Russian trade with Costa Rica in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Costa Rica
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Costa Rica was $177,177,725, down 0.48% ($863,422) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in 2013 totaled $50,332,217, up 285.42% ($37,273,260) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in 2013 were $126,845,508, down 23.12% ($38,136,682) from 2012.
Russia’s trade deficit with Costa Rica in 2013 was $76,513,291, a 49.64% decrease ($75,409,942) over 2012.
Costa Rica was Russia’s 101st largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 103rd in 2012), accounting for 0.0210% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0211% in 2012).
Costa Rica was Russia’s 113th largest export market in 2013 (up from 132nd in 2012), accounting for 0.0095% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0025% in 2012).
Costa Rica was Russia’s 81st largest supplier in 2013 (down from 75th in 2012), accounting for 0.0403% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0520% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Costa Rica
The major share of Russian exports to Costa Rica in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 85.88% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (0.00% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.87% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (92.28% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.05% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (5.78% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.06% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (1.85% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Costa Rica 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) - an increase of $43,224,484;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,283,954.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $6,998,892;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $212,512;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $151,074.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 671 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 43,224,484 | 85.88 | 0 | ∞ |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 33,300 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 4,760,752 | 9.46 | 11,759,644 | -59.52 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 174,940 | 0.35 | 139,874 | 25.07 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 151,074 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 29,648 | 0.06 | 242,160 | -87.76 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 10,976 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 2,035,260 | 4.04 | 751,306 | 170.90 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,021 | 0.00 | 781 | 30.73 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 984 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,860 | 0.00 | 1,366 | 36.16 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 56,584 | 0.11 | 1,430 | 3,856.92 |
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 | 844 | 0.00 | 10,338 | -91.84 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,877 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Costa Rica
The major share of Russian imports from Costa Rica in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 57.84% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (68.91% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 40.21% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (29.57% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.38% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (1.21% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $4,511,481;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $953,827;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $544,748.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $40,700,036;
- 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 $2,247,717;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $1,165,189;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $466,639.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
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01 | Live animals | 7,000 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 9,147,571 | 7.21 | 10,312,760 | -11.30 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 88,991 | 0.07 | 72,334 | 23.03 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 60,420,933 | 47.63 | 101,120,969 | -40.25 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,079,401 | 1.64 | 1,534,653 | 35.50 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 15,565 | 0.01 | 1,657 | 839.35 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 258 | 0.00 | 32 | 706.25 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 25,244 | 0.02 | 9,202 | 174.33 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,577,726 | 1.24 | 623,899 | 152.88 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 5,235 | 0.00 | 11,806 | -55.66 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 55,173 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 32,359 | 0.03 | 38,965 | -16.95 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 298,307 | 0.24 | 2,413 | 12,262.49 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 18 | 0.00 | 91 | -80.22 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 17,459 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 18,494 | 0.01 | 3,245 | 469.92 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,496 | 0.00 | 1,169 | 113.52 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 80,697 | 0.06 | 182,213 | -55.71 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 100,541 | 0.08 | 76,453 | 31.51 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 6,318 | 0.00 | 17,336 | -63.56 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 187 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 266 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 27,496 | 0.02 | 17,841 | 54.12 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 76,394 | 0.06 | 159,705 | -52.17 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 399,320 | 0.31 | 206,733 | 93.16 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 19,624 | 0.02 | 2,173 | 803.08 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 8,174 | 0.01 | 5,198 | 57.25 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 607 | 0.00 | 472 | 28.60 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,322,921 | 1.04 | 1,789,560 | -26.08 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 438,661 | 0.35 | 472,780 | -7.22 |
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 | 42,937,116 | 33.85 | 45,184,833 | -4.97 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 804 | 0.00 | 11,911 | -93.25 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,633,084 | 6.02 | 3,121,603 | 144.52 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 24 | -100.00 |
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 | 506 | 0.00 | 15 | 3,273.33 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 162 | 0.00 | 143 | 13.29 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 400 | 0.00 | 2 | 19,900.00 |