Russian trade with Sri Lanka in 2011
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sri Lanka
In 2011, Russia’s trade with Sri Lanka totaled $521,632,706, up 23.30% ($98,567,154) from 2010.
Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2011 totaled $132,102,410, up 15.33% ($17,556,672) from 2010.
Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2011 totaled $389,530,296, up 26.26% ($81,010,482) from 2010.
Russia’s trade deficit with Sri Lanka in 2011 was $257,427,886, a 32.71% increase ($63,453,810) over 2010.
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 80th largest trading partner in 2011 (down from 75th in 2010), accounting for 0.0634% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0676% in 2010).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 91st largest export market in 2011 (down from 90th in 2010), accounting for 0.0256% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0288% in 2010).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 58th largest supplier in 2011 (up from 61st in 2010), accounting for 0.1274% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1348% in 2010).
Russia’s Exports to Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian exports to Sri Lanka in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 70.21% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (79.97% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.27% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (5.93% in 2010);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.50% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (6.49% in 2010);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.84% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (6.39% in 2010);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.01% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (1.19% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $17,987,304;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $10,523,212;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $3,801,595.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $9,369,618;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $3,295,421;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $931,475;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $833,316;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $508,202.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 19,318 | 0.01 | 527,520 | -96.34 |
10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 833,316 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 10,974,040 | 8.31 | 20,343,658 | -46.06 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 81,778,268 | 61.91 | 71,255,056 | 14.77 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,825,778 | 2.14 | 6,121,199 | -53.84 |
31 | Fertilizers | 18,662,199 | 14.13 | 674,895 | 2,665.20 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,800 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,667 | 0.00 | 1,020 | 357.55 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 232,360 | 0.18 | 239,861 | -3.13 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,000,378 | 8.33 | 7,198,783 | 52.81 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 311 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 73,312 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 65,490 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 960 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 6,384,844 | 4.83 | 7,316,319 | -12.73 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,866 | 0.00 | 1,391 | 106.04 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 11 | 0.00 | 240 | -95.42 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,242 | 0.00 | 3,160 | -29.05 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 57,571 | 0.04 | 4,028 | 1,329.27 |
85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 12,223 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 782 | 0.00 | 3,032 | -74.21 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,950 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 21 300 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian imports from Sri Lanka in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 72.86% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (78.17% in 2010);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 21.26% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (15.21% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.29% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (4.59% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.90% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (1.20% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $42,513,525;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $19,895,659;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $14,338,489;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $2,610,901;
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - an increase of $1,187,461.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,733,064.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 290,136 | 0.07 | 130,448 | 122.42 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 30,036 | 0.01 | 16,215 | 85.24 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 621,244 | 0.16 | 161,550 | 284.55 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 282,168,865 | 72.44 | 239,655,340 | 17.74 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,279 | 0.00 | 1,074 | 112.20 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 135,755 | 0.03 | 151,420 | -10.35 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 361,721 | 0.09 | 786,273 | -54.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 11,100 | 0.00 | 9,302 | 19.33 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 95,924 | 0.02 | 67,132 | 42.89 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 76,239 | 0.02 | 23,603 | 223.01 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 161,092 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 73,425 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 5,499 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 0 | 0.00 | 132 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 7,463,208 | 1.92 | 4,852,307 | 53.81 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 78,660 | 0.02 | 67,655 | 16.27 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 9,150,469 | 2.35 | 9,234,596 | -0.91 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 322,221 | 0.08 | 95,809 | 236.32 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 1,261 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 8,395 | 0.00 | 132,267 | -93.65 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 146 | 0.00 | 18,204 | -99.20 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,694,781 | 0.44 | 1,330,052 | 27.42 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 22,303 | 0.01 | 19,068 | 16.97 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 42,128 | -100.00 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,875,218 | 0.48 | 1,050,839 | 78.45 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 152,835 | 0.04 | 59,661 | 156.17 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 1,348 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 46,732,831 | 12.00 | 26,837,172 | 74.13 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 32,091,892 | 8.24 | 17,753,403 | 80.76 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 100,976 | 0.03 | 23,977 | 321.14 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 20,595 | 0.01 | 3,872 | 431.90 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,829,169 | 0.47 | 1,076,820 | 69.87 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 24,213 | 0.01 | 80,816 | -70.04 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 24,597 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 277,047 | 0.07 | 219,029 | 26.49 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 58 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 111,807 | 0.03 | 145,632 | -23.23 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 15,713 | 0.00 | 7,965 | 97.28 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,462 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 60 | 0.00 | 619 | -90.31 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 17,409 | 0.00 | 53,447 | -67.43 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,117 | 0.00 | 108 | 7,415.74 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 118,977 | 0.03 | 1,852,041 | -93.58 |
85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 2,847,903 | 0.73 | 1,660,442 | 71.51 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 491,434 | 0.13 | 158,797 | 209.47 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 44,456 | 0.01 | 28,065 | 58.40 |
94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 6,353 | 0.00 | 967 | 556.98 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 216,328 | 0.06 | 442,244 | -51.08 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,663 | 0.00 | 5,399 | 23.41 |