Russian trade with Afghanistan in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Afghanistan
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Afghanistan totaled $965,802,008, up 49.68% ($320,548,251) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2014 totaled $952,904,919, up 51.02% ($321,930,739) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2014 were $12,897,089, down 9.68% ($1,382,488) from 2013.
Russia’s trade surplus with Afghanistan in 2014 was $940,007,830, a 52.43% increase ($323,313,227) over 2013.
Afghanistan was Russia’s 68th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 79th in 2013), accounting for 0.1234% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0766% in 2013).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 56th largest export market in 2014 (up from 66th in 2013), accounting for 0.1918% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1197% in 2013).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 117th largest supplier in 2014 (down from 116th in 2013), accounting for 0.0045% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Afghanistan
The major share of Russian exports to Afghanistan in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 24.46% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (48.49% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.12% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (1.77% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.22% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (8.85% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.14% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (3.13% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.03% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (2.64% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.69% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (1.02% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $66,971,682;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $10,138,548;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $5,029,911.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2014 over 2013 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 $72,874,419;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $15,636,795.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 3,555 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 29,882,912 | 3.14 | 19,744,364 | 51.35 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 21,812 | 0.00 | 21,465 | 1.62 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,298 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 233,113,214 | 24.46 | 305,987,633 | -23.82 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 283 | 0.00 | 60,306 | -99.53 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 76,557 | 0.01 | 68,066 | 12.47 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 810,322 | 0.09 | 199,584 | 306.01 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 28,260 | -100.00 |
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 | 2,892,777 | 0.30 | 2,261,157 | 27.93 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,147 | 0.00 | 207 | 454.11 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 924,453 | 0.10 | 1,597,144 | -42.12 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,048,089 | 0.11 | 1,382,020 | -24.16 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 51,091 | 0.01 | 38,595 | 32.38 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 749,552 | 0.08 | 776,641 | -3.49 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 245 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 340,352 | 0.04 | 507,864 | -32.98 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 40,212,824 | 4.22 | 55,849,619 | -28.00 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 247 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 15,018 | 0.00 | 9,094 | 65.14 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 1,662 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 408 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 1,607 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 160 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 345 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 424 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 84,385 | 0.01 | 52,486 | 60.78 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 260 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 559 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 10,877 | 0.00 | 11,168 | -2.61 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 8,470 | 0.00 | 7,544 | 12.27 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 475,463 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 91,761 | 0.01 | 111,782 | -17.91 |
72 | Iron and steel | 76,908,386 | 8.07 | 9,936,704 | 673.98 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 403,685 | 0.04 | 1,140,700 | -64.61 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 83,741 | 0.01 | 101,512 | -17.51 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 7,235 | 0.00 | 1,400 | 416.79 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 716 | 0.00 | 8,828 | -91.89 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 11,004,706 | 1.15 | 5,974,795 | 84.19 |
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 | 2,180,280 | 0.23 | 2,085,945 | 4.52 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 335,874 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,092,112 | 0.53 | 7,671,349 | -33.62 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,061,340 | 0.11 | 580,492 | 82.83 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 17,537 | 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 | 3,219 | 0.00 | 46,653 | -93.10 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 218 | 0.00 | 5,201 | -95.81 |
SS | Classified | 545,802,683 | 57.28 | 213 886 610 | 155.18 |
Russia’s Imports from Afghanistan
The major share of Russian imports from Afghanistan in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 87.26% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (96.60% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.92% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (0.39% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $884,718;
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - an increase of $166,668;
- 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 $118,615;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $92,971;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - an increase of $59,758.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $1,944,791;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $538,691;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $56,850.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 66,444 | 0.52 | 2,011,235 | -96.70 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 11,167,513 | 86.59 | 11,706,204 | -4.60 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 20,000 | 0.16 | 76,850 | -73.98 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 123 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,354 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 59,758 | 0.46 | 0 | ∞ |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 166,668 | 1.29 | 0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 28,363 | 0.22 | 20,826 | 36.19 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 887 | 0.01 | 65 | 1,264.62 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 916,899 | 7.11 | 32,181 | 2,749.19 |
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 | 140,960 | 1.09 | 22,345 | 530.83 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,217 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 93,078 | 0.72 | 107 | 86,888.79 |
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 | 281 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 234,754 | 1.82 | 408 547 | -42.54 |