Russian trade with Lebanon in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Lebanon
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Lebanon was $539,319,583, down 15.69% ($100,354,392) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2016 were $528,275,414, down 16.36% ($103,307,505) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2016 totaled $11,044,169, up 36.50% ($2,953,113) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Lebanon in 2016 was $517,231,245, a 17.04% decrease ($106,260,618) over 2015.
Lebanon was Russia’s 73rd largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 74th in 2015), accounting for 0.1153% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1215% in 2015).
Lebanon was Russia’s 64th largest export market in 2016 (down from 59th in 2015), accounting for 0.1850% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1838% in 2015).
Lebanon was Russia’s 112th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 116th in 2015), accounting for 0.0061% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0044% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Lebanon
The major share of Russian exports to Lebanon in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 40.98% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (14.85% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 39.48% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (74.76% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 7.56% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (1.82% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.82% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (2.49% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.10% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (1.67% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.96% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (4.22% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $114,234,836;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $28,774,522;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $12,690,150;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $10,028,309;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $7,438,431.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Lebanon 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) - a decrease of $259,057,923;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $8,052,106;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $4,552,238;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $3,379,041;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $2,938,964.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 14,844 | 0.00 | 1,904 | 679.62 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 2,850 | 0.00 | 155 | 1,738.71 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 638,348 | 0.12 | 121,127 | 427.01 |
10 | Cereals | 197,028,305 | 37.30 | 82,793,469 | 137.98 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 46,550 | 0.01 | 280 | 16,525.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 4,627 | 0.00 | 129,281 | -96.42 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 16,449,466 | 3.11 | 9,011,035 | 82.55 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 2,913 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 75,584 | 0.01 | 28,256 | 167.50 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 26,536 | 0.01 | 87 | 30,401.15 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 12,145 | 0.00 | 558 | 2,076.52 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 620 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 190,928 | 0.04 | 65,062 | 193.46 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 729,171 | 0.14 | 654,645 | 11.38 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,260,513 | 0.24 | 990,733 | 27.23 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 5,509 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,832,641 | 0.35 | 6,384,879 | -71.30 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 206,750,321 | 39.14 | 465,808,244 | -55.61 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 208,493 | 0.04 | 86,122 | 142.09 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 3,938,520 | 0.75 | 6,877,484 | -42.73 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 392,030 | 0.07 | 119,700 | 227.51 |
31 | Fertilizers | 2,597,928 | 0.49 | 2,159,495 | 20.30 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 132,761 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 38,669 | 0.01 | 219 | 17,557.08 |
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 | 286 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 705 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 13,919,739 | 2.63 | 1,229,589 | 1,032.06 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 427,959 | 0.08 | 23,007 | 1,760.13 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,426 | 0.00 | 74,619 | -98.09 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 417 | 0.00 | 2,034 | -79.50 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 11,641,311 | 2.20 | 19,693,417 | -40.89 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 409,673 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,559,047 | 0.67 | 6,938,088 | -48.70 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,218 | 0.00 | 868 | 385.94 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 2,365 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1 | 0.00 | 9 | -88.89 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 635 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 12,512 | 0.00 | 345 | 3,526.67 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 252 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 10,001 | 0.00 | 13,444 | -25.61 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 174 | -100.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 34 | 0.00 | 137 | -75.18 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 352 | 0.00 | 127,043 | -99.72 |
69 | Ceramic products | 54,346 | 0.01 | 371 | 14,548.52 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 41,891 | 0.01 | 10,825 | 286.98 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 39,582,933 | 7.49 | 10,808,411 | 266.22 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 352,152 | 0.07 | 307,122 | 14.66 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 65 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 37 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 302 | 0.00 | 369,331 | -99.92 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,628 | 0.00 | 491 | 231.57 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 354,468 | 0.07 | 560,607 | -36.77 |
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 | 338,208 | 0.06 | 772,356 | -56.21 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 24,348,449 | 4.61 | 14,320,140 | 70.03 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 427,212 | 0.08 | 91,361 | 367.61 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 44 | -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 | 115,632 | 0.02 | 71,049 | 62.75 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 7,143 | 0.00 | 819 | 772.16 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 20,204 | 0.00 | 970 | 1,982.89 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 6,135 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 257,637 | 0.05 | 929 264 | -72.28 |
Russia’s Imports from Lebanon
The major share of Russian imports from Lebanon in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 58.52% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (60.23% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.58% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (19.99% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 14.54% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (9.55% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.06% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (4.13% in 2015);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 2.93% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (3.32% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.35% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (1.43% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $3,741,863;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $619,636;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $391,442;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $296,559;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $213,707;
- 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 $154,591;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $143,442;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $55,326;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $54,891;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $43,558.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $2,311,625;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $165,580;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $142,206;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $72,711;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $50,674.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,913 | 0.03 | 2,314,538 | -99.87 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 101,038 | 0.91 | 132,833 | -23.94 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 17,119 | 0.16 | 3,239 | 428.53 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 225 | 0.00 | 7 | 3,114.29 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,310 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 19,863 | 0.18 | 1,866 | 964.47 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 296,559 | 2.69 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 126,801 | 1.15 | 83,243 | 52.33 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 33,976 | 0.31 | 84,650 | -59.86 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 151,695 | 1.37 | 293,901 | -48.39 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 12,756 | 0.12 | 1,426 | 794.53 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 18,345 | 0.17 | 18,942 | -3.15 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 5,680,073 | 51.43 | 1,938,210 | 193.06 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 167,628 | 1.52 | 333,208 | -49.69 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 4,368 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,716 | 0.04 | 21,529 | -78.09 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,654,352 | 14.98 | 1,262,910 | 31.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 31,437 | 0.28 | 23,619 | 33.10 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 65,603 | 0.59 | 35,218 | 86.28 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 141 | 0.00 | 36 | 291.67 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 56,924 | 0.52 | 2,033 | 2,700.00 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 91,642 | 0.83 | 113,777 | -19.45 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 1,554 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 23 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,142 | 0.01 | 41 | 2,685.37 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,356,792 | 12.29 | 737,156 | 84.06 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 247,772 | 2.24 | 34,065 | 627.35 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6,245 | 0.06 | 24,167 | -74.16 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 10,438 | -100.00 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 324,054 | 2.93 | 268,728 | 20.59 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,507 | 0.03 | 1,007 | 248.26 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 906 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 193 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 6 | 0.00 | 458 | -98.69 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 16,961 | 0.15 | 89,672 | -81.09 |
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 | 232,184 | 2.10 | 77,593 | 199.23 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 310,178 | 2.81 | 166,736 | 86.03 |
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 | 94 | 0.00 | 7,235 | -98.70 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,727 | 0.05 | 5,922 | -3.29 |