Russian trade with Iran in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Iran
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Iran was $1,601,537,085, down 31.22% ($726,974,437) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Iran in 2013 were $1,168,616,105, down 38.51% ($731,770,505) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Iran in 2013 totaled $432,920,980, up 1.12% ($4,796,068) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iran in 2013 was $735,695,125, a 50.03% decrease ($736,566,573) over 2012.
Iran was Russia’s 59th largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 45th in 2012), accounting for 0.1902% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2765% in 2012).
Iran was Russia’s 55th largest export market in 2013 (down from 38th in 2012), accounting for 0.2216% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.3622% in 2012).
Iran was Russia’s 60th largest supplier in 2013 (down from 57th in 2012), accounting for 0.1374% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1349% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Iran
The major share of Russian exports to Iran in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 31.92% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (46.09% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 30.88% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (28.20% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 18.37% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (13.25% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.99% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (6.15% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 5.08% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (4.28% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.29% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (1.54% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iran in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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) - an increase of $14,054,913;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $9,972,344;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $9,079,254;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $6,800,946;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $6,360,598;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $4,520,877;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $3,814,599;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $3,691,687.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iran in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $499,242,991;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $180,369,666;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $41,917,358;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $21,859,080;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $11,407,635;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $10,373,942;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $5,981,423;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $5,813,478.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,215,991 | -100.00 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 66,771 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 50,400 | 0.00 | 1,217,983 | -95.86 |
10 | Cereals | 304,399,623 | 26.05 | 484,769,289 | -37.21 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,739,178 | 0.49 | 4,917,486 | 16.71 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 38,246,220 | 3.27 | 29,166,966 | 31.13 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 233,466 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 133,660 | 0.01 | 256,235 | -47.84 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 33,102 | 0.00 | 166 | 19,840.96 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,941,832 | 0.17 | 13,349,467 | -85.45 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 9,972,344 | 0.85 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 10 | 0.00 | 1,550 | -99.35 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 59,388,649 | 5.08 | 81,247,729 | -26.90 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,591,916 | 0.48 | 8,559,338 | -34.67 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 4,439,912 | 0.38 | 5,104,574 | -13.02 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 1,965 | -100.00 |
31 | Fertilizers | 453,622 | 0.04 | 694,993 | -34.73 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 109,613 | 0.01 | 186,965 | -41.37 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 960 | 0.00 | 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 | 98,173 | 0.01 | 127,989 | -23.30 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 6,187 | 0.00 | 7,914 | -21.82 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 6,419,535 | 0.55 | 9,217,363 | -30.35 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 8,989,157 | 0.77 | 2,628,559 | 241.98 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 682,444 | 0.06 | 2,801,922 | -75.64 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 12,096 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 344 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 166,191,068 | 14.22 | 208,108,426 | -20.14 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 9,644,331 | 0.83 | 2,843,385 | 239.18 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 30,816,724 | 2.64 | 36,630,202 | -15.87 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,995,304 | 0.68 | 4,180,705 | 91.24 |
52 | Cotton | 32 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 3,206,757 | 0.27 | 3,905,818 | -17.90 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 3,656 | 0.00 | 17,380 | -78.96 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 113 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 17,425 | 0.00 | 13,356 | 30.47 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,311 | 0.00 | 1,220 | 7.46 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 10,173 | -100.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 185 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,360,736 | 0.12 | 813,691 | 67.23 |
69 | Ceramic products | 6,000 | 0.00 | 8,029 | -25.27 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 111,127 | 0.01 | 53,248 | 108.70 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 453 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 363,859,574 | 31.14 | 863,102,565 | -57.84 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,803,302 | 0.50 | 11,784,725 | -50.76 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 65,021 | 0.01 | 244,073 | -73.36 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 143,470 | 0.01 | 65,908 | 117.68 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 408,641 | 0.03 | 76,907 | 431.34 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | -100.00 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 345 | 0.00 | 95 | 263.16 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 43,974 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,503,122 | 0.21 | 345,930 | 623.59 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 148,966 | 0.01 | 203,394 | -26.76 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 25,394,693 | 2.17 | 35,768,635 | -29.00 |
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 | 78,088,279 | 6.68 | 64,033,366 | 21.95 |
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 | 2,503,355 | 0.21 | 2,989,785 | -16.27 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 309,172 | 0.03 | 45,928 | 573.17 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 14,238,729 | 1.22 | 9,717,852 | 46.52 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,927,930 | 0.68 | 4,236,243 | 87.15 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,008 | 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 | 93,175 | 0.01 | 160,869 | -42.08 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 101 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 29,698 | 0.00 | 135 | 21,898.52 |
SS | Classified | 688,458 | 0.06 | 4 549 743 | -84.87 |
Russia’s Imports from Iran
The major share of Russian imports from Iran in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 69.88% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (71.23% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 11.80% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (9.02% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.67% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (10.81% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.68% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (4.08% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.59% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (1.16% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iran in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $19,164,186;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $15,705,199;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $7,012,195;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $5,934,570;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - an increase of $1,360,595.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iran 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 $24,504,165;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $7,118,236;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $6,280,827;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $2,585,375;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,369,582;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $2,053,760;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,382,941.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 445 | 0.00 | 145,043 | -99.69 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 115,309,174 | 26.64 | 99,603,975 | 15.77 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 160,134,414 | 36.99 | 184,638,579 | -13.27 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,761,822 | 0.64 | 2,849,913 | -3.09 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 87,751 | 0.02 | 27,880 | 214.75 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 488,537 | 0.11 | 491,263 | -0.55 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 185,124 | 0.04 | 286,132 | -35.30 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 10,013 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 156,884 | 0.04 | 308,881 | -49.21 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 16,904 | 0.00 | 5,733 | 194.85 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 126,259 | 0.03 | 71,287 | 77.11 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 23,178,338 | 5.35 | 16,166,143 | 43.38 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 83,409 | 0.02 | 1,307 | 6,281.71 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 6,385 | 0.00 | 3,594 | 77.66 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 346,890 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 48,815,193 | 11.28 | 29,651,007 | 64.63 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 547,540 | 0.13 | 109,098 | 401.88 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,717,886 | 0.40 | 8,836,122 | -80.56 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 42,000 | 0.01 | 103,845 | -59.56 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 21,260,974 | 4.91 | 15,326,404 | 38.72 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 13,573,619 | 3.14 | 13,356,824 | 1.62 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 63,726 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 14,970 | 0.00 | 5,428 | 175.79 |
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 | 36,598 | 0.01 | 19,284 | 89.78 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 466,623 | 0.11 | 392,502 | 18.88 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 1,623 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 35 | 0.00 | 15,083 | -99.77 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 14,967,727 | 3.46 | 17,021,487 | -12.07 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 95,935 | 0.02 | 21,242 | 351.63 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,157 | 0.00 | 6,099 | -81.03 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 12,921 | 0.00 | 12,837 | 0.65 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 145,802 | 0.03 | 191,002 | -23.66 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 17,015 | 0.00 | 10,148 | 67.67 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 759,667 | 0.18 | 24,378 | 3,016.20 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 51,711 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 574,545 | 0.13 | 39,769 | 1,344.71 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 357,186 | 0.08 | 218,150 | 63.73 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 263,477 | 0.06 | 520,194 | -49.35 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 4,097,343 | 0.95 | 2,736,748 | 49.72 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 41,822 | 0.01 | 5,829 | 617.48 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 36 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 93,258 | 0.02 | 73,684 | 26.56 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 537 | 0.00 | 1,274 | -57.85 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 12,812 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,403,898 | 0.32 | 988,018 | 42.09 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 51,885 | 0.01 | 346,263 | -85.02 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,880 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 6,973 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,159,917 | 0.27 | 603,420 | 92.22 |
69 | Ceramic products | 962,324 | 0.22 | 1,561,512 | -38.37 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 7,154,192 | 1.65 | 9,739,567 | -26.55 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 20,592 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 42,777 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,183,181 | 0.74 | 2,605,276 | 22.18 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 311,839 | 0.07 | 110,648 | 181.83 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 32,746 | 0.01 | 54,864 | -40.31 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,805 | 0.00 | 49,189 | -90.23 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 25,444 | 0.01 | 28,015 | -9.18 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,584,912 | 0.60 | 1,520,100 | 70.05 |
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 | 81,099 | 0.02 | 845,878 | -90.41 |
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 | 474,949 | 0.11 | 952,529 | -50.14 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,320,360 | 0.77 | 5,689,942 | -41.65 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 679,170 | 0.16 | 6,959,997 | -90.24 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 131,165 | 0.03 | 1,514,106 | -91.34 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 13,327 | 0.00 | 27,523 | -51.58 |
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 | 296,748 | 0.07 | 375,189 | -20.91 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,575 | 0.00 | 6,249 | -42.79 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 363,722 | 0.08 | 386,021 | -5.78 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 21,613 | 0.00 | 7,544 | 186.49 |
SS | Classified | 116,694 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |