Russian trade with South Ossetia in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with South Ossetia
In 2016, Russia’s trade with South Ossetia totaled $55,771,870, up 3.02% ($1,633,201) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to South Ossetia in 2016 totaled $49,602,025, up 7.77% ($3,577,416) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from South Ossetia in 2016 were $6,169,845, down 23.96% ($1,944,215) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with South Ossetia in 2016 was $43,432,180, a 14.56% increase ($5,521,631) over 2015.
South Ossetia was Russia’s 123rd largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 128th in 2015), accounting for 0.0119% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0103% in 2015).
South Ossetia was Russia’s 110th largest export market in 2016 (up from 119th in 2015), accounting for 0.0174% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0134% in 2015).
South Ossetia was Russia’s 125th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 115th in 2015), accounting for 0.0034% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0044% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to South Ossetia
The major share of Russian exports to South Ossetia in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 24.23% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (27.84% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 21.21% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (28.00% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 20.86% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (8.82% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.54% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (7.10% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.80% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (9.34% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.31% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (12.34% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.45% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (1.21% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to South Ossetia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,478,183;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,562,626;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $1,742,092;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $1,682,696;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,468,020;
- 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 $981,653;
- 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) - an increase of $801,632;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $648,562;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $390,534;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $277,639;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $222,093;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $220,139.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to South Ossetia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $5,219,622;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $2,070,613;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $822,453;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $731,960;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $721,240;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $612,989;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - a decrease of $237,565;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $183,208;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $163,236.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 66,062 | 0.13 | 16,010 | 312.63 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 391,471 | 0.79 | 391,061 | 0.10 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 8,049 | 0.02 | 1,157 | 595.68 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 68,148 | 0.14 | 84,771 | -19.61 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 4,178 | 0.01 | 19,422 | -78.49 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 7,446 | 0.02 | 17,255 | -56.85 |
10 | Cereals | 19,124 | 0.04 | 5,546 | 244.83 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,553,230 | 3.13 | 1,162,696 | 33.59 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 15 | 0.00 | 580 | -97.41 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 218,309 | 0.44 | 222,791 | -2.01 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 33,368 | 0.07 | 1,076 | 3,001.12 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 380,988 | 0.77 | 309,496 | 23.10 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 293,053 | 0.59 | 282,785 | 3.63 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 281,588 | 0.57 | 251,613 | 11.91 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 127,656 | 0.26 | 290,892 | -56.12 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 11,078 | 0.02 | 18,940 | -41.51 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,365,887 | 4.77 | 4,436,500 | -46.67 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 38,496 | 0.08 | 3,361 | 1,045.37 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,651,738 | 9.38 | 5,372,978 | -13.42 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 370,183 | 0.75 | 553,391 | -33.11 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 11,648,689 | 23.48 | 12,261,678 | -5.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 559 | 0.00 | 204 | 174.02 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 6,598 | 0.01 | 14,950 | -55.87 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 180,325 | 0.36 | 1,002,778 | -82.02 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 329,617 | 0.66 | 107,524 | 206.55 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 5,633 | 0.01 | 17,576 | -67.95 |
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 | 124,620 | 0.25 | 160,188 | -22.20 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 7,207 | 0.01 | 32,007 | -77.48 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 20,172 | -100.00 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,388 | 0.00 | 2,308 | -39.86 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 136,055 | 0.27 | 240,362 | -43.40 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 832,885 | 1.68 | 555,246 | 50.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,243,773 | 4.52 | 2,143,399 | 4.68 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,479 | 0.00 | 356 | 315.45 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 578,121 | 1.17 | 357,982 | 61.49 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 35,736 | 0.07 | 86,530 | -58.70 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 107,223 | 0.22 | 110,471 | -2.94 |
52 | Cotton | 1,743,765 | 3.52 | 1,673 | 104,129.83 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 41 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 76,522 | 0.15 | 5,296,144 | -98.56 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,475 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 11,881 | 0.02 | 32,921 | -63.91 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 70,341 | 0.14 | 15,441 | 355.55 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 138,244 | 0.28 | 102,264 | 35.18 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 34,366 | 0.07 | 38,262 | -10.18 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 7,501 | 0.02 | 47,289 | -84.14 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 8,739 | 0.02 | 19,343 | -54.82 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 18,843 | 0.04 | 66,976 | -71.87 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 6,032 | 0.01 | 14,839 | -59.35 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 14,316 | 0.03 | 33,121 | -56.78 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 5,481 | 0.01 | 11,513 | -52.39 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 478 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 468 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,491,210 | 5.02 | 808,514 | 208.12 |
69 | Ceramic products | 342,406 | 0.69 | 247,090 | 38.58 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 81,750 | 0.16 | 62,671 | 30.44 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 41,853 | 0.08 | 66,334 | -36.91 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,928,901 | 3.89 | 1,280,339 | 50.66 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,118,523 | 6.29 | 1,650,503 | 88.94 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 20,764 | 0.04 | 1,757 | 1,081.79 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 122 | 0.00 | 32 | 281.25 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 89,021 | 0.18 | 205,119 | -56.60 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 19,382 | 0.04 | 18,802 | 3.08 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 53,549 | 0.11 | 111,695 | -52.06 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,216,643 | 8.50 | 738,460 | 471.00 |
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 | 2,631,481 | 5.31 | 1,649,828 | 59.50 |
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 | 1,803 | 0.00 | 1,771 | 1.81 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 845,312 | 1.70 | 1,577,272 | -46.41 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,653,304 | 5.35 | 90,678 | 2,826.07 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,654 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 934 | 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 | 1,559,856 | 3.14 | 758,224 | 105.72 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 80,384 | 0.16 | 129,229 | -37.80 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 141,000 | 0.28 | 378,565 | -62.75 |
SS | Classified | 15,357 | 0.03 | 10 234 | 50.06 |
Russia’s Imports from South Ossetia
The major share of Russian imports from South Ossetia in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 95.50% of Russia’s total imports from South Ossetia (86.43% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.70% of Russia’s total imports from South Ossetia (5.20% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.71% of Russia’s total imports from South Ossetia (5.80% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.07% of Russia’s total imports from South Ossetia (2.56% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from South Ossetia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from South Ossetia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $1,120,756;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $295,308;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $248,601;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $168,286;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $81,437;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $23,960.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 168,286 | -100.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 11,314 | -100.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 4,539 | 0.07 | 28,499 | -84.07 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 646 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 73 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,892,395 | 95.50 | 7,013,151 | -15.98 |
72 | Iron and steel | 165,876 | 2.69 | 414,477 | -59.98 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 634 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 7,452 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 46,059 | 0.75 | 341,367 | -86.51 |
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 | 11,546 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 48,077 | 0.78 | 129,514 | -62.88 |