Russian trade with Iceland 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 Iceland in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Iceland
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Iceland was $211,023,713, down 0.53% ($1,121,782) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Iceland in 2013 were $16,046,054, down 48.68% ($15,220,700) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Iceland in 2013 totaled $194,977,659, up 7.79% ($14,098,918) from 2012.
Russia’s trade deficit with Iceland in 2013 was $178,931,605, a 19.60% increase ($29,319,618) over 2012.
Iceland was Russia’s 98th largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 95th in 2012), accounting for 0.0251% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0252% in 2012).
Iceland was Russia’s 132nd largest export market in 2013 (down from 116th in 2012), accounting for 0.0030% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0060% in 2012).
Iceland was Russia’s 73rd largest supplier in 2013 (down from 72nd in 2012), accounting for 0.0619% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0570% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Iceland
The major share of Russian exports to Iceland in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 41.58% of Russia’s total exports to Iceland (70.92% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 40.09% of Russia’s total exports to Iceland (15.71% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.42% of Russia’s total exports to Iceland (3.18% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.66% of Russia’s total exports to Iceland (5.87% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.28% of Russia’s total exports to Iceland (1.95% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.05% of Russia’s total exports to Iceland (0.38% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iceland in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,313,064;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $554,656;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $356,925;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $172,903;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $71,279.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iceland 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 $16,054,529;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $435,615;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $389,738;
- 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 $258,879;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $200,037;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $56,222.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 71,394 | 0.44 | 461,132 | -84.52 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 428 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 133,811 | 0.83 | 148,957 | -10.17 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,323 | 0.01 | 3,878 | -65.88 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 2,842,593 | 17.72 | 2,287,937 | 24.24 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,828,203 | 23.86 | 19,882,732 | -80.75 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 5,943,207 | 37.04 | 4,630,143 | 28.36 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 32,407 | 0.20 | 14,433 | 124.53 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,251 | 0.01 | 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 | 7,388 | 0.05 | 12,889 | -42.68 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 692 | 0.00 | 227 | 204.85 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,074 | 0.01 | 871 | 138.12 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 99,916 | 0.62 | 82,328 | 21.36 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 344,490 | 2.15 | 171,587 | 100.77 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,345,910 | 8.39 | 988,985 | 36.09 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,731 | 0.04 | 4,916 | 16.58 |
| 52 | Cotton | 411 | 0.00 | 118 | 248.31 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 42,568 | 0.27 | 242,605 | -82.45 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 49 | 0.00 | 286 | -82.87 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,063 | 0.04 | 1,784 | 239.85 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 19,749 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 7,109 | 0.04 | 6,315 | 12.57 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 5,957 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 353 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 50,132 | 0.31 | 3,926 | 1,176.92 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 687 | 0.00 | 92 | 646.74 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 7,929 | 0.05 | 64,151 | -87.64 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 83,373 | 0.52 | 51,270 | 62.62 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,486 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 81 | 0.00 | 560 | -85.54 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 228 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,530 | 0.02 | 2,776 | -8.86 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 71,279 | 0.44 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 36,591 | 0.23 | 472,206 | -92.25 |
| 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 | 34,814 | 0.22 | 293,693 | -88.15 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 10,333 | 0.06 | 23,307 | -55.67 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 670 | 0.00 | 14,993 | -95.53 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 985,625 | 6.14 | 1,029,605 | -4.27 |
| 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 | 6,379 | 0.04 | 6,032 | 5.75 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 340 | 0.00 | 4,584 | -92.58 |
| SS | Classified | 8,500 | 0.05 | 357 436 | -97.62 |
Russia’s Imports from Iceland
The major share of Russian imports from Iceland in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 90.53% of Russia’s total imports from Iceland (90.21% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.89% of Russia’s total imports from Iceland (5.29% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.04% of Russia’s total imports from Iceland (4.32% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iceland in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $13,751,232;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,948,617;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $833,023;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $765,067.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iceland in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,761,279;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $1,288,653.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 27,223 | -100.00 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,127,338 | 1.09 | 3,415,991 | -37.72 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 169,703,517 | 87.04 | 155,952,285 | 8.82 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 120,058 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 107 | 0.00 | 45 | 137.78 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,209 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 263 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 685,697 | 0.35 | 578,290 | 18.57 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2,991,889 | 1.53 | 2,226,822 | 34.36 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 203,174 | 0.10 | 192,318 | 5.64 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 9,429 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 784,386 | 0.40 | 658,731 | 19.08 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 253 | 0.00 | 1,713 | -85.23 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 167 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 116 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,109,668 | 5.70 | 9,161,051 | 21.27 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 15,551 | 0.01 | 86 | 17,982.56 |
| 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 | 9,797 | 0.01 | 9,561 | 2.47 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 14,601 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 351,075 | 0.18 | 381,956 | -8.08 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,089 | 0.00 | 3,839 | 58.61 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 562 | 0.00 | 10,567 | -94.68 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 1,500 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 2,071 | -100.00 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 6,155 | 0.00 | 33,189 | -81.45 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 6,267 | 0.00 | 2,329 | 169.09 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 101,589 | 0.05 | 130,650 | -22.24 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 10,480 | 0.01 | 11,015 | -4.86 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 11,175 | 0.01 | 9,006 | 24.08 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 203 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 5,184 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 844,279 | 0.43 | 11,256 | 7,400.70 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 58,023 | 0.03 | 54,559 | 6.35 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 5 | 0.00 | 2 | 150.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 740 | 0.00 | 652 | 13.50 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 15,826 | 0.01 | 35,708 | -55.68 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,554 | 0.00 | 141 | 1,711.35 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 570,979 | 0.29 | 2,332,258 | -75.52 |
| 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 | 155,893 | 0.08 | 459,963 | -66.11 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,840,340 | 0.94 | 1,573,851 | 16.93 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,352,950 | 1.72 | 3,449,616 | -2.80 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 8,819 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 53 | 0.00 | 1,636 | -96.76 |