{"id":7097,"date":"2025-07-22T13:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/russia-nearly-doubles-precious-metals-exports-to-china-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:23:19","slug":"russia-nearly-doubles-precious-metals-exports-to-china-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/russia-nearly-doubles-precious-metals-exports-to-china-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Nearly Doubles Precious Metals Exports to China in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian exports of precious metals to China have increased by nearly 80% this year, as Moscow strengthens its dependence on Beijing due to Western sanctions, Bloomberg reported<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Russian shipments of gold, silver, and other precious metals to China reached $1 billion in the first half of 2025, nearly double compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Chinese Customs Administration cited by Trade Data Monitor.<\/p>\n

China has become one of Russia’s primary buyers of minerals and concentrates containing gold and silver after Western markets largely halted purchases following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Rising gold and silver prices, both up approximately 25% in the first six months of the year, have contributed to driving the increase in export values.<\/p>\n

Growing geopolitical risks, including escalating trade tensions between China and the United States, have also fueled global investor demand for gold as a safe-haven asset.<\/p>\n

Domestically, Russian demand for gold bullion, coins, and jewelry has soared<\/a> in recent years due to high inflation and limited investment options.<\/p>\n

Russian consumers purchased a record 75.6 tonnes of gold in 2024, equivalent to approximately one-quarter of the country’s annual production.<\/p>\n

Russia produces over 300 tonnes of gold per year, making it the world’s second-largest producer after China.<\/p>\n

With Western markets largely closed, China has become one of the few major outlets remaining for Russia’s lucrative precious metals trade.<\/p>\n

Exports of other Russian precious metals, including platinum and palladium from mining giant Norilsk Nickel, are also on the rise. Bloomberg reported that prices for these metals increased by 38% and 59% respectively in the first half of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russian exports of precious metals to China have increased by nearly 80% this year, as Moscow strengthens its dependence on Beijing due to Western sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Russian shipments of gold, silver, and other precious metals to China reached $1 billion in the first half of 2025, nearly double compared to the same period last year, according to … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senza-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investorofemet.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}