Russian trade with Mexico 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 Mexico in 2014: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Mexico
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Mexico totaled $2,163,428,301, up 13.69% ($260,506,044) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Mexico in 2014 totaled $1,380,236,867, up 61.36% ($524,875,590) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Mexico in 2014 were $783,191,434, down 25.24% ($264,369,546) from 2013.
Russia’s trade balance with Mexico went from a deficit of $192,199,703 in 2013, to a surplus of $597,045,433 in 2014.
Mexico was Russia’s 44th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 52nd in 2013), accounting for 0.2763% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2259% in 2013).
Mexico was Russia’s 48th largest export market in 2014 (up from 58th in 2013), accounting for 0.2777% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1622% in 2013).
Mexico was Russia’s 46th largest supplier in 2014 (down from 44th in 2013), accounting for 0.2739% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.3326% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Mexico
The major share of Russian exports to Mexico in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 72.22% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (50.53% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.46% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (22.82% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.98% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (5.24% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.05% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (18.94% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.13% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (1.69% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Mexico in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $564,066,869;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $79,076,347;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $6,512,759.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Mexico 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 $105,651,017;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $36,826,873;
- 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 $4,403,758.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 303 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 123,320,048 | 8.93 | 44,243,701 | 178.73 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 436 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 19,784 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 56,807 | 0.00 | 235,656 | -75.89 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 597,599 | 0.04 | 355,472 | 68.11 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,547,973 | 0.26 | 4,057,476 | -12.56 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 52,335,746 | 3.79 | 157,986,763 | -66.87 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,265,934 | 0.24 | 7,669,692 | -57.42 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 516,192 | 0.04 | 240,894 | 114.28 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 130,624 | 0.01 | 54,120 | 141.36 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 145,866,315 | 10.57 | 182,693,188 | -20.16 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 57 | 0.00 | 2,998 | -98.10 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,004 | 0.00 | 4,623 | -56.65 |
| 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 | 342 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 67 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 109,028 | 0.01 | 278,796 | -60.89 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 176,730 | 0.01 | 11,651 | 1,416.87 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 8,119,833 | 0.59 | 4,229,311 | 91.99 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,004 | 0.00 | 176 | 1,038.64 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 756,601 | 0.05 | 562,408 | 34.53 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 15,045 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 14,866,439 | 1.08 | 13,921,638 | 6.79 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,866 | 0.00 | 1,496 | 24.73 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 10,806 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 6,600 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 19 | 0.00 | 312,147 | -99.99 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 21 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 831 | 0.00 | 72 | 1,054.17 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 4,095 | 0.00 | 2 | 204,650.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,804 | 0.00 | 2,317 | -22.14 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 261 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 55,211 | 0.00 | 6,977 | 691.33 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 39,652 | 0.00 | 49,996 | -20.69 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 76 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 28,787 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 445,089 | 0.03 | 3,692 | 11,955.50 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 294,261 | 0.02 | 87,805 | 235.13 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 990,636,477 | 71.77 | 426,569,608 | 132.23 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 262,912 | 0.02 | 128,725 | 104.24 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 152,132 | 0.01 | 2,783 | 5,366.48 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,399,524 | 0.39 | 5,396,089 | 0.06 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 24 | -91.67 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 314,818 | 0.02 | 5,999 | 5,147.84 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 50,424 | 0.00 | 70,170 | -28.14 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 564 | 0.00 | 3,238 | -82.58 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 9,200,348 | 0.67 | 2,687,589 | 242.33 |
| 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 | 2,915,036 | 0.21 | 2,405,105 | 21.20 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 252,341 | 0.02 | 224,285 | 12.51 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,091,016 | 0.08 | 550,217 | 98.29 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3,990 | 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 | 12,064 | 0.00 | 144 | 8,277.78 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 22 | 0.00 | 10,264 | -99.79 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,362 | 0.00 | 5,811 | -42.14 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 19,540 | 0.00 | 43,960 | -55.55 |
| SS | Classified | 15,327,887 | 1.11 | 243 317 | 6,199.55 |
Russia’s Imports from Mexico
The major share of Russian imports from Mexico in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 69.76% of Russia’s total imports from Mexico (72.15% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.31% of Russia’s total imports from Mexico (9.81% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.95% of Russia’s total imports from Mexico (6.28% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.73% of Russia’s total imports from Mexico (4.82% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Mexico 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 $32,712,197;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $4,650,885;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $3,540,008.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Mexico in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $225,393,364;
- 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 $22,279,212;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $14,294,401;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $10,507,131;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $9,743,550;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $8,274,618;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $7,705,530;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $6,295,560;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $2,599,547.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,396,765 | 0.31 | 12,903,896 | -81.43 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 122,357 | 0.02 | 204,382 | -40.13 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 428,834 | 0.05 | 521,244 | -17.73 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 9,940,485 | 1.27 | 12,540,032 | -20.73 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 4,785,949 | 0.61 | 4,717,652 | 1.45 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 168 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,725,072 | 0.22 | 1,750,256 | -1.44 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 45,749 | 0.01 | 9,121 | 401.58 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 98,013 | 0.01 | 79,684 | 23.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 258,313 | 0.03 | 301,353 | -14.28 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 63,267 | 0.01 | 286,980 | -77.95 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 108,220 | 0.01 | 87,594 | 23.55 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,446,913 | 0.44 | 1,335,361 | 158.13 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 12,463,518 | 1.59 | 7,812,633 | 59.53 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 44,852,211 | 5.73 | 59,146,612 | -24.17 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 49,156 | 0.01 | 1,044,341 | -95.29 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,164,786 | 0.15 | 1,194,638 | -2.50 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 345,300 | 0.04 | 26,712 | 1,192.68 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 13,981 | 0.00 | 16,814 | -16.85 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 507,797 | 0.06 | 210,326 | 141.43 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 547,103 | 0.07 | 775,063 | -29.41 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 14,912,146 | 1.90 | 23,186,764 | -35.69 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 175 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 5,595,000 | 0.71 | 5,319,348 | 5.18 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,457,708 | 0.44 | 3,690,448 | -6.31 |
| 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 | 336,682 | 0.04 | 623,489 | -46.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 722,038 | 0.09 | 768,107 | -6.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,611,500 | 0.21 | 2,900,066 | -44.43 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,422,474 | 0.56 | 6,298,023 | -29.78 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 12,356,612 | 1.58 | 11,402,429 | 8.37 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 9,950,347 | 1.27 | 10,560,537 | -5.78 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 8,000 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 219,652 | 0.03 | 88,137 | 149.22 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 138,722 | 0.02 | 60,076 | 130.91 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 3,375 | 0.00 | 2,392 | 41.10 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 399,141 | 0.05 | 409,572 | -2.55 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,022,184 | 0.39 | 2,829,284 | 6.82 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 42,910 | 0.01 | 72,540 | -40.85 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,080 | 0.00 | 1,007,589 | -99.89 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 140,858 | 0.02 | 120,665 | 16.73 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 411,190 | 0.05 | 390,297 | 5.35 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 28 | 0.00 | 4,240 | -99.34 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,064,576 | 0.14 | 1,087,640 | -2.12 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,670,642 | 0.34 | 2,600,026 | 2.72 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,928,603 | 0.25 | 1,097,555 | 75.72 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,133,350 | 0.14 | 1,252,350 | -9.50 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 123,090 | 0.02 | 449,035 | -72.59 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 17,621 | 0.00 | 32,559 | -45.88 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 397 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,331,923 | 0.17 | 700,004 | 90.27 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 358,908 | 0.05 | 158,166 | 126.92 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4,924,956 | 0.63 | 5,839,382 | -15.66 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 36,017 | 0.00 | 62,012 | -41.92 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 13,293 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 25,807,860 | 3.30 | 33,513,390 | -22.99 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 73,375 | 0.01 | 88,184 | -16.79 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1,398,127 | 0.18 | 1,048,958 | 33.29 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,333,281 | 0.30 | 430,570 | 441.91 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 107 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 122,605 | 0.02 | 160,554 | -23.64 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 853 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 809,161 | 0.10 | 604,077 | 33.95 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 10,577,712 | 1.35 | 10,511,654 | 0.63 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,768,679 | 0.48 | 4,093,992 | -7.95 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 130,040,206 | 16.60 | 97,328,009 | 33.61 |
| 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 | 117,743,314 | 15.03 | 140,022,526 | -15.91 |
| 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 | 16,905 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 206,736,687 | 26.40 | 432,130,051 | -52.16 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3,763,367 | 0.48 | 223,359 | 1,584.90 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 88,057,505 | 11.24 | 86,135,187 | 2.23 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3,510 | 0.00 | 3,929 | -10.66 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 286,692 | 0.04 | 532,268 | -46.14 |
| 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 | 4,657,495 | 0.59 | 10,953,055 | -57.48 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 28,870,989 | 3.69 | 38,614,539 | -25.23 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,410,682 | 0.44 | 3,114,578 | 9.51 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 10,916 | 0.00 | 254 | 4,197.64 |
| SS | Classified | 7,324 | 0.00 | 49 347 | -85.16 |