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Russian trade with Uruguay in 2011

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Uruguay in 2011: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Uruguay

In 2011, Russia’s trade with Uruguay totaled $397,579,842, up 6.33% ($23,672,303) from 2010.

Russia’s exports to Uruguay in 2011 were $39,992,074, down 9.63% ($4,263,564) from 2010.

Russia’s imports from Uruguay in 2011 totaled $357,587,768, up 8.47% ($27,935,867) from 2010.

Russia’s trade deficit with Uruguay in 2011 was $317,595,694, a 11.28% increase ($32,199,431) over 2010.

Uruguay was Russia’s 86th largest trading partner in 2011 (down from 77th in 2010), accounting for 0.0483% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0597% in 2010).

Uruguay was Russia’s 117th largest export market in 2011 (down from 105th in 2010), accounting for 0.0077% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0111% in 2010).

Uruguay was Russia’s 60th largest supplier in 2011 (down from 59th in 2010), accounting for 0.1170% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1440% in 2010).

Russia’s Exports to Uruguay

The major share of Russian exports to Uruguay in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 87.14% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (90.29% in 2010);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.00% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (4.94% in 2010);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.67% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (0.13% in 2010);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.60% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (4.22% in 2010).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Uruguay in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,425,749;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $980,389;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $248,492.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Uruguay in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • 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 $6,390,600;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $426,583;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $189,812;
  • Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $123,151.
Russia’s exports to Uruguay in 2011 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2011,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2010,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2011
over 2010
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 104,081 0.26 9,1301,039.99
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 0 0.00 27,717-100.00
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 6,315,000 15.79 12,705,600-50.30
29 Organic chemicals 1,219,516 3.05 971,02425.59
30 Pharmaceutical products 248 0.00 2,362-89.50
31 Fertilizers 27,096,487 67.75 26,116,0983.75
40 Rubber and articles thereof 218,562 0.55 163,10834.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,997,231 4.99 2,187,043-8.68
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 558 0.00 38046.84
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 131,544 0.33 23,556458.43
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 0 0.00 123,151-100.00
72 Iron and steel 1,439,750 3.60 1,866,333-22.86
73 Articles of iron or steel 0 0.00 576-100.00
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 2,129 0.01 17,408-87.77
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 22,353 0.06 37,075-39.71
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,425,749 3.57 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 17,706 0.04 5,077248.75
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 1,160 0.00 0

Russia’s Imports from Uruguay

The major share of Russian imports from Uruguay in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.83% of Russia’s total imports from Uruguay (99.80% in 2010).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Uruguay in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $33,043,965;
  • Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - an increase of $10,902,638.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Uruguay in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $10,660,989;
  • Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $2,993,380;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $1,692,455.
Russia’s imports from Uruguay in 2011 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2011,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2010,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2011
over 2010
01 Live animals 12,000 0.00 9,70323.67
02 Meat and edible meat offal 314,484,933 87.95 281,440,96811.74
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 1,881,004 0.53 4,874,384-61.41
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 22,564,064 6.31 11,661,42693.49
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 859,353 0.24 620,54838.48
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 6,762 0.00 3519,220.00
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 11,768,335 3.29 12,805,269-8.10
10 Cereals 3,671,264 1.03 5,363,719-31.55
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 5,061 0.00 10,666,050-99.95
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 792,780 0.22 697,68713.63
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 139,616 0.04 15,433804.66
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 349,361 0.10 0
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 440,511 0.12 838,767-47.48
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 4,800-100.00
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 278,238 0.08 229,84621.05
39 Plastics and articles thereof 355 0.00 960-63.02
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 52,419-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 12,227 0.00 6,39391.26
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 58,008 0.02 150,273-61.40
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 40,838 0.01 56,576-27.82
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 27,125 0.01 0
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 2,644 0.00 2111,153.08
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 0 0.00 45,118-100.00
52 Cotton 4,274 0.00 0
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 542 0.00 0
55 Man-made staple fibers 9,750 0.00 1,333631.43
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 25,773 0.01 12,310109.37
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 355 0.00 2,534-85.99
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 769 0.00 0
65 Headgear and parts thereof 1,849 0.00 904104.54
69 Ceramic products 98,078 0.03 76,01629.02
70 Glass and glassware 84 0.00 2,334-96.40
73 Articles of iron or steel 26,088 0.01 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 81 0.00 0
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 109 0.00 1,265-91.38
86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds 1,185 0.00 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 778 0.00 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 23,574 0.01 14,62061.24
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia