MosFit 2025 Sporting Goods Exhibition in Moscow, Russia

The Moscow Sporting Goods Exhibition (MosFit), Russia, is an international event focused on a comprehensive range of sporting goods. It is held regularly every year and is held simultaneously with the Russian International Exhibition of Consumer Goods and Furnishings (MosHome). organized by the prestigious ITE Planning and Organization Group.

This exhibition plays a key role as an international trade bridge for global companies to enter the market of Russia and neighboring countries. Thanks to its successful holding over the years, it has attracted many businessmen from Russia, Central Asia and other countries and regions around the world. Belt and Road”. Buyers of super and bulk products. Considering the major shift in import strategy from original European purchases to Asian purchases after Russia’s withdrawal from the US dollar settlement system, the group ITE has successfully launched the MosHome comprehensive consumer goods exhibition since 2023. The first session received an enthusiastic response and achieved remarkable results. In view of this, ITE Group decided to continue organizing the exhibition. sporting goods MosFit at the same time in 2024, aiming to meet the rapid growth of supply demand in the Russian sporting goods market and create an environment for exhibitors to display new products and technologies, promote brands and establish business contacts with buyers And a great platform to get dynamic industry insights.

ITE Exhibition Group, as the largest and oldest exhibition organizer in Russia, plans and organizes more than 20 leading B2B exhibitions throughout the year, each of which has become a flagship exhibition for the corresponding industry in Russia and even Eastern Europe.

【Overview of Market Dynamics】

China has been Russia’s main trading partner for 13 consecutive years.

According to statistics, between January and August 2023, the bilateral trade volume between China and Russia reached $155.101 billion, an increase of 32% year-on-year. Among them, China’s exports to Russia amounted to $71.804 billion, an increase of 63.2%. %, and the performance was particularly remarkable.

Against the background of sanctions imposed on Russia by European and American countries around the world, cooperation between China and Russia has broad development prospects. The direct settlement mechanism between the ruble and the renminbi provides unprecedented convenience for Chinese companies to explore the Russian market.

According to Russian media on July 28, 2022, Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov predicted that the trade volume between China and Russia in 2022 will most likely exceed 165-170 billion US dollars, reaching a record high. According to official forecasts from China and Russia, the bilateral trade volume between the two countries is expected to reach the target of $200 billion by 2024. As long-standing “close partners”, China and Russia, through their deep friendship and joint efforts, trade between the two countries will surely progress steadily and create brilliant achievements together!

◆Russian sporting goods market

In 2022, against a backdrop of store closures by European and American brands, sales of sporting goods on the Russian market will increase significantly. On Wildberries and Ozon, sales of the sports category increased by 2.6 times since the beginning of the year, with sales of “Sports Equipment and Clothing” on Wildberries and Ozon reaching 32.6 billion rubles over the first six months of 2022. Ozon sales data shows that between January and May, sales of Russian sporting goods increased 3.5 times and tripled. Sales of sports equipment, sportswear and sneakers at Wildberries almost doubled in the first quarter of 2022, reaching 11 billion rubles. At the beginning of the first quarter of 2023, demand for Russian sports and outdoor products increased by 193% compared to the same period of 2022.

Russians are fond of outdoor sports and winter sports. According to a survey report jointly released by AliExpress and Tutu.ru, the demand for Russian winter sports products will increase by 1.6 times per year in 2022. In addition to winter sports equipment, warm clothing and Equipment needed for travel are also very popular. In addition, the demand for windproof and warm gloves has also increased by almost 1.5 times. According to an analysis, Russians usually buy anti-freeze action cameras between November and December, and demand for this category has grown 1.7 times per year.

On October 28, 2022, statistical analysis of relevant data from Russian online furniture, villa, construction and repair hypermarkets showed that compared to the same period in 2021, the number of sporting goods purchased by Russians in October 2022 increased by as much as 209%. Experts analyze that although the number of customers in fitness clubs has decreased slightly in the past two years due to the epidemic in 2021 and 2022, residents have started to like exercising at home or outside, and the Russian fitness market quickly recovered after the epidemic. The regions where residents’ purchases of sporting goods grew the fastest were Moscow (333%), Novosibirsk (260%), Omsk (200%) and Chelyabinsk (200%); the fastest growing cities were the mountains of Kazakhstan (160%); ), St. Petersburg (145%), Krasnodar (114%), Voronezh (78%), Samara (50%) and Don Rostov-on-Don (25%); sporting goods that residents are eager to purchase include outdoor and camping supplies, winter sports items and accessories, home electric runs, horizontal bars, kettlebells, dumbbells, bands fitness equipment, bicycle cameras, table tennis, gymnastic bars, extension cords, swimming sets, mini exercise bikes, skateboards, roller skates, roller skates, yoga mats, abdominal trainers, as well as baseball bats, gymnastics rings and more.

• Fitness and sports treatments:Various types of home fitness equipment, fitness products and accessories, sports rehabilitation products, sports nutrition products, etc.
• Outdoor sporting goods:Camping, climbing, hiking, traveling, urban outdoor sports equipment;
• Winter sports:Ski clothing, ski peripheral products and equipment, skating products, etc. ;
• Sports fashion and accessories:Various functional sportswear, sneakers, bags, hats, scarves, gloves, etc. ;
• Ball, racket:Products for team sports such as football, basketball and volleyball, as well as balls and rackets such as table tennis, badminton and tennis;
• Athletics and running sports:Various athletic sports products and running clothing, shoes, glasses, electronic products, etc.
• Water sports:Swimwear, swimming goggles, wetsuits, diving equipment, surfing supplies, etc. ;
• bike：Complete bikes, sports bike accessories, etc. ;
• urban movement：Skateboards, rollerblades and urban fashion sports products, etc.