foreign demand for key energy commodities that make up a large portion of Russian exports. Oil exports to China, Russia's largest trading partner for energy since Western sanctions shunned EU clients, collapsed by 55% according to ship tracking data collected by third-party sources, which resulted in a 28% plunge in oil and gas revenues for the Russian federal budget in the period. In the meantime, imports eased by a softer 0.9% to $25.2 billion, aligned with a weaker ruble in the period and its impact on import demand.