Russian trade with Costa Rica in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Costa Rica
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Costa Rica totaled $289,282,026, up 63.27% ($112,104,301) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in 2014 totaled $126,790,554, up 151.91% ($76,458,337) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in 2014 totaled $162,491,472, up 28.10% ($35,645,964) from 2013.
Russia’s trade deficit with Costa Rica in 2014 was $35,700,918, a 53.34% decrease ($40,812,373) over 2013.
Costa Rica was Russia’s 93rd largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 101st in 2013), accounting for 0.0369% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0210% in 2013).
Costa Rica was Russia’s 93rd largest export market in 2014 (up from 113th in 2013), accounting for 0.0255% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0095% in 2013).
Costa Rica was Russia’s 76th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 81st in 2013), accounting for 0.0568% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0403% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Costa Rica
The major share of Russian exports to Costa Rica in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 93.12% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (85.88% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.74% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (9.87% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.00% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (4.05% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Costa Rica 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) - an increase of $74,841,514;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $3,242,922.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $2,035,260.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 39,667 | 0.03 | 671 | 5,811.62 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 118,065,998 | 93.12 | 43,224,484 | 173.15 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 291,243 | 0.23 | 33,300 | 774.60 |
31 | Fertilizers | 8,003,674 | 6.31 | 4,760,752 | 68.12 |
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 | 1,250 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 248,842 | 0.20 | 174,940 | 42.24 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 37,318 | 0.03 | 29,648 | 25.87 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 57 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 6,776 | 0.01 | 10,976 | -38.27 |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 2,035,260 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,972 | 0.00 | 1,021 | 191.09 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,860 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 78,382 | 0.06 | 56,584 | 38.52 |
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 | 7,793 | 0.01 | 844 | 823.34 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,877 | -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 | 6,582 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Costa Rica
The major share of Russian imports from Costa Rica in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 57.23% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (40.21% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 41.09% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (57.84% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.96% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (1.38% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in 2014 over 2013 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 $40,232,959;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,075,564;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $586,022.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $3,037,117;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $3,032,552;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $658,774.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 8,556 | 0.01 | 7,000 | 22.23 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 6,115,019 | 3.76 | 9,147,571 | -33.15 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 85,749 | 0.05 | 88,991 | -3.64 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 57,383,816 | 35.31 | 60,420,933 | -5.03 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,217,142 | 1.36 | 2,079,401 | 6.62 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,272 | 0.00 | 15,565 | -85.40 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 917 | 0.00 | 258 | 255.43 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 27,346 | 0.02 | 25,244 | 8.33 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 918,952 | 0.57 | 1,577,726 | -41.75 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 14,100 | 0.01 | 5,235 | 169.34 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,666 | 0.01 | 55,173 | -84.29 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 70,466 | 0.04 | 32,359 | 117.76 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 884,329 | 0.54 | 298,307 | 196.45 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 17,459 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,464 | 0.00 | 18,494 | -59.64 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 94 | 0.00 | 2,496 | -96.23 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 5,131 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 31,774 | 0.02 | 80,697 | -60.63 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 96,357 | 0.06 | 100,541 | -4.16 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 35 | 0.00 | 6,318 | -99.45 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 187 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 266 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 8,104 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 15,937 | 0.01 | 27,496 | -42.04 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 24,522 | 0.02 | 76,394 | -67.90 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 296,580 | 0.18 | 399,320 | -25.73 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7,412 | 0.00 | 19,624 | -62.23 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 805 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 71,440 | 0.04 | 8,174 | 773.99 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 28 | 0.00 | 607 | -95.39 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,186,556 | 0.73 | 1,322,921 | -10.31 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 120,916 | 0.07 | 438,661 | -72.44 |
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 | 83,170,075 | 51.18 | 42,937,116 | 93.70 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,182 | 0.00 | 804 | 171.39 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,708,648 | 5.97 | 7,633,084 | 27.19 |
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 | 78 | 0.00 | 506 | -84.58 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 4 | 0.00 | 162 | -97.53 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 400 | -100.00 |