Russian trade with Slovakia in the 2nd quarter of 2016
September 27, 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 Slovakia in the second quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia's Trade with Slovakia
In the 2nd quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Slovakia was $1,041,254,900, down 28.28% ($410,620,609) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia's exports to Slovakia in the 2nd quarter of 2016 were $646,320,920, down 35.43% ($354,637,274) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia's imports from Slovakia in the 2nd quarter of 2016 were $394,933,980, down 12.42% ($55,983,335) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia's trade surplus with Slovakia in the 2nd quarter of 2016 was $251,386,940, a 54.30% decrease ($298,653,939) over the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Slovakia was Russia's 24th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 20th in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.9567% of Russia's total trade (down from 1.0649% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Slovakia was Russia's 22nd largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 19th in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.9727% of Russia's total exports (down from 1.0934% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Slovakia was Russia's 25th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 23rd in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.9316% of Russia's total imports (down from 1.0068% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Russia's Exports to Slovakia
The major share of Russian exports to Slovakia in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 90.21% of Russia's total exports to Slovakia (93.15% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.77% of Russia's total exports to Slovakia (3.47% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.77% of Russia's total exports to Slovakia (2.33% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.72% of Russia's total exports to Slovakia (0.75% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's exports to Slovakia in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,578,095.
The largest declines in Russia's exports to Slovakia in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd 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 $333,736,675;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $15,606,460;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $7,470,972;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $3,110,836.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2016 over Q2 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 8,476 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,332 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 596 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 2,081 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 123 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 298 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 28,918 | 0.00 | 65,634 | -55.94 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 63,761 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 104,822 | 0.02 | 40,979 | 155.79 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 143,217 | 0.02 | 213,789 | -33.01 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 17,780,352 | 2.75 | 33,386,812 | -46.74 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 565,098,295 | 87.43 | 898,834,970 | -37.13 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,912,234 | 0.45 | 1,571,160 | 85.36 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 10,696,029 | 1.65 | 18,167,001 | -41.12 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 268,886 | 0.04 | 8,254 | 3,157.64 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 823,630 | 0.13 | 6,510 | 12,551.77 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 7,731 | 0.00 | 629 | 1,129.09 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 13,037 | 0.00 | 980 | 1,230.31 |
| 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 | 115 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 2,428 | 0.00 | 9,071 | -73.23 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 433,666 | 0.07 | 271,564 | 59.69 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 945,819 | 0.15 | 603,640 | 56.69 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 14,697,190 | 2.27 | 14,052,078 | 4.59 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 202,258 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 27,255 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 3,965 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,582,743 | 0.24 | 1,386,402 | 14.16 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 201,494 | 0.03 | 218,071 | -7.60 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 404 | 0.00 | 51 | 692.16 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 32,930 | 0.01 | 36,918 | -10.80 |
| 52 | Cotton | 42,283 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 20,158 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,881 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 368 | 0.00 | 13 | 2,730.77 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 19,001 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,149 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 153 | 0.00 | 46,630 | -99.67 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,682 | 0.00 | 2,259 | 107.26 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 41 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 33,908 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 857,581 | 0.13 | 989,622 | -13.34 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 21,252 | 0.00 | 98,980 | -78.53 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 19,378 | 0.00 | 15,495 | 25.06 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 15,853,579 | 2.45 | 18,964 415 | -16.40 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 304,457 | 0.05 | 131,995 | 130.66 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 702,896 | 0.11 | 1,982,373 | -64.54 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 608,822 | 0.09 | 1,765,267 | -65.51 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 734 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 203,000 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 413,215 | 0.06 | 236,310 | 74.86 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 29,253 | 0.00 | 11,226 | 160.58 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,881,961 | 0.91 | 1,303,866 | 351.12 |
| 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 | 2,472,970 | 0.38 | 3,365,613 | -26.52 |
| 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 | 1,491,462 | 0.23 | 902,606 | 65.24 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 935,248 | 0.14 | 390,201 | 139.68 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 325,182 | 0.05 | 1,496,798 | -78.27 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 9,080 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 47,187 | -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 | 168,390 | 0.03 | 50,264 | 235.01 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 18,469 | 0.00 | 7,979 | 131.47 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 30,401 | 0.00 | 26,294 | 15.62 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 8,169 | -100.00 |
Russia's Imports from Slovakia
The major share of Russian imports from Slovakia 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) - 80.70% of Russia's total imports from Slovakia (83.98% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.52% of Russia's total imports from Slovakia (7.10% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.72% of Russia's total imports from Slovakia (2.35% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.41% of Russia's total imports from Slovakia (1.32% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.32% of Russia's total imports from Slovakia (1.09% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.18% of Russia's total imports from Slovakia (0.45% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's imports from Slovakia in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $2,698,272;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,713,230.
The largest declines in Russia's imports from Slovakia in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd 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 $24,518,966;
- 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 $23,092,557;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $5,817,894;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $3,320,206;
- 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 $2,218,563.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2016 over Q2 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 15,639 | 0.00 | 339,784 | -95.40 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,150,028 | 0.80 | 2,609,632 | 20.71 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 31,753 | 0.01 | 4,925 | 544.73 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 5,691 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 257,841 | 0.07 | 336,495 | -23.37 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 415,569 | 0.11 | 389,525 | 6.69 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 339 | 0.00 | 143,024 | -99.76 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 183,001 | 0.05 | 118,256 | 54.75 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 81,821 | 0.02 | 186,590 | -56.15 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 136,755 | 0.03 | 174,878 | -21.80 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 94,297 | 0.02 | 103,937 | -9.27 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 434,796 | 0.11 | 293,740 | 48.02 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 251 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 66,636 | 0.02 | 59,779 | 11.47 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 236,088 | 0.06 | 169,083 | 39.63 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 114,831 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,108,643 | 0.28 | 968,760 | 14.44 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 20,160 | 0.01 | 15,652 | 28.80 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 254,796 | 0.06 | 130,920 | 94.62 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3,336,559 | 0.84 | 3,900,451 | -14.46 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,307,178 | 2.86 | 9,593,948 | 17.86 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 144,529 | 0.04 | 229,307 | -36.97 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 458,423 | 0.12 | 591,473 | -22.49 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 4,207,406 | 1.07 | 4 431,546 | -5.06 |
| 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 | 448,669 | 0.11 | 119,543 | 275.32 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 466,567 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 238 | 0.00 | 85 | 180.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,003,972 | 0.25 | 966,295 | 3.90 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,997,167 | 1.52 | 5,843,521 | 2.63 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,022,740 | 1.52 | 6,193,586 | -2.76 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 90,974 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 386,086 | 0.10 | 131,918 | 192.67 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 615,920 | 0.16 | 507,456 | 21.37 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 192,151 | 0.05 | 11,749 | 1,535.47 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 233,521 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,242,596 | 1.07 | 1,544,424 | 174.72 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 210,331 | 0.05 | 251,779 | -16.46 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 573,245 | 0.15 | 201,555 | 184.41 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 293,681 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 433,901 | 0.11 | 783,230 | -44.60 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 27,410 | 0.01 | 140,810 | -80.53 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,015,935 | 0.26 | 761,130 | 33.48 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 90,451 | 0.02 | 37,130 | 143.61 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 4,167 | 0.00 | 22,711 | -81.65 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 376,431 | 0.10 | 848,640 | -55.64 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 352,199 | 0.09 | 497,638 | -29.23 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 303,456 | 0.08 | 455,458 | -33.37 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,370,188 | 0.60 | 1,929,538 | 22.84 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,284 | 0.00 | 726 | 76.86 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 3,886 | 0.00 | 189 | 1,956.08 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 210,739 | 0.05 | 197,173 | 6.88 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 62,804 | 0.02 | 187,867 | -66.57 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 600,116 | 0.15 | 617,111 | -2.75 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 348 | 0.00 | 1,470 | -76.33 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 3,515,149 | 0.89 | 2,489,555 | 41.20 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,022,947 | 1.27 | 5,925,623 | -15.23 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 16,153 | 0.00 | 21,351 | -24.35 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 544,903 | 0.14 | 634,253 | -14.09 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 195 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 8,616 | 0.00 | 11,626 | -25.89 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 365,520 | 0.09 | 587,794 | -37.81 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,253,689 | 0.32 | 928,645 | 35.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 60,859,014 | 15.41 | 66,676,908 | -8.73 |
| 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 | 57,218,960 | 14.49 | 80,311,517 | -28.75 |
| 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 | 626,686 | 0.16 | 2,845,249 | -77.97 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 195,910,611 | 49.61 | 220,429,577 | -11.12 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 3,320,206 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 4,101,791 | 1.04 | 5,089,349 | -19.40 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 221 | 0.00 | 98 | 125.51 |
| 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 | 8,180,433 | 2.07 | 8,816,299 | -7.21 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 625,181 | 0.16 | 581,801 | 7.46 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4,516,293 | 1.14 | 4,403,981 | 4.93 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 617 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 371,944 | -100.00 |