Russian trade with Slovenia 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 Slovenia in the fourth quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Slovenia
In the 4th quarter of 2016, Russia’s trade with Slovenia totaled $309,268,521, up 25.39% ($62,624,320) from the 4th quarter of 2015.
Russia’s exports to Slovenia in the 4th quarter of 2016 totaled $38,321,462, up 75.27% ($16,456,889) from the 4th quarter of 2015.
Russia’s imports from Slovenia in the 4th quarter of 2016 totaled $270,947,059, up 20.54% ($46,167,431) from the 4th quarter of 2015.
Russia’s trade deficit with Slovenia in the 4th quarter of 2016 was $232,625,597, a 14.64% increase ($29,710,542) over the 4th quarter of 2015.
Slovenia was Russia’s 57th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2016 (up from 62nd in the 4th quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.2270% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1886% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
Slovenia was Russia’s 88th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2016 (up from 102nd in the 4th quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0457% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0265% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
Slovenia was Russia’s 34th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2016 (up from 37th in the 4th quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.5168% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.4650% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Slovenia
The major share of Russian exports to Slovenia in the 4th quarter of 2016 (and in the 4th quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 68.43% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (15.22% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 18.96% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (63.25% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.56% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (10.51% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.13% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (1.08% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.67% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (3.26% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.50% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (3.74% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Slovenia in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th 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) - an increase of $22,890,248;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $989,793;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $323,281;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $269,707;
- 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 $160,794;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $115,230.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Slovenia in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $3,009,342;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $2,751,048;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - a decrease of $651,425;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $578,786;
- Lead and articles thereof (HS code 78) - a decrease of $480,656;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $434,143;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $209,420.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2016, US dollars ($) |
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 | 67,062 | 0.17 | 718,487 | -90.67 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 14,191 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 79,223 | 0.21 | 87,395 | -9.35 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6,264 | 0.02 | 5,022 | 24.73 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 196 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 23,768 | 0.06 | 6,645 | 257.68 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 408 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5,657 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 26,217,403 | 68.41 | 3,327,155 | 687.98 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 757,386 | 1.98 | 596,592 | 26.95 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 312,649 | 0.82 | 426,848 | -26.75 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,109,061 | 2.89 | 839,354 | 32.13 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,456 | 0.00 | 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 | 661 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 162,454 | 0.42 | 221,110 | -26.53 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 52,191 | 0.14 | 36,547 | 42.81 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 119,801 | 0.31 | 176,878 | -32.27 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 452,298 | 1.18 | 432,305 | 4.62 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 158,275 | 0.41 | 43,045 | 267.70 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 27,175 | 0.07 | 236,595 | -88.51 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 528 | 0.00 | 1,431 | -63.10 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 620 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 95,104 | 0.25 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 35,410 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 113,196 | 0.30 | 2,864,244 | -96.05 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 300,830 | 0.79 | 367,469 | -18.13 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 411,073 | 1.07 | 87,792 | 368.24 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 6,206,223 | 16.20 | 9,215,565 | -32.65 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 480,656 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 235,621 | 0.61 | 814,407 | -71.07 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,089,383 | 2.84 | 99,590 | 993.87 |
| 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 | 51,778 | 0.14 | 51,088 | 1.35 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 38,728 | -100.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 33,351 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 25,753 | 0.07 | 45,662 | -43.60 |
| 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 | 144,306 | 0.38 | 578,449 | -75.05 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 14,913 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 46,525 | 0.12 | 14,752 | 215.38 |
Russia’s Imports from Slovenia
The major share of Russian imports from Slovenia 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) - 55.01% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (45.82% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 32.79% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (37.83% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.46% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (6.20% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.98% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (3.80% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.23% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (2.91% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.22% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (1.24% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Slovenia in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $37,852,055;
- 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 $19,241,957;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $9,555,922;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,686,845;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,542,683;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $1,264,272;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,062,011.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Slovenia in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $19,439,218;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $1,838,488;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $1,784,269;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $1,024,008;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $960,301.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2016 over Q4 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 2,746 | 0.00 | 8,009 | -65.71 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 36,535 | 0.01 | 56,946 | -35.84 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 38,377 | 0.01 | 208,434 | -81.59 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 31,012 | 0.01 | 482 | 6,334.02 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 61,562 | 0.02 | 100,673 | -38.85 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 448,931 | 0.17 | 661,956 | -32.18 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 5,475 | 0.00 | 18,787 | -70.86 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,657 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,655,038 | 0.98 | 3,146,177 | -15.61 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 21,225 | 0.01 | 13,188 | 60.94 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,152,762 | 1.16 | 2,864,641 | 10.06 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 714,687 | 0.26 | 898,788 | -20.48 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 898,399 | 0.33 | 554,314 | 62.07 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 279,610 | 0.10 | 156,165 | 79.05 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 606 | 0.00 | 10,259 | -94.09 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 269,601 | 0.10 | 297,349 | -9.33 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 16,818,465 | 6.21 | 7,262,543 | 131.58 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 107,920,718 | 39.83 | 70,068,663 | 54.02 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,047,109 | 2.23 | 7,831,378 | -22.78 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,679,506 | 1.36 | 3,973,185 | -7.39 |
| 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 | 291,636 | 0.11 | 261,989 | 11.32 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 444,452 | 0.16 | 347,818 | 27.78 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 7,471,952 | 2.76 | 8,495,960 | -12.05 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,776,467 | 1.39 | 2,233,784 | 69.06 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,324,606 | 0.86 | 2,219,796 | 4.72 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 26,513 | 0.01 | 7,957 | 233.20 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 181,236 | 0.07 | 320,169 | -43.39 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,269,262 | 1.94 | 5,723,676 | -7.94 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 583,912 | 0.22 | 502,475 | 16.21 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 204,453 | 0.08 | 150,524 | 35.83 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,585 | 0.00 | 706 | 124.50 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,035,071 | 0.75 | 1,563,158 | 30.19 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 153 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 2,412 | 0.00 | 3,361 | -28.24 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 265,333 | 0.10 | 73,900 | 259.04 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 35,522 | 0.01 | 45,345 | -21.66 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 251,572 | 0.09 | 300,470 | -16.27 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 321,442 | 0.12 | 363,185 | -11.49 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 45,128 | 0.02 | 34,797 | 29.69 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 143,555 | 0.05 | 242,006 | -40.68 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,642 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,570 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,234,596 | 0.46 | 736,677 | 67.59 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 4,698 | 0.00 | 25,459 | -81.55 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 433,291 | 0.16 | 415,938 | 4.17 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 4,595,948 | 1.70 | 4,708,138 | -2.38 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,544,901 | 0.94 | 2,928,230 | -13.09 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 188,088 | 0.07 | 216,402 | -13.08 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 28,437 | 0.01 | 19,173 | 48.32 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 751,123 | 0.28 | 854,438 | -12.09 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 10,049 | 0.00 | 1,672 | 501.02 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 10,083 | 0.00 | 27,522 | -63.36 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 907,024 | 0.33 | 1,190,166 | -23.79 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,036,879 | 1.12 | 3,997,180 | -24.02 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 21,640,866 | 7.99 | 41,080,084 | -47.32 |
| 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 | 61,439,035 | 22.68 | 42,197,078 | 45.60 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,579,912 | 0.95 | 893,067 | 188.88 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,264,272 | 0.47 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,925,272 | 0.71 | 863,261 | 123.02 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 192 | 0.00 | 380 | -49.47 |
| 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 | 903,655 | 0.33 | 2,742,143 | -67.05 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 80,222 | 0.03 | 26,249 | 205.62 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 603,948 | 0.22 | 833,205 | -27.52 |
| SS | Classified | 226 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |