Top-10 supplier countries of metal-working machine tools to Russia in 2022-2025
Note: Data for 2025 was still incomplete during the work on this report. Most supplies from Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Taiwan ended in 2022 as well as from the other European countries and the United States that were not included in this rating because of lower amounts of supplies. Some minor supplies from the mentioned countries took place in 2023, and there are no visible direct supplies after 2023. However, Russia still tries to use minor intermediary jurisdictions like Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand and so on for smuggling import of small batches of advanced metal-working machine tools.
HS Code 8456: Machine tools; for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron beam, ionic-beam, or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines.
HS Code 8457: Machining centers, unit construction machines (single station) and multi-station transfer machines for working metal.
HS Code 845811: Lathes; for removing metal, horizontal, numerically controlled.
HS Code 845891: Lathes; for removing metal, numerically controlled, other than horizontal lathes.
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