Resolution №350 of March 31,2026
Russia has extended its temporary ban on exporting certain types of sulfur. The decision will make it possible to stabilise the delivery of raw materials to the domestic market with an eye to maintaining current volumes of mineral fertiliser production and ensuring national food security.
According to the resolution, effective until June 30, 2026, the restriction concerns liquid, granulated and lumped sulfur exports. However, lower-grade sulfur can be exported unrestrictedly, based on a confirmation from the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Besides, the temporary restriction does not apply to raw materials deliveries to the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as to Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Sulfur can also be sent abroad as humanitarian aid, as part of international transit operations, and to help the activities of Russian organisations on the Spitsbergen Archipelago.
The temporary restriction on sulfur exports came into effect on November 1, 2025. The decision to extend it was adopted by the Sub-Commission on Customs, Tariff and Non-Tariff Regulation, and on Protective Measures in Foreign Trade, a division of the Government Commission on Economic Development and Integration, in March 2026. The resoluion has been drafted to implement this decision.