Russian trade with Ireland in 2014
April 02, 2016
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Ireland in 2014: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ireland
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Ireland was $1,637,644,055, down 3.73% ($63,428,216) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2014 totaled $335,852,662, up 2.14% ($7,044,122) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2014 were $1,301,791,393, down 5.14% ($70,472,338) from 2013.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ireland in 2014 was $965,938,731, a 7.43% decrease ($77,516,460) over 2013.
Ireland was Russia’s 55th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 56th in 2013), accounting for 0.2092% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2020% in 2013).
Ireland was Russia’s 78th largest export market in 2014 (just as in 2013), accounting for 0.0676% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0624% in 2013).
Ireland was Russia’s 36th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 37th in 2013), accounting for 0.4552% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.4357% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Ireland
The major share of Russian exports to Ireland in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 41.26% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (50.05% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 37.21% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (28.32% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.11% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (4.31% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.56% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (0.93% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.46% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (2.97% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $32,930,435;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $4,730,644;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $2,535,035;
- 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 $1,632,762;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $1,362,869.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ireland 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 $25,994,450;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $6,074,384;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,868,452;
- 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 $1,513,341.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 775,116 | 0.23 | 6,849,500 | -88.68 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 190,298 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 210,881 | 0.06 | 165,724 | 27.25 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 265,519 | 0.08 | 272,530 | -2.57 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 3,659,454 | 1.09 | 2,296,585 | 59.34 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 16,009 | 0.00 | 7,654 | 109.16 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 138,560,477 | 41.26 | 164,554,927 | -15.80 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 779,138 | 0.23 | 2,292,479 | -66.01 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 581,738 | 0.17 | 121,917 | 377.16 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 4,858 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 123,578,200 | 36.80 | 90,647,765 | 36.33 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 960 | 0.00 | 2,098 | -54.24 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 860 | -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 | 1,070 | 0.00 | 5,911 | -81.90 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 791 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 156 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 14,486 | 0.00 | 50,559 | -71.35 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 334 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 84,222 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 7,444,735 | 2.22 | 2,714,091 | 174.30 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,155,000 | 0.34 | 328,677 | 251.41 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,291 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 482 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 935 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 352 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,824 | 0.00 | 1,703 | 7.11 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 165,989 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 7,710 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,691 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 508,933 | 0.15 | 919,962 | -44.68 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 2,720,891 | 0.81 | 185,856 | 1,363.98 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 49,368 | 0.01 | 29,994 | 64.59 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,470 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,891 | 0.00 | 694,169 | -99.73 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 146,340 | 0.04 | 146,234 | 0.07 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 119 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,744,867 | 0.82 | 4,613,319 | -40.50 |
| 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 | 3,963,637 | 1.18 | 2,330,875 | 70.05 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 684,800 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,422,062 | 1.91 | 7,225,085 | -11.11 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 96 | 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 | 360 | 0.00 | 388 | -7.22 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 20,309 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 495 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 41,275,750 | 12.29 | 42 153 236 | -2.08 |
Russia’s Imports from Ireland
The major share of Russian imports from Ireland in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 55.09% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (45.75% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 21.89% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (26.11% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 19.85% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (24.54% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.52% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (1.15% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $111,857,378;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $13,479,445;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - an increase of $7,200,019;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $7,031,341;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $4,134,456;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $3,924,553.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $65,047,078;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $57,515,939;
- 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) - a decrease of $28,821,459;
- 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 $18,490,017;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $16,905,411;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $8,074,612;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $5,562,675;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $4,952,993;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $4,805,186.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 681,121 | 0.05 | 3,971,068 | -82.85 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 27,575,737 | 2.12 | 92,622,815 | -70.23 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 26,242,402 | 2.02 | 27,041,517 | -2.96 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 10,633,881 | 0.82 | 8,984,070 | 18.36 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 535,633 | 0.04 | 774,293 | -30.82 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 58 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 27,061 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 906 | 0.00 | 46,869 | -98.07 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 4,824 | 0.00 | 48 | 9,950.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 7,117,078 | 0.55 | 85,737 | 8,201.06 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 685,382 | 0.05 | 1,750,217 | -60.84 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 3,801,952 | 0.29 | 3,940,757 | -3.52 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 131,674 | 0.01 | 127,121 | 3.58 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 45,143,993 | 3.47 | 41,009,537 | 10.08 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,776,670 | 0.44 | 5,040,689 | 14.60 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 35,381,076 | 2.72 | 52,286,487 | -32.33 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 93,160,618 | 7.16 | 98,113,611 | -5.05 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,367,131 | 0.11 | 700,318 | 95.22 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 168,849 | 0.01 | 295,206 | -42.80 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 167,781 | 0.01 | 55,971 | 199.76 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 136,777,291 | 10.51 | 155,267,308 | -11.91 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 8,591,266 | 0.66 | 11,272,314 | -23.78 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 311,214,891 | 23.91 | 199,357,513 | 56.11 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 6,196 | 0.00 | 3,553 | 74.39 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 15,181,742 | 1.17 | 11,257,189 | 34.86 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 163,619,542 | 12.57 | 171,694,154 | -4.70 |
| 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 | 797,667 | 0.06 | 890,430 | -10.42 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 28,649,446 | 2.20 | 21,449,427 | 33.57 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 7,414 | -100.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 522,571 | 0.04 | 347,946 | 50.19 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 33,395,503 | 2.57 | 38,200,689 | -12.58 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,897,481 | 0.45 | 5,876,184 | 0.36 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 12,442,744 | 0.96 | 12,249,367 | 1.58 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 20,334 | 0.00 | 21,527 | -5.54 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,496,318 | 0.19 | 8,058,993 | -69.02 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 343,297 | 0.03 | 509,528 | -32.62 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,897,147 | 0.30 | 7,217,184 | -46.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 860 | 0.00 | 1,007 | -14.60 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 17,079 | 0.00 | 4,169 | 309.67 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 44,589 | 0.00 | 54,425 | -18.07 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,506 | 0.00 | 1,267 | 97.79 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 30,386 | 0.00 | 327,461 | -90.72 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 41,834 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 93,017 | 0.01 | 98,252 | -5.33 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 12,370 | 0.00 | 9,593 | 28.95 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 25,826 | 0.00 | 32,777 | -21.21 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4,631 | 0.00 | 6,288 | -26.35 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 122,440 | 0.01 | 545,500 | -77.55 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 340,925 | 0.03 | 26,609 | 1,181.24 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 9,669 | 0.00 | 15,307 | -36.83 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 150,385 | 0.01 | 33,468 | 349.34 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 22,121 | 0.00 | 14,183 | 55.97 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 318,959 | 0.02 | 389,991 | -18.21 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 922,301 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 21,559 | 0.00 | 13,951 | 54.53 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,431,212 | 0.11 | 1,556,741 | -8.06 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7,588 | 0.00 | 4,295 | 76.67 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 539,195 | 0.04 | 598,182 | -9.86 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 135,049 | 0.01 | 220,908 | -38.87 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,374 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 5,131 | 0.00 | 1,458 | 251.92 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 72,176 | 0.01 | 19,464 | 270.82 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,121,084 | 0.24 | 1,903,248 | 63.99 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,917,120 | 0.15 | 1,141,937 | 67.88 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 52,903,159 | 4.06 | 110,419,098 | -52.09 |
| 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 | 57,778,824 | 4.44 | 86,600,283 | -33.28 |
| 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 | 110,000 | 0.01 | 89,798 | 22.50 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,369,732 | 0.11 | 1,844,450 | -25.74 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 4,500 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 172,812,217 | 13.27 | 159,332,772 | 8.46 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 606 | 0.00 | 1,335 | -54.61 |
| 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 | 1,680,830 | 0.13 | 5,331,052 | -68.47 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,340,309 | 0.41 | 4,150,921 | 28.65 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 17,965,614 | 1.38 | 16,902,272 | 6.29 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 161 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |