Russian trade with Mexico in the 2nd quarter of 2016
September 17, 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 the second quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia's Trade with Mexico
In the 2nd quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Mexico was $427,489,242, down 5.76% ($26,146,136) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia's exports to Mexico in the 2nd quarter of 2016 were $269,083,086, down 9.56% ($28,453,387) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia's imports from Mexico in the 2nd quarter of 2016 totaled $158,406,156, up 1.48% ($2,307,251) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia's trade surplus with Mexico in the 2nd quarter of 2016 was $110,676,930, a 21.75% decrease ($30,760,638) over the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Mexico was Russia's 43rd largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (up from 44th in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.3928% of Russia's total trade (up from 0.3327% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Mexico was Russia's 40th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (up from 46th in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.4050% of Russia's total exports (up from 0.3250% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Mexico was Russia's 46th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (up from 47th in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.3737% of Russia's total imports (up from 0.3485% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Russia's Exports to Mexico
The major share of Russian exports to Mexico in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 76.74% of Russia's total exports to Mexico (80.87% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.10% of Russia's total exports to Mexico (13.78% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.84% of Russia's total exports to Mexico (0.08% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.12% of Russia's total exports to Mexico (1.01% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.52% of Russia's total exports to Mexico (3.07% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's exports to Mexico in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $17,998,040;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $11,781,243.
The largest declines in Russia's exports to Mexico in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $31,418,485;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $14,886,118;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $5,918,664;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $3,007,184;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $1,793,798.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2016 over Q2 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 10,000 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 7,583 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 17,998,040 | 6.69 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 45,450 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 4,951 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 12,217 | 0.00 | 23,986 | -49.07 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 343,818 | 0.13 | 210,964 | 62.97 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 1,793,798 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,410,899 | 0.52 | 7,329,563 | -80.75 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 260,697 | 0.10 | 145,917 | 78.66 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 18,890 | 0.01 | 161,363 | -88.29 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 57,485 | 0.02 | 4,710 | 1,120.49 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 25,205,889 | 9.37 | 40,092,007 | -37.13 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 862 | 0.00 | 2,000 | -56.90 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 102 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,774 | 0.00 | 7,131 | -33.05 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 22,042 | 0.01 | 412 | 5,250.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 12,369,291 | 4.60 | 588,048 | 2,003.45 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 536,613 | 0.20 | 526,510 | 1.92 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,474,389 | 0.92 | 2,469,060 | 0.22 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,153 | 0.00 | 252 | 1,944.84 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5,556 | 0.00 | 11,988 | -53.65 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 49 | 0.00 | 27,817 | -99.82 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 23,625 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 521 | 0.00 | 104 400 | -99.50 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 61,653 | 0.02 | 28,238 | 118.33 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 192,602,063 | 71.58 | 195,609,247 | -1.54 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 32,691 | 0.01 | 48,115 | -32.06 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,236 | 0.00 | 168 | 1,230.95 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5,686 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 13,349,115 | 4.96 | 44,767,600 | -70.18 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 520,966 | 0.19 | 159,102 | 227.44 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 26,262 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 104 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 625,597 | 0.23 | 525,651 | 19.01 |
| 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 | 344,862 | 0.13 | 762,891 | -54.80 |
| 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 | 573,484 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 68,449 | 0.03 | 47,446 | 44.27 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 52,868 | 0.02 | 54,885 | -3.67 |
| 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 | 280 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 38,500 | 0.01 | 10,732 | 258.74 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,480 | 0.00 | 1,940 | -23.71 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 1,978,342 | -100.00 |
Russia's Imports from Mexico
The major share of Russian imports from Mexico in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 73.79% of Russia's total imports from Mexico (72.60% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 11.68% of Russia's total imports from Mexico (8.84% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.36% of Russia's total imports from Mexico (7.81% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.18% of Russia's total imports from Mexico (7.27% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.26% of Russia's total imports from Mexico (0.86% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's imports from Mexico in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $5,384,430;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,662,244;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $2,066,522;
- 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 $1,659,521;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,148,341;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $668,285.
The largest declines in Russia's imports from Mexico in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $3,332,068;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,920,696;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,264,065;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $951,645;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $919,700;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $834,285;
- 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 $776,834;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $644,417;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $582,461.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2016, US dollars ($) |
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 | 438,238 | 0.28 | 1,357,938 | -67.73 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 24,261 | 0.02 | 17,655 | 37.42 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 444 | 0.00 | 132,789 | -99.67 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,054,699 | 1.30 | 906,358 | 126.70 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,083,734 | 0.68 | 959,022 | 13.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 391,941 | 0.25 | 433,263 | -9.54 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 12,688 | 0.01 | 177 | 7,068.36 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 41,974 | 0.03 | 25,216 | 66.46 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 7,528 | 0.00 | 82,690 | -90.90 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 491,026 | 0.31 | 642,373 | -23.56 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 925,158 | 0.58 | 1,876,803 | -50.71 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 12,742,746 | 8.04 | 7,358,316 | 73.17 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 283,554 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 322,802 | 0.20 | 122,426 | 163.67 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 329,434 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 265 | 0.00 | 2,916 | -90.91 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 34,890 | 0.02 | 811,724 | -95.70 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 308,156 | 0.19 | 221,614 | 39.05 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,690,826 | 1.70 | 3,273,287 | -17.79 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 605,590 | 0.38 | 956,429 | -36.68 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 864,436 | 0.55 | 442,267 | 95.46 |
| 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 | 439,185 | 0.28 | 377,496 | 16.34 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 412,584 | 0.26 | 431,525 | -4.39 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 82 | 0.00 | 277 | -70.40 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 202,644 | 0.13 | 620,480 | -67.34 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,489,081 | 1.57 | 3,323,366 | -25.10 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,025,541 | 1.28 | 1,733,486 | 16.85 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 244,033 | 0.15 | 27,034 | 802.69 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 25,326 | 0.02 | 22,554 | 12.29 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 68 | 0.00 | 340 | -80.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 23,671 | 0.01 | 76,437 | -69.03 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 302,785 | 0.19 | 218,668 | 38.47 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 25,742 | 0.02 | 24,903 | 3.37 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 108,852 | 0.07 | 135,022 | -19.38 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 133,893 | 0.08 | 306,013 | -56.25 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 417,689 | 0.26 | 335,998 | 24.31 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,030,854 | 0.65 | 362,569 | 184.32 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 262,637 | 0.17 | 141,725 | 85.31 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 18,044 | 0.01 | 41,221 | -56.23 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 163 | 0.00 | 794 | -79.47 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 265,302 | 0.17 | 212,314 | 24.96 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 63,749 | 0.04 | 31,713 | 101.02 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 490,559 | 0.31 | 626,874 | -21.75 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 10,314 | 0.01 | 445 | 2,217.75 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 114,044 | 0.07 | 41,640 | 173.88 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,411,883 | 2.79 | 5,675,948 | -22.27 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 15,521 | 0.01 | 10,064 | 54.22 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 235,864 | 0.15 | 16,219 | 1,354.25 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 426,421 | 0.27 | 670,831 | -36.43 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 207 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 159 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 12,553 | 0.01 | 26,255 | -52.19 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 825,782 | 0.52 | 4,157,850 | -80.14 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 571,848 | 0.36 | 742,513 | -22.98 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 30,596,590 | 19.32 | 30,502,715 | 0.31 |
| 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 | 30,635,218 | 19.34 | 28,975,697 | 5.73 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 36,477,189 | 23.03 | 33,814,945 | 7.87 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3,059,207 | 1.93 | 992,685 | 208.18 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 16,115,650 | 10.17 | 19,036,346 | -15.34 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,778 | 0.00 | 153 | 1,062.09 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 21,990 | 0.01 | 14,212 | 54.73 |
| 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 | 688,963 | 0.43 | 490,818 | 40.37 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 836,836 | 0.53 | 1,481,253 | -43.50 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 711,265 | 0.45 | 767,989 | -7.39 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 6,255 | -100.00 |