Russian trade with Sri Lanka in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sri Lanka
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Sri Lanka totaled $732,505,436, up 48.38% ($238,850,726) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2013 totaled $330,052,184, up 240.78% ($233,200,551) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2013 totaled $402,453,252, up 1.42% ($5,650,175) from 2012.
Russia’s trade deficit with Sri Lanka in 2013 was $72,401,068, a 75.86% decrease ($227,550,376) over 2012.
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 77th largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 80th in 2012), accounting for 0.0870% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0586% in 2012).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 77th largest export market in 2013 (up from 100th in 2012), accounting for 0.0626% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0185% in 2012).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 63rd largest supplier in 2013 (down from 61st in 2012), accounting for 0.1278% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1251% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian exports to Sri Lanka in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 19.46% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (52.95% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 15.34% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (15.98% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.23% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (0.13% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.65% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (7.84% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.55% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (0.17% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.90% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (22.90% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka 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 $41,534,034;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $12,812,955;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $12,767,023;
- 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 $2,652,715;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,268,196;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,086,485.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $16,429,518;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $6,397,440;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $2,665,606.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
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09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,067,826 | 0.32 | 103,632 | 930.40 |
10 | Cereals | 12,812,955 | 3.88 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 67,425 | 0.02 | 24,836 | 171.48 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 9,081,278 | 2.75 | 15,478,718 | -41.33 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 41,534,034 | 12.58 | 0 | ∞ |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 2,665,606 | -100.00 |
31 | Fertilizers | 2,638,575 | 0.80 | 19,068,093 | -86.16 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 114,435 | -100.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 337,366 | 0.10 | 334,609 | 0.82 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 6,381 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 12,000 | -100.00 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 89,865 | 0.03 | 22,515 | 299.13 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 8,642,760 | 2.62 | 7,556,275 | 14.38 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 437 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 18,761 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 64,039,171 | 19.40 | 51,272,148 | 24.90 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 44,926 | 0.01 | 6,178 | 627.19 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 62,183 | 0.02 | 270 | 22,930.74 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 85,487 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,760 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 162,967 | 0.05 | 148,998 | 9.38 |
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 | 2,662,735 | 0.81 | 10,020 | 26,474.20 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,276,446 | 0.69 | 8,250 | 27,493.28 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 437 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,400 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 820 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 184,416,189 | 55.87 | 25 050 | 736,092.37 |
Russia’s Imports from Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian imports from Sri Lanka in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 62.90% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (65.66% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 31.13% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (26.94% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.21% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (5.60% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.17% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (1.11% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $9,299,328;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $6,970,969;
- Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn (HS code 53) - an increase of $1,592,233.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $8,226,164;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $5,288,313.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
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03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 157,027 | 0.04 | 163,724 | -4.09 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 21,648 | 0.01 | 21,936 | -1.31 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 88,525 | 0.02 | 65,881 | 34.37 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 251,391,281 | 62.46 | 259,617,445 | -3.17 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 5,556 | 0.00 | 3,476 | 59.84 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 126,012 | 0.03 | 123,791 | 1.79 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 365,610 | 0.09 | 300,969 | 21.48 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 43,265 | 0.01 | 29,359 | 47.37 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 34,186 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 115,860 | 0.03 | 221,223 | -47.63 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 778,680 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 171,105 | 0.04 | 107,073 | 59.80 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 12,228 | 0.00 | 18,304 | -33.19 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 12,994 | 0.00 | 10,032 | 29.53 |
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 | 2,096 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,183,704 | 0.79 | 8,472,017 | -62.42 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 116,368 | 0.03 | 354,671 | -67.19 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 13,629,205 | 3.39 | 13,369,335 | 1.94 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 427,631 | 0.11 | 308,254 | 38.73 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 912 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 120,269 | 0.03 | 64,541 | 86.35 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 152 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 10,867 | 0.00 | 86 | 12,536.05 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 191,159 | 0.05 | 1,296,409 | -85.25 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 15,269 | 0.00 | 25,760 | -40.73 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 4,379,657 | 1.09 | 2,787,424 | 57.12 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 62,817 | 0.02 | 75,688 | -17.01 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 36 | 0.00 | 4,343 | -99.17 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 45 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 68,074,801 | 16.91 | 58,775,473 | 15.82 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 49,955,786 | 12.41 | 42,984,817 | 16.22 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 85,077 | 0.02 | 43,419 | 95.94 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 67,910 | 0.02 | 56,762 | 19.64 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,624,209 | 0.65 | 2,118,555 | 23.87 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 34,824 | 0.01 | 38,028 | -8.43 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 41 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 530,806 | 0.13 | 297,058 | 78.69 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 8,512 | 0.00 | 158 | 5,287.34 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 171,908 | 0.04 | 82,699 | 107.87 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 62,587 | 0.02 | 28,972 | 116.03 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 76 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 737 | 0.00 | 33,190 | -97.78 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,044 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 375,458 | 0.09 | 150,796 | 148.98 |
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 | 3,287,787 | 0.82 | 3,877,256 | -15.20 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,035,090 | 0.26 | 361,348 | 186.45 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10,942 | 0.00 | 30,432 | -64.04 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 234 | -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 | 69,824 | 0.02 | 34,525 | 102.24 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 587,602 | 0.15 | 440,083 | 33.52 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,601 | 0.00 | 5,534 | 1.21 |
SS | Classified | 463 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |