Russian trade with Syria in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Syria
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Syria was $193,274,966, down 38.15% ($119,235,163) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Syria in 2016 were $182,254,339, down 40.69% ($125,020,316) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Syria in 2016 totaled $11,020,627, up 110.50% ($5,785,153) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Syria in 2016 was $171,233,712, a 43.31% decrease ($130,805,469) over 2015.
Syria was Russia’s 99th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 85th in 2015), accounting for 0.0413% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0594% in 2015).
Syria was Russia’s 87th largest export market in 2016 (down from 71st in 2015), accounting for 0.0638% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0894% in 2015).
Syria was Russia’s 113th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 125th in 2015), accounting for 0.0060% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0029% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Syria
The major share of Russian exports to Syria in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 25.76% of Russia’s total exports to Syria (13.73% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.08% of Russia’s total exports to Syria (17.50% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.68% of Russia’s total exports to Syria (10.85% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.13% of Russia’s total exports to Syria (9.32% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Syria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $3,765,114;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $3,124,603;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,254,188;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $960,246;
- 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 $681,757.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Syria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $32,876,730;
- 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 $21,306,804;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - a decrease of $20,595,156;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $7,298,661;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $2,106,635;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,072,387;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,440,384;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,095,653;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $798,148;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $695,993;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $672,939.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 77,087 | 0.04 | 5,218 | 1,377.33 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | -100.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 26,691 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 30,263,703 | 16.61 | 26,498,589 | 14.21 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,524,442 | 1.39 | 4,631,077 | -45.49 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 22,080 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 52 | -100.00 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 2,639 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 165 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 87,460 | 0.05 | 2,550 | 3,329.80 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 20,796 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 47,119 | -100.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 57,846 | 0.03 | 228,991 | -74.74 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 13,882,197 | 7.62 | 10,757,594 | 29.05 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,509,731 | 0.83 | 2,605,384 | -42.05 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,719,312 | 0.94 | 1,037,555 | 65.71 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 11,289 | 0.01 | 220,151 | -94.87 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,229,826 | 0.67 | 1,902,765 | -35.37 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 42,011 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 30,128 | 0.02 | 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 | 256,824 | 0.14 | 8,887 | 2,789.88 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 3,507,396 | 1.92 | 24,102,552 | -85.45 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 39 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 56,587 | 0.03 | 53,661 | 5.45 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 254,246 | 0.14 | 13,621 | 1,766.57 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 470,544 | 0.26 | 1,268,692 | -62.91 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 7,922,409 | 4.35 | 15,221,070 | -47.95 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 603,686 | 0.33 | 1,299,679 | -53.55 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,386,045 | 2.41 | 37,262,775 | -88.23 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 69 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 42,300 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 1,114 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 176 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 325 | 0.00 | 12,943 | -97.49 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 3,306 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 299 | 0.00 | 5,177 | -94.22 |
72 | Iron and steel | 69,303 | 0.04 | 1,509,687 | -95.41 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 634,976 | 0.35 | 116,239 | 446.27 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 13,179 | 0.01 | 150 | 8,686.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 444,958 | 0.24 | 25,448 | 1,648.50 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 380 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 76 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 96 | 0.00 | 2,855 | -96.64 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,735,277 | 2.60 | 3,775,031 | 25.44 |
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 | 6,012,496 | 3.30 | 27,319,300 | -77.99 |
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 | 1,651 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 105,500 | 0.06 | 2,177,887 | -95.16 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,320,992 | 0.72 | 66,804 | 1,877.41 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 207 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 133,323 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 99,975,109 | 54.85 | 144 889 144 | -31.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Syria
The major share of Russian imports from Syria in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 97.93% of Russia’s total imports from Syria (82.35% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.32% of Russia’s total imports from Syria (14.00% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Syria (1.36% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Syria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $4,170,798;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $2,229,142;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $119,920;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $50,778.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Syria in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $328,581;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $227,549;
- Knitted or crocheted fabrics (HS code 60) - a decrease of $108,457;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $71,841;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $70,842.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
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07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,256,632 | 20.48 | 27,490 | 8,108.92 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 8,232,667 | 74.70 | 4,061,869 | 102.68 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 130,323 | 1.18 | 202,164 | -35.54 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 119,920 | 1.09 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 544 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 19,792 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 6,650 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,750 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 20,064 | 0.18 | 20,064 | 0.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 25,768 | 0.23 | 1,456 | 1,669.78 |
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 | 14,227 | 0.13 | 4,828 | 194.68 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,817 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 171 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 53,249 | 0.48 | 2,471 | 2,054.96 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,941 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 10,700 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 227,549 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 15,325 | 0.14 | 4,182 | 266.45 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 108,457 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 588 | 0.01 | 2,476 | -76.25 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 528 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 234 | 0.00 | 31,215 | -99.25 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 19,518 | 0.18 | 348,099 | -94.39 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 9,488 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 732 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,338 | 0.02 | 901 | 159.49 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,599 | 0.03 | 223 | 1,513.90 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 235 | 0.00 | 71,077 | -99.67 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 280 | -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 | 7,452 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 73,091 | 0.66 | 99,957 | -26.88 |