Russian trade with Sri Lanka in 2012
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sri Lanka
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Sri Lanka was $493,654,710, down 5.36% ($27,977,996) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2012 were $96,851,633, down 26.68% ($35,250,777) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2012 totaled $396,803,077, up 1.87% ($7,272,781) from 2011.
Russia’s trade deficit with Sri Lanka in 2012 was $299,951,444, a 16.52% increase ($42,523,558) over 2011.
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 80th largest trading partner in 2012 (just as in 2011), accounting for 0.0586% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0634% in 2011).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 100th largest export market in 2012 (down from 91st in 2011), accounting for 0.0185% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0256% in 2011).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 61st largest supplier in 2012 (down from 58th in 2011), accounting for 0.1251% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1274% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian exports to Sri Lanka in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 52.95% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (4.84% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 22.90% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (16.27% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 15.98% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (70.21% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.84% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (8.50% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $44,887,304;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $4,504,678;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $405,894;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $329,942.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $81,778,268;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $3,444,103.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 103,632 | 0.11 | 19,318 | 436.45 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 24,836 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 15,478,718 | 15.98 | 10,974,040 | 41.05 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 81,778,268 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,665,606 | 2.75 | 2,825,778 | -5.67 |
31 | Fertilizers | 19,068,093 | 19.69 | 18,662,199 | 2.17 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 114,435 | 0.12 | 3,800 | 2,911.45 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 334,609 | 0.35 | 4,667 | 7,069.68 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 12,000 | 0.01 | 232,360 | -94.84 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 22,515 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,556,275 | 7.80 | 11,000,378 | -31.31 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 311 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 73,312 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 65,490 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 51,272,148 | 52.94 | 6,384,844 | 703.03 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,178 | 0.01 | 2,866 | 115.56 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 270 | 0.00 | 2,242 | -87.96 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 148,998 | 0.15 | 57,571 | 158.81 |
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 | 10,020 | 0.01 | 12,223 | -18.02 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 8,250 | 0.01 | 782 | 954.99 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,950 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 25,050 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian imports from Sri Lanka in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 65.66% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (72.86% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 26.94% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (21.26% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.60% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (4.29% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.11% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (0.90% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $12,042,642;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $10,892,925;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $4,218,866.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $22,551,420.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
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03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 163,724 | 0.04 | 290,136 | -43.57 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 21,936 | 0.01 | 30,036 | -26.97 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 65,881 | 0.02 | 621,244 | -89.40 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 259,617,445 | 65.43 | 282,168,865 | -7.99 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,476 | 0.00 | 2,279 | 52.52 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 123,791 | 0.03 | 135,755 | -8.81 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 300,969 | 0.08 | 361,721 | -16.80 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 29,359 | 0.01 | 11,100 | 164.50 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 95,924 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 221,223 | 0.06 | 76,239 | 190.17 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 107,073 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 18,304 | 0.00 | 5,499 | 232.86 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 10,032 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 8,472,017 | 2.14 | 7,463,208 | 13.52 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 354,671 | 0.09 | 78,660 | 350.89 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 13,369,335 | 3.37 | 9,150,469 | 46.11 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 308,254 | 0.08 | 322,221 | -4.33 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 912 | 0.00 | 1,261 | -27.68 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 64,541 | 0.02 | 8,395 | 668.80 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 86 | 0.00 | 146 | -41.10 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,296,409 | 0.33 | 1,694,781 | -23.51 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 25,760 | 0.01 | 22,303 | 15.50 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 2,787,424 | 0.70 | 1,875,218 | 48.65 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 75,688 | 0.02 | 152,835 | -50.48 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 4,343 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 58,775,473 | 14.81 | 46,732,831 | 25.77 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 42,984,817 | 10.83 | 32,091,892 | 33.94 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 43,419 | 0.01 | 100,976 | -57.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 56,762 | 0.01 | 20,595 | 175.61 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,118,555 | 0.53 | 1,829,169 | 15.82 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 38,028 | 0.01 | 24,213 | 57.06 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 41 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 297,058 | 0.07 | 277,047 | 7.22 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 158 | 0.00 | 58 | 172.41 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 82,699 | 0.02 | 111,807 | -26.03 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 28,972 | 0.01 | 15,713 | 84.38 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 33,190 | 0.01 | 17,409 | 90.65 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,044 | 0.00 | 8,117 | -87.14 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 150,796 | 0.04 | 118,977 | 26.74 |
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 | 3,877,256 | 0.98 | 2,847,903 | 36.14 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 361,348 | 0.09 | 491,434 | -26.47 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 30,432 | 0.01 | 44,456 | -31.55 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 234 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 34,525 | 0.01 | 6,353 | 443.44 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 440,083 | 0.11 | 216,328 | 103.43 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,534 | 0.00 | 6,663 | -16.94 |