Russian trade with Afghanistan in 2013
March 02, 2016
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Afghanistan in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Afghanistan
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Afghanistan was $645,253,757, down 32.08% ($304,721,788) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2013 were $630,974,180, down 32.78% ($307,697,186) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2013 totaled $14,279,577, up 26.32% ($2,975,398) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Afghanistan in 2013 was $616,694,603, a 33.50% decrease ($310,672,584) over 2012.
Afghanistan was Russia’s 79th largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 69th in 2012), accounting for 0.0766% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1128% in 2012).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 66th largest export market in 2013 (down from 56th in 2012), accounting for 0.1197% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1789% in 2012).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 116th largest supplier in 2013 (down from 115th in 2012), accounting for 0.0045% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0036% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Afghanistan
The major share of Russian exports to Afghanistan in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 48.49% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (61.82% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.85% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (6.80% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.13% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (1.90% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.64% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (2.76% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.77% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (3.48% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.02% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (0.88% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $2,756,263.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2013 over 2012 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 $274,270,437;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $21,263,640;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $7,843,277;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $6,809,709;
- 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) - a decrease of $2,069,717.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,555 | 0.00 | 36,076 | -90.15 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 200,533 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 74,708 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 19,744,364 | 3.13 | 16,988,101 | 16.22 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 430,049 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 103,615 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 21,465 | 0.00 | 9,702 | 121.24 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 522 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 305,987,633 | 48.49 | 580,258,070 | -47.27 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 60,306 | 0.01 | 15,382 | 292.06 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 68,066 | 0.01 | 195,145 | -65.12 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 199,584 | 0.03 | 117,508 | 69.85 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 28,260 | 0.00 | 335,568 | -91.58 |
| 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 | 2,261,157 | 0.36 | 3,182,487 | -28.95 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 207 | 0.00 | 1,546 | -86.61 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 1,597,144 | 0.25 | 1,947,550 | -17.99 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,382,020 | 0.22 | 382,691 | 261.13 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 38,595 | 0.01 | 254,061 | -84.81 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 776,641 | 0.12 | 1,872,251 | -58.52 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 507,864 | 0.08 | 205,806 | 146.77 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 55,849,619 | 8.85 | 63,692,896 | -12.31 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 247 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 9,094 | 0.00 | 1,627 | 458.94 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,662 | 0.00 | 127,795 | -98.70 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 3,760 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,607 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 160 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 205 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 424 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 52,486 | 0.01 | 1,377 | 3,711.62 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 1,000 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 30,250 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 11,168 | 0.00 | 1,733 | 544.43 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 8,800 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 7,544 | 0.00 | 11,531 | -34.58 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 475,463 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 111,782 | 0.02 | 130,991 | -14.66 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 9,936,704 | 1.57 | 31,200,344 | -68.15 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,140,700 | 0.18 | 726,444 | 57.03 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 101,512 | 0.02 | 167,688 | -39.46 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 162 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 42,624 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,400 | 0.00 | 476,092 | -99.71 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,828 | 0.00 | 9,028 | -2.22 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,974,795 | 0.95 | 12,784,504 | -53.27 |
| 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 | 2,085,945 | 0.33 | 4,155,662 | -49.80 |
| 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 | 335,874 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 7,671,349 | 1.22 | 6,886,111 | 11.40 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 580,492 | 0.09 | 2,071,391 | -71.98 |
| 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 | 46,653 | 0.01 | 284,557 | -83.61 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,201 | 0.00 | 2,563 | 102.93 |
| SS | Classified | 213,886,610 | 33.90 | 209 240 860 | 2.22 |
Russia’s Imports from Afghanistan
The major share of Russian imports from Afghanistan in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 96.60% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (97.90% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.39% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (1.45% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $2,011,235;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $863,741.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2013 over 2012 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 $147,626;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $122,323.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,011,235 | 14.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 11,706,204 | 81.98 | 10,842,463 | 7.97 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 76,850 | 0.54 | 224,476 | -65.76 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 77 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 20,826 | 0.15 | 20,949 | -0.59 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 40,890 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 65 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 32,181 | 0.23 | 154,504 | -79.17 |
| 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 | 22,345 | 0.16 | 522 | 4,180.65 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,217 | 0.01 | 485 | 150.93 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 107 | 0.00 | 8,813 | -98.79 |
| SS | Classified | 408,547 | 2.86 | 11 000 | 3,614.06 |