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Russian trade with Azerbaijan in the 1st quarter of 2016

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia's foreign trade in goods with Azerbaijan in the first quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia's Trade with Azerbaijan

In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Azerbaijan was $253,845,380, down 64.09% ($453,135,095) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's exports to Azerbaijan in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $200,545,535, down 68.36% ($433,357,490) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's imports from Azerbaijan in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $53,299,845, down 27.06% ($19,777,605) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's trade surplus with Azerbaijan in the 1st quarter of 2016 was $147,245,690, a 73.74% decrease ($413,579,885) over the 1st quarter of 2015.

Azerbaijan was Russia's 56th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 33rd in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.2609% of Russia's total trade (down from 0.5344% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Azerbaijan was Russia's 50th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 32nd in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.3268% of Russia's total exports (down from 0.7023% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Azerbaijan was Russia's 60th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 58th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.1483% of Russia's total imports (down from 0.1739% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Russia's Exports to Azerbaijan

The major share of Russian exports to Azerbaijan 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) - 45.26% of Russia's total exports to Azerbaijan (30.76% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 18.48% of Russia's total exports to Azerbaijan (14.75% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 10.49% of Russia's total exports to Azerbaijan (3.66% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.83% of Russia's total exports to Azerbaijan (7.99% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.12% of Russia's total exports to Azerbaijan (39.87% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.89% of Russia's total exports to Azerbaijan (0.74% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

The largest gains in Russia's exports to Azerbaijan in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $6,414,355;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $4,251,470;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,841,918;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,419,513;
  • Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $1,136,181;
  • Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $853,148;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $850,873;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $704,605.

The largest declines in Russia's exports to Azerbaijan in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 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 $213,323,912;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $69,102,000;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $36,448,027;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $28,982,963;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $28,485,185;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $16,183,914;
  • 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 $12,228,494;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $6,421,288;
  • Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $3,392,686;
  • Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $3,144,880;
  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $2,991,548;
  • Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $2,940,356;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $2,749,703;
  • Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $2,333,214;
  • Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $1,827,216;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,798,943;
  • Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $1,570,019;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,518,050;
  • Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $1,470,375;
  • 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 (HS code 34) - a decrease of $1,072,377;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $1,045,497;
  • Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $1,036,527;
  • 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 $993,092;
  • Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $963,116;
  • Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $908,405;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $852,028;
  • 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 $720,304;
  • Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - a decrease of $685,865;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $613,161.
Russia's exports to Azerbaijan in the 1st quarter of 2016 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent share
in total export
in Q1 2016
Percent change
in Q1 2016
over Q1 2015
01 Live animals 196,993 0.10 -88.19
02 Meat and edible meat offal 23,676 0.01 32,332.88
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 176,505 0.09 328.66
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 1,966,358 0.98 -32.88
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 6,298 0.00
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 5,387 0.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 6,794,337 3.39 1,688.07
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 81,760 0.04 220.41
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 334,797 0.17 -6.79
10 Cereals 32,269,609 16.09 -68.17
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 2,312,211 1.15 -40.44
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 714,960 0.36 -18.96
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 11,792 0.01
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 -100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 12,690,091 6.33 50.38
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 1,331,315 0.66 -34.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 1,350,270 0.67 -40.22
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 3,577,356 1.78 -45.11
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 3,102,609 1.55 -52.23
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 1,138,909 0.57 -47.65
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 3,448,601 1.72 -34.63
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 997,710 0.50 -70.05
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 1,653,765 0.82 -11.24
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 16,581,439 8.27 -63.21
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 793,844 0.40 -43.58
26 Ores, slag and ash 64,657 0.03 -69.72
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 4,938,658 2.46 59.48
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 3,685,350 1.84 44.57
29 Organic chemicals 88,130 0.04 -55.40
30 Pharmaceutical products 3,782,874 1.89 29.02
31 Fertilizers 5,603,765 2.79 33.93
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 199,798 0.10 -13.60
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 2,000,279 1.00 54.38
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 1,508,520 0.75 -41.55
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 153,369 0.08 -70.19
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 271,147 0.14 -15.10
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 1,059 0.00 -88.40
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 872,646 0.44 -54.51
39 Plastics and articles thereof 1,662,691 0.83 -62.32
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,217,518 0.61 -41.17
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 11,599 0.01 -78.77
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 0 0.00 -100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 15,026,878 7.49 -65.86
45 Cork and articles of cork 0 0.00 -100.00
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 5,550 0.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 4,488,487 2.24 -28.61
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 187,818 0.09 -42.77
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 0 0.00 -100.00
52 Cotton 78,011 0.04 -71.93
54 Man-made filaments 0 0.00 -100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 507,637 0.25 27.70
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 950 0.00
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 81 0.00 -54.49
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 1,295 0.00 -99.36
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 0 0.00 -100.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 80,946 0.04 -47.58
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 100,460 0.05 -22.15
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 27,453 0.01 23.85
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 128,681 0.06 -2.83
65 Headgear and parts thereof 4,704 0.00 -22.43
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 0 0.00 -100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 852,515 0.43 -78.67
69 Ceramic products 960,672 0.48 9.85
70 Glass and glassware 3,748,713 1.87 29.46
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 45,270 0.02 -44.00
72 Iron and steel 26,119,336 13.02 -58.25
73 Articles of iron or steel 8,739,210 4.36 -64.94
74 Copper and articles thereof 946,301 0.47 -75.97
75 Nickel and articles thereof 9,119 0.00 56,893.75
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 662,497 0.33 -42.75
78 Lead and articles thereof 66,297 0.03
79 Zinc and articles thereof 51,469 0.03
80 Tin and articles thereof 20,220 0.01
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 15,136 0.01 2,087.28
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 294,819 0.15 -49.34
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 133,175 0.07 -57.01
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 5,688,065 2.84 -53.03
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 4,683,177 2.34 -17.50
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 2,715,119 1.35 -81.83
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 4,240,551 2.11 -98.05
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 5,279 0.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 948,059 0.47 -61.56
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 4,810 0.00 36.88
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 0 0.00 -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 126,236 0.06 -85.09
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 49,161 0.02 -83.06
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 452,295 0.23 -39.40
SS Classified 706,431 0.35 -76.00

Russia's Imports from Azerbaijan

The major share of Russian imports from Azerbaijan 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) - 61.42% of Russia's total imports from Azerbaijan (32.27% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 13.78% of Russia's total imports from Azerbaijan (14.41% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 9.61% of Russia's total imports from Azerbaijan (6.05% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.03% of Russia's total imports from Azerbaijan (5.45% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.62% of Russia's total imports from Azerbaijan (3.64% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.84% of Russia's total imports from Azerbaijan (0.65% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

The largest gains in Russia's imports from Azerbaijan in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $9,014,318;
  • Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $1,923,363;
  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,464,362;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $706,296;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $439,225;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $300,236;
  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $238,026;
  • Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $196,265;
  • Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $175,568;
  • Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $168,400;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $164,665.

The largest declines in Russia's imports from Azerbaijan in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 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 $3,303,375;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $3,218,755;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $1,661,805;
  • Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $1,366,627;
  • Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $1,235,851;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $514,670.
Russia's imports from Azerbaijan in the 1st quarter of 2016 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports
in Q1 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent share
in total import
in Q1 2016
Percent change
in Q1 2016
over Q1 2015
01 Live animals 1,914 0.00
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 196,265 0.37
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 11,961,644 22.44 305.85
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 15,805,427 29.65 10.21
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 708,886 1.33 50.55
10 Cereals 0 0.00 -100.00
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 182 0.00
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 68,832 0.13 434.04
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 45,101 0.08 5.87
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 111,475 0.21 -50.52
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 871,887 1.64 25.21
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 202,931 0.38 18.63
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 2,616,874 4.91 -34.31
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 143,600 0.27 -78.19
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 684,399 1.28 19.28
26 Ores, slag and ash 4,453 0.01
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 6,653,700 12.48 -33.18
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 168,400 0.32
29 Organic chemicals 412,768 0.77 -80.10
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 210,246 0.39 -25.88
39 Plastics and articles thereof 602,649 1.13 99.28
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 216 0.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 16,000 0.03
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 164,665 0.31
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 22,311 0.04 22.57
52 Cotton 2,679,666 5.03 254.31
54 Man-made filaments 63,105 0.12 -3.13
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 46,865 0.09 66.27
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 2,335,139 4.38 -34.61
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 20,655 0.04
69 Ceramic products 72 0.00
73 Articles of iron or steel 209,416 0.39 -93.89
74 Copper and articles thereof 263,190 0.49 130.18
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 1,143,123 2.14 161.69
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 160 0.00 -85.68
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 553,070 1.04 385.81
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 304,436 0.57 106.35
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 120,952 0.23 -44.32
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 83,303 0.16 5.16
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 105 0.00
SS Classified 3,801,763 7.13 -86.09
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia