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Russian trade with Switzerland in 2013

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Switzerland in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Switzerland

In 2013, Russia’s trade with Switzerland was $11,775,942,791, down 12.90% ($1,743,995,860) from 2012.

Russia’s exports to Switzerland in 2013 were $8,792,447,754, down 16.45% ($1,730,956,874) from 2012.

Russia’s imports from Switzerland in 2013 were $2,983,495,037, down 0.44% ($13,038,986) from 2012.

Russia’s trade surplus with Switzerland in 2013 was $5,808,952,717, a 22.82% decrease ($1,717,917,888) over 2012.

Switzerland was Russia’s 16th largest trading partner in 2013 (just as in 2012), accounting for 1.3982% of Russia’s total trade (down from 1.6057% in 2012).

Switzerland was Russia’s 17th largest export market in 2013 (down from 16th in 2012), accounting for 1.6676% of Russia’s total exports (down from 2.0055% in 2012).

Switzerland was Russia’s 25th largest supplier in 2013 (just as in 2012), accounting for 0.9472% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.9445% in 2012).

Russia’s Exports to Switzerland

The major share of Russian exports to Switzerland in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 50.19% of Russia’s total exports to Switzerland (59.30% in 2012);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 39.47% of Russia’s total exports to Switzerland (30.18% in 2012);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.73% of Russia’s total exports to Switzerland (5.46% in 2012);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.60% of Russia’s total exports to Switzerland (3.37% in 2012).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Switzerland in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $294,216,278;
  • Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $78,957,370.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Switzerland 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 $1,827,236,212;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $136,200,993;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $67,705,900;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $51,136,911.
Russia’s exports to Switzerland in 2013 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2013,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2013
over 2012
01 Live animals 0 0.00 651-100.00
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 2,319,379 0.03 1,733,99133.76
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 169,670-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 160,600 0.00 0
10 Cereals 1,133,048 0.01 9,340,858-87.87
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 6 0.00 2200.00
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 3,626,416 0.04 35,24710,188.58
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 16,515 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 597 0.00 0
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 5,286 0.00 21,144-75.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 666 0.00 6,779-90.18
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 4,449 0.00 0
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 14,832 0.00 0
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 12,014 0.00 145,111-91.72
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 974,652 0.01 1,019,140-4.37
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 0 0.00 14,400-100.00
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 10,761,763 0.12 29,588,206-63.63
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 3,992 0.00 28,856-86.17
26 Ores, slag and ash 1,904 0.00 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 4,413,235,248 50.19 6,240,471,460-29.28
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 225,968,826 2.57 147,011,45653.71
29 Organic chemicals 9,819,529 0.11 3,952,651148.43
30 Pharmaceutical products 74,334 0.00 67,780,234-99.89
31 Fertilizers 325,271,766 3.70 326,021,704-0.23
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 802,757 0.01 651,234,910.77
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 451,691 0.01 356,70726.63
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 2,462 0.00 1,46468.17
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 0 0.00 967-100.00
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 88,566 0.00 25,181251.72
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 7,404,901 0.08 6,780,3859.21
39 Plastics and articles thereof 5,020,578 0.06 5,251,701-4.40
40 Rubber and articles thereof 17,056,442 0.19 16,951,4020.62
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 105,725 0.00 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 49,899 0.00 431,200-88.43
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 10,303,838 0.12 593,8761,635.02
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 4,386,979 0.05 8,902,171-50.72
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0 0.00 5,952-100.00
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 66,407,959 0.76 56,881,48316.75
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 122,855 0.00 217,141-43.42
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 680,508 0.01 102,078566.65
54 Man-made filaments 0 0.00 3,452-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 313,811 0.00 248,48726.29
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 227 0.00 11,234-97.98
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 30 0.00 143-79.02
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 0 0.00 50-100.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 164,736 0.00 732,386-77.51
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 119,309 0.00 2,204,399-94.59
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 77,000 0.00 86,029-10.50
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 12,947 0.00 231,811-94.41
65 Headgear and parts thereof 12,215 0.00 57,632-78.81
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 393 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 47,201 0.00 23,035104.91
69 Ceramic products 2,906 0.00 44,117-93.41
70 Glass and glassware 9,295 0.00 1,196677.17
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 3,470,379,140 39.47 3,176,162,8629.26
72 Iron and steel 23,921,121 0.27 75,058,032-68.13
73 Articles of iron or steel 779,351 0.01 228,421241.19
74 Copper and articles thereof 864 0.00 35,276-97.55
75 Nickel and articles thereof 2,908 0.00 17,134,452-99.98
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 87,672,376 1.00 223,873,369-60.84
78 Lead and articles thereof 27,642,101 0.31 37,599,329-26.48
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 223,362 0.00 214,1674.29
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,037 0.00 5,118-79.74
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 66,759 0.00 35,83086.32
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 52,511,536 0.60 49,617,9635.83
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 5,749,168 0.07 9,352,762-38.53
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 15,818 0.00 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 2,787,749 0.03 644,978332.22
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 7,435,657 0.08 3,667,333102.75
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 3,123,742 0.04 1,574,63798.38
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 732 0.00 4,381-83.29
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 247,751 0.00 3,8886,272.20
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 206,697 0.00 546,492-62.18
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 7,653 0.00 32,087-76.15
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 8,475 0.00 27,394-69.06
SS Classified 2,612,705 0.03 98 5532,551.07

Russia’s Imports from Switzerland

The major share of Russian imports from Switzerland in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 42.64% of Russia’s total imports from Switzerland (44.23% in 2012);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 32.24% of Russia’s total imports from Switzerland (33.80% in 2012);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.46% of Russia’s total imports from Switzerland (7.06% in 2012);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.56% of Russia’s total imports from Switzerland (3.06% in 2012);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.45% of Russia’s total imports from Switzerland (1.62% in 2012).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Switzerland in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $28,634,105;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $24,935,529;
  • Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $18,237,030.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Switzerland in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $81,702,965;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $36,463,911;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $16,905,363;
  • Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $9,556,277.
Russia’s imports from Switzerland in 2013 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2013,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2013
over 2012
01 Live animals 9,734 0.00 7901,132.15
02 Meat and edible meat offal 49,828 0.00 48,3593.04
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 8,434,647 0.28 6,470,09230.36
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 24,294-100.00
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 20,207 0.00 2627,612.60
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 7 0.00 2,757-99.75
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 2,344 0.00 74,319-96.85
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 33,906,705 1.14 25,658,51532.15
10 Cereals 863 0.00 0
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 5,139 0.00 3,26457.44
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 2,460,645 0.08 4,124,688-40.34
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 170,406 0.01 29,286481.87
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 25,643 0.00 0
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 1,531,963 0.05 1,397,3979.63
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 21,833,950 0.73 19,005,93914.88
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 110,492,736 3.70 81,858,63134.98
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 1,863,495 0.06 1,454,45028.12
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 59,469,424 1.99 41,232,39444.23
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 19,304,743 0.65 14,308,96534.91
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 395,214 0.01 422,882-6.54
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 22,335,004 0.75 15,294,00846.04
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 19,387 0.00 17,37011.61
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 654,517 0.02 601,0458.90
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 3,169,501 0.11 2,781,07913.97
29 Organic chemicals 22,128,494 0.74 18,960,94716.71
30 Pharmaceutical products 593,803,556 19.90 675,506,521-12.10
31 Fertilizers 16,373 0.00 12,42831.74
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 44,824,499 1.50 54,380,776-17.57
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 112,370,769 3.77 106,765,4705.25
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 15,208,885 0.51 15,073,0490.90
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 5,845,158 0.20 6,521,509-10.37
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 5,674 0.00 4,30331.86
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 1,182,850 0.04 1,497,616-21.02
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 68,943,660 2.31 44,008,13156.66
39 Plastics and articles thereof 90,617,750 3.04 83,908,1578.00
40 Rubber and articles thereof 3,794,187 0.13 3,514,1127.97
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 255,691 0.01 27,369834.24
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 1,046,251 0.04 1,104,365-5.26
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 0 0.00 2,557,740-100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 9,513,334 0.32 10,797,732-11.90
45 Cork and articles of cork 569,007 0.02 476,19119.49
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0 0.00 995-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 28,112,661 0.94 34,953,112-19.57
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 5,096,826 0.17 2,168,591135.03
50 Silk 26,789 0.00 26,4591.25
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 535 0.00 40,146-98.67
52 Cotton 58,299 0.00 41,42440.74
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 7,376 0.00 5,70829.22
54 Man-made filaments 352,985 0.01 315,07512.03
55 Man-made staple fibers 586,449 0.02 388,33051.02
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 823,507 0.03 866,844-5.00
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 249,428 0.01 682,043-63.43
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 145,713 0.00 30,892371.69
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 4,168,205 0.14 5,028,388-17.11
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 22,844 0.00 1,4631,461.45
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 2,728,262 0.09 2,424,32812.54
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 2,646,971 0.09 2,969,353-10.86
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 2,737,967 0.09 2,761,824-0.86
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 526,747 0.02 579,032-9.03
65 Headgear and parts thereof 521,227 0.02 455,94214.32
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 4,450 0.00 14,561-69.44
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 2,571 0.00 7,515-65.79
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 5,509,912 0.18 6,656,472-17.22
69 Ceramic products 1,001,244 0.03 510,52196.12
70 Glass and glassware 4,364,345 0.15 2,734,69459.59
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 19,589,699 0.66 13,506,11445.04
72 Iron and steel 1,094,158 0.04 1,229,552-11.01
73 Articles of iron or steel 38,577,601 1.29 30,259,09627.49
74 Copper and articles thereof 2,550,615 0.09 2,813,295-9.34
75 Nickel and articles thereof 532,620 0.02 744,278-28.44
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 3,153,624 0.11 3,395,098-7.11
78 Lead and articles thereof 686 0.00 0
79 Zinc and articles thereof 94,725 0.00 226,931-58.26
80 Tin and articles thereof 14,535 0.00 6,690117.26
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 656,973 0.02 629,6994.33
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 57,550,149 1.93 50,551,83013.84
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 2,114,201 0.07 1,819,67816.19
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 509,397,988 17.07 545,861,899-6.68
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 426,697,967 14.30 424,286,4720.57
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 5,496,434 0.18 1,321,149316.03
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 37,146,568 1.25 43,586,559-14.78
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 3,258 0.00 4,774-31.76
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 293,324,087 9.83 310,229,450-5.45
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 255,094,950 8.55 250,718,7271.75
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 99,384 0.00 45,332119.24
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 4,997,988 0.17 5,553,207-10.00
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 2,269,882 0.08 1,380,15764.47
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3,978,825 0.13 3,715,5847.08
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 9,453 0.00 23,773-60.24
SS Classified 3,071,114 0.10 1 033 765197.08
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia