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Russian trade with Mongolia in 2014

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Mongolia in 2014: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Mongolia

In 2014, Russia’s trade with Mongolia was $1,500,871,909, down 6.96% ($112,192,060) from 2013.

Russia’s exports to Mongolia in 2014 were $1,460,433,642, down 7.11% ($111,703,509) from 2013.

Russia’s imports from Mongolia in 2014 were $40,438,267, down 1.19% ($488,551) from 2013.

Russia’s trade surplus with Mongolia in 2014 was $1,419,995,375, a 7.26% decrease ($111,214,958) over 2013.

Mongolia was Russia’s 57th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 58th in 2013), accounting for 0.1917% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1915% in 2013).

Mongolia was Russia’s 46th largest export market in 2014 (down from 44th in 2013), accounting for 0.2939% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.2982% in 2013).

Mongolia was Russia’s 95th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 97th in 2013), accounting for 0.0141% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0130% in 2013).

Russia’s Exports to Mongolia

The major share of Russian exports to Mongolia in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 70.17% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (72.25% in 2013);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.03% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (5.61% in 2013);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.91% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (10.49% in 2013);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.23% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (4.47% in 2013);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.90% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (5.46% in 2013).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Mongolia in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $52,749,026;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $13,640,003;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $10,780,519;
  • 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 $7,127,888.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Mongolia 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 $111,342,481;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $17,567,050;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $15,874,384;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $10,649,640;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $7,204,600;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $6,604,819;
  • Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $6,308,716;
  • Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $5,007,992.
Russia’s exports to Mongolia in 2014 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2014,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2013,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2014
over 2013
01 Live animals 749,371 0.05 485,35854.40
02 Meat and edible meat offal 186,285 0.01 80,202132.27
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 24,923 0.00 0
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 11,505,973 0.79 16,513,965-30.33
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 141,175 0.01 24,460477.17
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 338,550 0.02 523,838-35.37
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 2,129,323 0.15 2,710,659-21.45
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 635,134 0.04 605,1864.95
10 Cereals 14,325,324 0.98 3,544,805304.12
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 6,351,562 0.43 8,428,548-24.64
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 509,104 0.03 291,61574.58
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 10,398 0.00 114,478-90.92
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 17,393,069 1.19 23,997,888-27.52
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 2,638,633 0.18 4,023,870-34.43
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 7,451,034 0.51 9,688,816-23.10
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 22,157,834 1.52 28,466,550-22.16
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 17,049,945 1.17 19,349,066-11.88
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 3,984,388 0.27 5,253,886-24.16
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 18,146,488 1.24 18,986,098-4.42
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 13,376,980 0.92 17,275,029-22.56
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 1,486,605 0.10 815,25382.35
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 4,158,734 0.28 3,721,81811.74
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,771,989 0.12 1,462,44921.17
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 1,023,071,130 70.05 1,134,413,611-9.81
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,211,355 0.08 867,00139.72
29 Organic chemicals 11,300,886 0.77 10,557,3907.04
30 Pharmaceutical products 10,526,412 0.72 8,615,31422.18
31 Fertilizers 9,190,466 0.63 16,395,066-43.94
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 3,190,898 0.22 3,256,515-2.01
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1,997,156 0.14 1,812,63910.18
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 5,035,920 0.34 5,811,668-13.35
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 675,165 0.05 535,37026.11
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 2,859,794 0.20 5,080,870-43.71
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 7,928 0.00 4,98559.04
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 9,164,564 0.63 9,916,090-7.58
39 Plastics and articles thereof 3,522,151 0.24 2,966,74418.72
40 Rubber and articles thereof 3,028,651 0.21 4,457,253-32.05
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 942,159 0.06 936,8960.56
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 28,226 0.00 37,948-25.62
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 3,478 0.00 6,897-49.57
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 3,170,829 0.22 3,048,6814.01
45 Cork and articles of cork 5,215 0.00 7,203-27.60
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 1,679 0.00 91483.70
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 377,743 0.03 151,022150.12
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,681,667 0.12 2,257,056-25.49
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 316,810 0.02 118,726166.84
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 19,353 0.00 59,062-67.23
52 Cotton 340,231 0.02 539,939-36.99
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 917 0.00 2,547-64.00
54 Man-made filaments 10,202 0.00 7,90729.02
55 Man-made staple fibers 50,023 0.00 364,082-86.26
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 517,310 0.04 418,34423.66
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 17,538 0.00 31,839-44.92
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 2,038 0.00 4,320-52.82
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 147,345 0.01 179,303-17.82
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 23,776 0.00 2,396892.32
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 336,042 0.02 437,066-23.11
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 204,942 0.01 274,222-25.26
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 152,708 0.01 226,760-32.66
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 933,377 0.06 1,096,828-14.90
65 Headgear and parts thereof 96,758 0.01 188,339-48.63
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 240 0.00 491-51.12
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 351 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 9,449,180 0.65 10,117,536-6.61
69 Ceramic products 815,209 0.06 1,167,196-30.16
70 Glass and glassware 3,741,405 0.26 2,020,02285.22
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 22,894 0.00 139,970-83.64
72 Iron and steel 27,793,535 1.90 45,360,585-38.73
73 Articles of iron or steel 26,921,610 1.84 37,571,250-28.35
74 Copper and articles thereof 211,720 0.01 345,817-38.78
75 Nickel and articles thereof 0 0.00 20-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 829,535 0.06 825,7310.46
78 Lead and articles thereof 1,323 0.00 3,236-59.12
79 Zinc and articles thereof 180 0.00 0
80 Tin and articles thereof 26,550 0.00 7,363260.59
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 438 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 822,479 0.06 1,029,303-20.09
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 384,136 0.03 654,063-41.27
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 44,428,233 3.04 30,788,23044.30
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 36,031,412 2.47 28,903,52424.66
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 56,905,245 3.90 4,156,2191,269.16
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 5,427,284 0.37 21,301,668-74.52
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 12,576 0.00 43,392-71.02
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 3,703,475 0.25 2,961,92125.04
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 9,643 0.00 2,418298.80
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 2,010 0.00 4,321-53.48
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 1,883,092 0.13 2,359,998-20.21
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 203,839 0.01 251,455-18.94
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 81,681 0.01 94,311-13.39
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 724 0.00 66996.97
SS Classified 37,980 0.00 574 395-93.39

Russia’s Imports from Mongolia

The major share of Russian imports from Mongolia in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 76.58% of Russia’s total imports from Mongolia (76.59% in 2013);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 17.81% of Russia’s total imports from Mongolia (15.88% in 2013);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.23% of Russia’s total imports from Mongolia (3.05% in 2013);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.04% of Russia’s total imports from Mongolia (3.91% in 2013).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Mongolia in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $4,622,643;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $2,037,412;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,525,670;
  • Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $213,917;
  • Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $158,763.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Mongolia in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $3,940,986;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $2,696,116;
  • Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $1,243,111;
  • 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 (HS code 86) - a decrease of $486,631;
  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $341,318;
  • 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 $245,352.
Russia’s imports from Mongolia in 2014 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2014,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2013,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2014
over 2013
02 Meat and edible meat offal 5,824,089 14.40 1,201,446384.76
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 785,696 1.94 1,127,014-30.29
10 Cereals 0 0.00 2,696,116-100.00
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 281,340 0.70 67,423317.28
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 159,025 0.39 26260,596.56
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 31,500 0.08 21,18148.72
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 120,573 0.30 142,161-15.19
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 0 0.00 1,243,111-100.00
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 26,821,252 66.33 30,762,238-12.81
26 Ores, slag and ash 2,233,012 5.52 195,6001,041.62
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 1,913,855 4.73 388,185393.03
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 0 0.00 7,238-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,320 0.00 465183.87
39 Plastics and articles thereof 0 0.00 74-100.00
40 Rubber and articles thereof 29 0.00 1,021-97.16
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 9,234 0.02 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 73 0.00 5,300-98.62
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 82,550 0.20 78,9654.54
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 425,329 1.05 449,975-5.48
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 140,347 0.35 71,29096.87
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 638,813 1.58 634,6760.65
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 12,680 0.03 24,458-48.16
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 30,989 0.08 27,81911.40
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 7,064 0.02 5,27633.89
65 Headgear and parts thereof 50,241 0.12 33,87248.33
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 104 0.00 262-60.31
70 Glass and glassware 21 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 336 0.00 0
73 Articles of iron or steel 55 0.00 43,713-99.87
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 170 0.00 0
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 5,379 0.01 42,157-87.24
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 823 0.00 246,175-99.67
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 817,384 2.02 1,304,015-37.32
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 2,866 0.01 8,467-66.15
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 42,016 0.10 96,187-56.32
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 0 0.00 650-100.00
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 102 0.00 26292.31
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia