See how the Russia-Ukraine war impacts California trade with our interactive map
Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine has triggered an array of economic sanctions by the United States and other nations, raising questions about what effects could be felt in states like California in international trade relations.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine are the biggest partners for exports from and imports to California. But the total trade volume of combined exports and imports was almost $11.7 billion between the state and the two countries over the last five years; that recent history suggests there is likely to be some fallout from the war and sanctions beyond the immediate impacts being experienced in gas prices.
There are, of course, more than economic impacts from the conflict. More than 2.6 million Americans, and almost 380,000 Californians, can trace their ancestry to Russia; residents of Ukrainian ancestry number just over 1 million nationwide and about 112,000 in California.
The interactive map below provides data from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, detailing exports from California and imports to the state from both Russia and Ukraine from 2017 through 2021. Additionally, the map provides import and export totals for almost 230 other countries around the world.
During the five-year span, total exports from California to the rest of the world amounted to almost $855 billion, while imports to the state were valued at more than $2.1 trillion.
Russia ranked 40th among California’s customers for exports at about $2.2 billion. Exports to Ukraine totaled about $1.6 billion, or 52nd among the state’s trade customers.
California imported almost $8 billion in goods from Russia from 2017 through 2021, while Ukraine sent about $310 million worth of goods to the state.
This story was originally published March 17, 2022 at 10:42 AM.
