China, +9.3% trade with Moscow to 37 billion - Breaking news. Russia is increasingly a strategic trading partner of China, part of a relationship praised today by Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
January-February trade rose by 9.3%, to 37billion dollars, while exports from Beijing towards Moscow grew by 12.5%.Overall, however, Russia slipped by a whisker in the first part of the year to sixth position among the Dragon's main partners, overtaken by Australia. in 2023, according to Chinese Customs, it was in fifth position, rising rapidly from ninth in 2020.