Russian trade with Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia's Trade with Sudan
In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Sudan totaled $54,120,496, up 51.91% ($18,494,876) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2016 totaled $54,092,211, up 52.59% ($18,642,287) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $28,285, down 83.90% ($147,411) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's trade surplus with Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2016 was $54,063,926, a 53.27% increase ($18,789,698) over the 1st quarter of 2015.
Sudan was Russia's 91st largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 100th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0556% of Russia's total trade (up from 0.0269% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Sudan was Russia's 75th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 85th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0881% of Russia's total exports (up from 0.0393% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Sudan was Russia's 151st largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 143th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia's total imports (down from 0.0004% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Russia's Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 97.29% of Russia's total exports to Sudan (81.26% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.50% of Russia's total exports to Sudan (2.84% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.45% of Russia's total exports to Sudan (1.82% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.38% of Russia's total exports to Sudan (12.19% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $25,108,500;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $405,791.
The largest declines in Russia's exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $4,258,797;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $1,225,888;
- 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 $550,188;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $399,435.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 40,008,951 | 73.96 | 168.51 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 12,596,265 | 23.29 | -8.87 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 20,563 | 0.04 | -75.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 244,597 | 0.45 | -62.02 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 44,525 | 0.08 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 77 | 0.00 | -82.01 |
| 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 | 5,176 | 0.01 | 152.61 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 62,616 | 0.12 | 178,802.86 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,614 | 0.00 | -87.62 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 94,174 | 0.17 | 260.81 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 478,080 | 0.88 | 561.35 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 200 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 241 | 0.00 | -99.02 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 40 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 7,600 | 0.01 | -43.68 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 15,397 | 0.03 | 14,563.81 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 10 | 0.00 | -99.98 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 10 | 0.00 | -98.97 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 201,400 | 0.37 | -42.55 |
| 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 | 25,889 | 0.05 | -95.51 |
| 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 | 500 | 0.00 | -96.90 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,000 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 41,025 | 0.08 | -35.49 |
| 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 | 980 | 0.00 | -94.75 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 29 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 241,252 | 0.45 | -50.86 |
Russia's Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 96.10% of Russia's total imports from Sudan (91.75% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.90% of Russia's total imports from Sudan (8.25% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $26,712.
The largest declines in Russia's imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $151,344;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $9,395;
- 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 $6,753;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $5,352;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,279.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 27,181 | 96.10 | 5,695.52 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 1,104 | 3.90 | -85.95 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |