In 2015, exports of Russian soaps, surface-active organic substances and detergents decreased by 13% compared with 2014 to a volume of $ 391.6 million. The negative trade balance in 2015 was $ 0.8 billion. In 2015, the Russian exports of soap, surface-active organic substances and detergents accounted for 0.75% of the world’s total, which allowed Russia to take the 29th place in the list of soap exporting countries, surface-active organic substances and detergents. The last 5 years the industry shows a change in the volume of exports.