Russian trade with Brazil in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Brazil
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Brazil was $4,309,030,517, down 10.95% ($529,964,884) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2016 were $1,785,571,072, down 7.21% ($138,706,888) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2016 were $2,523,459,445, down 13.42% ($391,257,996) from 2015.
Russia’s trade deficit with Brazil in 2016 was $737,888,373, a 25.50% decrease ($252,551,108) over 2015.
Brazil was Russia’s 23rd largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 22nd in 2015), accounting for 0.9212% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.9195% in 2015).
Brazil was Russia’s 37th largest export market in 2016 (down from 36th in 2015), accounting for 0.6254% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.5600% in 2015).
Brazil was Russia’s 15th largest supplier in 2016 (just as in 2015), accounting for 1.3845% of Russia’s total imports (down from 1.5956% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Brazil
The major share of Russian exports to Brazil in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 72.44% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (86.62% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 21.72% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (8.25% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.37% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (3.81% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.88% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (0.49% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $247,302,390;
- 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 $13,447,772.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $318,188,019;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $55,486,579;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $34,732,774;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $18,187,461.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 9,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 600,770 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 245,364 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,167,680 | 0.07 | 2,254,908 | -48.22 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 98,067 | 0.01 | 51,718 | 89.62 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 232 | 0.00 | 361 | -35.73 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 22,539,100 | 1.26 | 40,726,561 | -44.66 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 365,373,179 | 20.46 | 118,070,789 | 209.45 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 9,432,841 | 0.53 | 5,426,267 | 73.84 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2,325,024 | 0.13 | 2,066,175 | 12.53 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 275 | -100.00 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,240,851,645 | 69.49 | 1,559,039,664 | -20.41 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 326,725 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,180 | 0.00 | 124 | 1,658.06 |
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 | 25,406 | 0.00 | 217 | 11,607.83 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 14,478 | 0.00 | 2,843 | 409.25 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 310,892 | 0.02 | 583,381 | -46.71 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,308,870 | 0.13 | 6,275,379 | -63.21 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 37,924,500 | 2.12 | 93,411,079 | -59.40 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 8 | 0.00 | 506 | -98.42 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,340,766 | 0.08 | 622,438 | 115.41 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 3,167,923 | 0.18 | 4,779,323 | -33.72 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,249,673 | 0.24 | 4,698,737 | -9.56 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,984,587 | 0.28 | 5,613 | 88,704.33 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 190,512 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,650 | 0.00 | 6,281 | -25.97 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 16 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,448 | 0.00 | 4,896 | -50.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 57 | 0.00 | 2,167 | -97.37 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 7 | 0.00 | 80 | -91.25 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 188,839 | 0.01 | 185,648 | 1.72 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 5,499 | 0.00 | 17,227 | -68.08 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 303 | -100.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 56,991 | 0.00 | 42,566 | 33.89 |
69 | Ceramic products | 183,320 | 0.01 | 3,083 | 5,846.16 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 43,829 | 0.00 | 2,859 | 1,433.02 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 13,450 | 0.00 | 30,255 | -55.54 |
72 | Iron and steel | 28,749,978 | 1.61 | 63,482,752 | -54.71 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,888,295 | 0.33 | 4,162,116 | 41.47 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 34,711 | 0.00 | 17,133 | 102.60 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1,527 | 0.00 | 1,407 | 8.53 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,130,440 | 0.29 | 4,824,134 | 6.35 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,307,045 | 0.13 | 743,584 | 210.26 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 133 | 0.00 | 10,959 | -98.79 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 252,381 | 0.01 | 2,097 | 11,935.34 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,639,591 | 0.32 | 1,770,510 | 218.53 |
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 | 19,369,600 | 1.08 | 5,921,828 | 227.09 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,958,375 | 0.17 | 674,343 | 338.70 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,614,070 | 0.31 | 977,696 | 474.21 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 185 | -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 | 21,257 | 0.00 | 24,673 | -13.85 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 140 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1,091 | -100.00 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 3,400 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 11,615,139 | 0.65 | 3 348 149 | 246.91 |
Russia’s Imports from Brazil
The major share of Russian imports from Brazil in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 86.73% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (87.64% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.07% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (4.31% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.76% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (2.31% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.97% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (4.06% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2016 over 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 $180,093,218;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $20,493,326;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $13,681,947;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $9,940,218.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $396,335,037;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $96,074,939;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $42,443,010;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $40,389,503;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $22,879,673;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $14,816,924;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $8,494,283.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 1,134,928,736 | 44.98 | 1,531,263,773 | -25.88 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 12,231 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,441,532 | 0.14 | 2,227,578 | 54.50 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 10,919,307 | 0.43 | 10,940,116 | -0.19 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 590 | 0.00 | 1,058 | -44.23 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 92,481 | 0.00 | 22,675 | 307.85 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 14,128,916 | 0.56 | 28,945,840 | -51.19 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 91,183,509 | 3.61 | 94,443,750 | -3.45 |
10 | Cereals | 707,403 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 206,786 | 0.01 | 525,734 | -60.67 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 461,192,554 | 18.28 | 281,099,336 | 64.07 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 7,216,615 | 0.29 | 261,174 | 2,663.14 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 1,018 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 2,362,031 | 0.09 | 466,357 | 406.49 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 48,269,771 | 1.91 | 144,344,710 | -66.56 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 45,120 | 0.00 | 993 | 4,443.81 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 123,146 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 66,900,945 | 2.65 | 67,743,182 | -1.24 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 97,675,592 | 3.87 | 77,182,266 | 26.55 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 56,210 | 0.00 | 258,034 | -78.22 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 26,523,937 | 1.05 | 49,403,610 | -46.31 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 222,709,701 | 8.83 | 265,152,711 | -16.01 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,181,930 | 0.09 | 2,189,179 | -0.33 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 117,576 | 0.00 | 5,858,064 | -97.99 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,620 | 0.00 | 17,812 | -74.06 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 87,877,428 | 3.48 | 93,201,065 | -5.71 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 17,361,453 | 0.69 | 14,772,326 | 17.53 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,995,729 | 0.16 | 3,921,400 | 1.90 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,725 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 921,325 | 0.04 | 961,196 | -4.15 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,526,459 | 0.06 | 1,181,912 | 29.15 |
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 | 600,171 | 0.02 | 585,219 | 2.55 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 4,817,562 | 0.19 | 2,569,287 | 87.51 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 94,904 | 0.00 | 169,769 | -44.10 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,234,180 | 0.05 | 1,029,874 | 19.84 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,646,330 | 0.18 | 3,614,544 | 28.55 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,841,170 | 0.19 | 3,595,767 | 34.64 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 2,019,838 | 0.08 | 844,412 | 139.20 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 40,635 | 0.00 | 14,209 | 185.98 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 26,808 | 0.00 | 33,682 | -20.41 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 836,479 | 0.03 | 710,578 | 17.72 |
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 | 6,903,928 | 0.27 | 15,398,211 | -55.16 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,313,406 | 0.05 | 1,566,354 | -16.15 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 20,207 | 0.00 | 15,093 | 33.88 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 4,841 | -100.00 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,618,067 | 0.06 | 1,716,269 | -5.72 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 643,861 | 0.03 | 1,103,135 | -41.63 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 664 | 0.00 | 79,412 | -99.16 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 94,454 | 0.00 | 51,661 | 82.83 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 317 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 253,884 | 0.01 | 239,803 | 5.87 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 115,237 | 0.00 | 133,713 | -13.82 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 77,295 | 0.00 | 105,154 | -26.49 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 265,974 | 0.01 | 225,484 | 17.96 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 12,755,157 | 0.51 | 13,389,887 | -4.74 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 726 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 5,483,754 | 0.22 | 3,561,047 | 53.99 |
69 | Ceramic products | 986,301 | 0.04 | 71,513 | 1,279.19 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 568,954 | 0.02 | 388,717 | 46.37 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 284,434 | 0.01 | 391,125 | -27.28 |
72 | Iron and steel | 66,763,427 | 2.65 | 107,152,930 | -37.69 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,276,072 | 0.13 | 2,883,251 | 13.62 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 818,734 | 0.03 | 921,802 | -11.18 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 90,652 | 0.00 | 93,189 | -2.72 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 377 | -100.00 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 312,647 | 0.01 | 2,760,236 | -88.67 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 179 | 0.00 | 7,951 | -97.75 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,309,262 | 0.13 | 4,159,834 | -20.45 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 281,442 | 0.01 | 370,413 | -24.02 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 53,178,912 | 2.11 | 43,238,694 | 22.99 |
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 | 13,208,766 | 0.52 | 9,393,386 | 40.62 |
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 | 2,338 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 25,327,630 | 1.00 | 11,645,683 | 117.49 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,279,481 | 0.13 | 3,107,056 | 5.55 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 572 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 86,063 | 0.00 | 183,180 | -53.02 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,502 | 0.00 | 14,829 | -76.38 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 361,725 | 0.01 | 222,042 | 62.91 |
SS | Classified | 50,423 | 0.00 | 444 514 | -88.66 |