“The analysis of international trade data indicates a record amount of imports in the Russian Federation of critical components from China, which seems to have no advice.”, – WRITE: epravda.com.ua
Sanctions for the supply of critical components, including mechanical engineering and electronics products, did not affect Russia in 2024 on the volume of their import to the aggressor country. According to the latest data from the Russian trade from the Belgian Brugel Agency, the overlap of the flow of equipment from the EU and the US and the fight against the by -law of sanctions through third countries were offset by the deepening of the cooperation between Moscow and Beijing. In 2024, the sales of critical goods from China to the Russian Federation beat another record. The Kremlin’s trade history about critical components can be divided into two periods. By February 24, 2022 and after. At the “to” stage, there was a tendency to increase imports: in 2019-2020, these goods were imported in the Russian Federation by an average of $ 27 billion a year, and in 2021 the figure reached a maximum-$ 34 billion. “After” there was a sharp decline. In absolute figures, it looks as follows: in 2022, the import of critical goods to the Russian Federation amounted to $ 20.5 billion, in 2023-$ 21.5 billion, and in January-November 2024-$ 19.24 billion . Advertise: Electric machines and parts (including semiconductors) are the largest category in terms of critical imports to the Russian Federation. In 2021, their Russians purchased $ 13.32 billion, while in 2022 this figure decreased to $ 9 billion, and in 2023-2024 ranged from $ 8.48-9.74 billion. Devices and apparatus (including lasers) also show peak value in the pre -war year ($ 5.1 billion), with a further decrease of up to $ 2.54 billion for $ 11 months 2024. The most noticeable decline in transport equipment-from $ 6.1 billion in 2021 to $ 1.77 billion in January-November of the past. In general, the average monthly deliveries, according to EP estimates, in 2024 were approximately a quarter smaller than usual to full-scale invasion. 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In May 2024, the then US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, launched a voyage with the world against the bypass of sanctions and an information campaign against China to support war. “Russia is up to 90% of its addiction in the microelectronics, which it uses for the production of tanks, shells and other weapons, satisfies imports from China,” Blinken said. The threat of secondary sanctions, it seems, has occurred, at least partly to all countries (such as Turkey and India), which began to increase the supply to the Russian Federation of critical components. But not in China.2024 (if you compare January-November, for which the data is currently available, with the corresponding period of the previous years) set the next record of bilateral relations between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. China has put critical components in the Russian Federation for $ 13.6 billion-most than ever before. Thus, it can be stated that Beijing accounts for 75% of supplies of all machines and electronics to Russia..weekly_charts Figure {Margin-Inline-Start: 0PX;! Important; Margin-Inline-End: 0PX; Important; FO: FO: } Label[for^=”inputs”]{FONT-SIZE: 14PX} Import {Runtime, Inspector} from ” .Bservablehq.com/d/78863f5dba7e9b6c@738.js? V = 4 “; New Runtime (). Module (Define, Name => {if (Name ===” Vis2 “) Roturna. #Obervablehq-Vis2-68706);}); However, it is not always the products “exclusively” or “completely” that is produced in China. Against the backdrop of Blinken’s voyages, although the United States completely collapsed with the Russian Federation, but it cannot be said that no chip or a machine from the United States got to the Russians. This continues to happen through third countries, such as Hong Kong, Malaysia or the same China. For example, according to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Chips of American Analog Devices continue to find in the latest samples of Russian drones (UAV “Geran-2” or Shahd-136), which are attacked by Ukrainian cities daily. They fall into them as parts of china chips. Similarly, EU countries, which, although reducing the ten-to-Russian supply to the Russian Federation of critical components (up to $ 150 million at the end of 2024), continue to partially trade with the aggressor country through third countries (Georgia, Belarus). However, these streams still do not compare with the level of trade support that the Kremlin receives from China. And it seems that the trade war, which Donald Trump is now unleashed against China, may or may or even more deepen Beijing’s cooperation with the Kremlin or finally lead to a broader agreement that will finally reduce it.