Russian trade with Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016
September 24, 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 Brazil in the second quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia's Trade with Brazil
In the 2nd quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Brazil was $1,074,685,349, down 21.84% ($300,245,246) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia's exports to Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016 were $435,166,115, down 31.33% ($198,583,217) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia's imports from Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016 were $639,519,234, down 13.72% ($101,662,029) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia's trade deficit with Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016 was $204,353,119, a 90.22% increase ($96,921,188) over the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Brazil was Russia's 23rd largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 21st in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.9874% of Russia's total trade (down from 1.0085% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Brazil was Russia's 32nd largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 26th in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.6549% of Russia's total exports (down from 0.6923% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Brazil was Russia's 17th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 14th in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 1.5086% of Russia's total imports (down from 1.6548% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Russia's Exports to Brazil
The major share of Russian exports to Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 87.07% of Russia's total exports to Brazil (82.50% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 7.76% of Russia's total exports to Brazil (10.89% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.84% of Russia's total exports to Brazil (0.34% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.64% of Russia's total exports to Brazil (5.82% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.56% of Russia's total exports to Brazil (0.39% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's exports to Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $5,455,414;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $4,982,902;
- 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 $2,565,268.
The largest declines in Russia's exports to Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $127,507,609;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $27,420,950;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $23,633,726;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $17,850,978;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $11,597,293;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1,585,531.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2016 over Q2 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 213,984 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 79,336 | 0.02 | 12,759 | 521.80 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,935,279 | 1.59 | 18,532,572 | -62.58 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 26,838,333 | 6.17 | 50,472,059 | -46.83 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,899,631 | 0.90 | 1,334,463 | 192.25 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 908,645 | 0.21 | 407,253 | 123.12 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 365,870,806 | 84.08 | 493,378,415 | -25.84 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 9,080 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 500 | 0.00 | 124 | 303.23 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 4,501 | 0.00 | 2,843 | 58.32 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 84,047 | 0.02 | 160,461 | -47.62 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 563,292 | 0.13 | 2,148,823 | -73.79 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,543,975 | 1.73 | 25,394,953 | -70.29 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 8 | 0.00 | 62 | -87.10 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 220,550 | 0.05 | 73,636 | 199.51 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 816,824 | 0.19 | 1,195,342 | -31.67 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 782,852 | 0.18 | 1,193,847 | -34.43 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,982,914 | 1.15 | 12 | 41,524,183.33 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,950 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,448 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 57 | 0.00 | 512 | -88.87 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 77,010 | 0.02 | 55,916 | 37.72 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3,060 | 0.00 | 2,674 | 14.44 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 22,761 | 0.01 | 15,100 | 50.74 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 146,004 | 0.03 | 3,029 | 4,720.20 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,269 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 3,741,194 | 0.86 | 31,162,144 | -87.99 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,314,693 | 0.53 | 3,416,068 | -32.24 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 18,428 | 0.00 | 15 | 122,753.33 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 277 | 0.00 | 344 | -19.48 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 875,185 | 0.20 | 1,688,652 | -48.17 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 176,747 | 0.04 | 622,258 | -71.60 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 133 | 0.00 | 3,439 | -96.13 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,102 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 567,986 | 0.13 | 804,602 | -29.41 |
| 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 | 6,531,771 | 1.50 | 1,076,357 | 506.84 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 180,120 | 0.04 | 51,236 | 251.55 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 726,326 | 0.17 | 235,483 | 208.44 |
| 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 | 19,037 | 0.00 | 20,047 | -5.04 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 3,400 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 280,532 | -100.00 |
Russia's Imports from Brazil
The major share of Russian imports from Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 84.82% of Russia's total imports from Brazil (86.96% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.84% of Russia's total imports from Brazil (4.16% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.25% of Russia's total imports from Brazil (4.26% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.67% of Russia's total imports from Brazil (2.47% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's imports from Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd 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) - an increase of $79,697,057;
- 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 $5,934,028;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,204,595;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $2,217,676.
The largest declines in Russia's imports from Brazil in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $103,662,736;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $51,627,442;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $9,385,456;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $6,239,715;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $5,854,318;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $5,810,568;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $3,779,179;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $3,756,418;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $3,413,215.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2016 over Q2 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 259,214,586 | 40.53 | 362,877,322 | -28.57 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,083,278 | 0.17 | 0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 2,483,914 | 0.39 | 2,018,815 | 23.04 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 57 | 0.00 | 331 | -82.78 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,820,201 | 0.60 | 9,630,769 | -60.33 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 21,730,923 | 3.40 | 25,510,102 | -14.81 |
| 10 | Cereals | 106,594 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 428 | 0.00 | 809 | -47.10 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 152,350,951 | 23.82 | 72,653,894 | 109.69 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 2,224,089 | 0.35 | 6,413 | 34,580.94 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 343 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 493,457 | 0.08 | 79,556 | 520.26 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,828,804 | 0.29 | 53,456,246 | -96.58 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 28,962 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 15,990,869 | 2.50 | 17,757,636 | -9.95 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 17,864,166 | 2.79 | 21,620,584 | -17.37 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 22,493 | 0.00 | 88,097 | -74.47 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6,339,707 | 0.99 | 12,579,422 | -49.60 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 56,829,165 | 8.89 | 66,214,621 | -14.17 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 557,341 | 0.09 | 366,035 | 52.26 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 5,854,418 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 46 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 26,970,746 | 4.22 | 21,036,718 | 28.21 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4,955,686 | 0.77 | 4,515,624 | 9.75 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 803,543 | 0.13 | 1,167,364 | -31.17 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 351,810 | 0.06 | 152,198 | 131.15 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 274,163 | 0.04 | 400,202 | -31.49 |
| 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 | 232,225 | 0.04 | 116,216 | 99.82 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,608,286 | 0.25 | 706,926 | 127.50 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 10,404 | 0.00 | 18,794 | -44.64 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 100,854 | 0.02 | 709,146 | -85.78 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 770,281 | 0.12 | 762,650 | 1.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,247,945 | 0.20 | 1,221,107 | 2.20 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 333,034 | 0.05 | 411,813 | -19.13 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 20,846 | 0.00 | 4,404 | 384.34 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 236,830 | 0.04 | 67,330 | 251.75 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 2,724,095 | 0.43 | 4,048,990 | -32.72 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 397,161 | 0.06 | 158,255 | 150.96 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 408 | 0.00 | 2,492 | -83.63 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 468,419 | 0.07 | 518,277 | -9.62 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 115,061 | 0.02 | 549,541 | -79.06 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 89,538 | 0.01 | 56 | 159,789.29 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 49,750 | 0.01 | 76,295 | -34.79 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 68,858 | 0.01 | 41,901 | 64.33 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 40,650 | 0.01 | 8,822 | 360.78 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 30,067 | 0.00 | 44,143 | -31.89 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,325,595 | 0.36 | 2,518,458 | -7.66 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 183 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,279,769 | 0.20 | 957,852 | 33.61 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 1,025 | 0.00 | 15,931 | -93.57 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 125,804 | 0.02 | 75,842 | 65.88 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 75,781 | 0.01 | 10,095 | 650.68 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 25,187,474 | 3.94 | 28,600,689 | -11.93 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 992,317 | 0.16 | 486,496 | 103.97 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 260,010 | 0.04 | 182,395 | 42.55 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 29,392 | 0.00 | 6,012 | 388.89 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,435,300 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,255 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 610,604 | 0.10 | 840,959 | -27.39 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 88,690 | 0.01 | 42,539 | 108.49 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 16,611,869 | 2.60 | 13,407,274 | 23.90 |
| 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 | 2,967,801 | 0.46 | 2,113,679 | 40.41 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,027,159 | 0.47 | 1,846,637 | 63.93 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 857,755 | 0.13 | 970,853 | -11.65 |
| 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 | 30,496 | 0.00 | 6,789 | 349.20 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,414 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 173,054 | 0.03 | 34,675 | 399.07 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 173,399 | -100.00 |