The growth figures for shipments from Chinese marketplaces to Russia look like a structural shift, not a one-time surge. In the first three months of 2026, the volume of such shipments increased 3.6 times, from $500 million to $1.8 billion. These are the official Chinese customs statistics.
The context helps you understand the scale. Total Russian imports from China in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to $27.7 billion— an increase of 22% year-on-year. Shipments from marketplaces ($1.8 billion) account for about 6.5% of all Chinese imports to Russia. A year ago, this share was half that.
What's behind these numbers. AliExpress Russia, Temu and direct deliveries via JD.com and other Chinese platforms are forming a stable channel. After the sanctions of 2022-2023 and the departure of Western brands, the Russian consumer actively switched to Chinese alternatives — marketplaces became the main window of access to this range.
For Russian sellers on Wildberries and Ozon, this means increasing competition from direct imports from China. For importers who build wholesale chains from China, this is a signal that the end user is increasingly bypassing intermediaries and buying directly. For logistics companies, this is a confirmation that the flow of parcels from China will only grow.
Against the background of the fact that US duties are pushing Chinese manufacturers out of the American market, and Temu and other platforms are accelerating expansion in Russia as a priority, the figure of $1.8 billion per quarter looks like just a starting point.
