Russian trade with Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2016
February 21, 2017
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 Ecuador in the fourth quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ecuador
In the 4th quarter of 2016, Russia’s trade with Ecuador was $356,738,350, down 5.24% ($19,717,334) from the 4th quarter of 2015.
Russia’s exports to Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2016 were $40,988,291, down 35.39% ($22,447,889) from the 4th quarter of 2015.
Russia’s imports from Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2016 totaled $315,750,059, up 0.87% ($2,730,555) from the 4th quarter of 2015.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2016 was $274,761,768, a 10.09% increase ($25,178,444) over the 4th quarter of 2015.
Ecuador was Russia’s 53rd largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2016 (down from 51st in the 4th quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.2618% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2879% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
Ecuador was Russia’s 85th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2016 (down from 76th in the 4th quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0489% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0770% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
Ecuador was Russia’s 31st largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2016 (up from 33rd in the 4th quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.6022% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.6476% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Ecuador
The major share of Russian exports to Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2016 (and in the 4th quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 33.36% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (28.57% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 30.46% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (19.21% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 14.93% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (4.25% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.22% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (39.65% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.80% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (0.00% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.29% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (8.09% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th 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 $3,247,414;
- 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 $1,957,133;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $1,458,724;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $1,199,099;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $470,014;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $366,895;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $228,810;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $132,676.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th 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) - a decrease of $11,419,067;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $8,431,743;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $6,979,534;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $3,362,159;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,636,539.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2016 over Q4 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 97,139 | 0.24 | 624 | 15,467.15 |
| 10 | Cereals | 1,458,724 | 3.56 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 204 | 0.00 | 408 | -50.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 21,471 | 0.05 | 91,108 | -76.43 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 12,462,607 | 30.41 | 12,095,712 | 3.03 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,598,870 | 6.34 | 641,737 | 304.97 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 35,328 | 0.09 | 100,608 | -64.89 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 9,539,430 | 23.27 | 16,518,964 | -42.25 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 29,354 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 4,706 | 0.01 | 3,534 | 33.16 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 233,211 | 0.57 | 328,410 | -28.99 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 370,268 | 0.90 | 141,458 | 161.75 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 862,010 | 2.10 | 391,996 | 119.90 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 60,261 | 0.15 | 13,122 | 359.24 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 132,676 | 0.32 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,927,451 | 14.46 | 2,680,037 | 121.17 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 68,141 | 0.17 | 143,000 | -52.35 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,570 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,636,539 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 105,814 | 0.26 | 3,467,973 | -96.95 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,206 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 4,909 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,227,240 | 2.99 | 28,141 | 4,261.04 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 54 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 166 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 10,560 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,091,688 | 5.10 | 10,523,431 | -80.12 |
| 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 | 3,058,802 | 7.46 | 14,477,869 | -78.87 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 53,163 | 0.13 | 7,463 | 612.35 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 215,918 | 0.53 | 140,609 | 53.56 |
| 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 | 48,750 | 0.12 | 3,437 | 1,318.39 |
| SS | Classified | 266,600 | 0.65 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Ecuador
The major share of Russian imports from Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2016 (and in the 4th quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.95% of Russia’s total imports from Ecuador (99.99% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $18,714,501;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $10,394,702;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $2,082,470.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $28,565,495.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2016 over Q4 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 8,519,476 | 2.70 | 6,437,006 | 32.35 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 21,598,972 | 6.84 | 50,164,467 | -56.94 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 122,276 | 0.04 | 78,046 | 56.67 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 263,123,512 | 83.33 | 244,409,011 | 7.66 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 51,412 | 0.02 | 47,252 | 8.80 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 59,419 | 0.02 | 67,587 | -12.09 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 284,307 | 0.09 | 259,195 | 9.69 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 57,822 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 717,462 | 0.23 | 463,007 | 54.96 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,180,895 | 0.37 | 1,336,186 | -11.62 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 19,743,460 | 6.25 | 9,348,758 | 111.19 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 179,013 | 0.06 | 316,070 | -43.36 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 24,278 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 18 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 6,981 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 856 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 313 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,144 | 0.00 | 8,788 | -86.98 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 509 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 57 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 205 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 21,387 | 0.01 | 1,610 | 1,228.39 |
| 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 | 4,186 | 0.00 | 421 | 894.30 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 28,470 | 0.01 | 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 | 17,126 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 51 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 88,552 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |