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Russian trade in goods with Slovakia in Q1 2017

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Slovakia in the first quarter of 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Slovakia

In the 1st quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with Slovakia totaled $1,271,666,631, up 44.67% ($392,625,902) from the 1st quarter of 2016.

Russia’s exports to Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 totaled $838,227,726, up 42.55% ($250,213,777) from the 1st quarter of 2016.

Russia’s imports from Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 totaled $433,438,905, up 48.93% ($142,412,125) from the 1st quarter of 2016.

Russia’s trade surplus with Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 was $404,788,821, a 36.30% increase ($107,801,652) over the 1st quarter of 2016.

Slovakia was Russia’s 21st largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 23rd in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.9892% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.9055% in the 1st quarter of 2016).

Slovakia was Russia’s 24th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2017 (down from 21st in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 1.0058% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.9595% in the 1st quarter of 2016).

Slovakia was Russia’s 24th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 29th in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.9586% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.8130% in the 1st quarter of 2016).

Russia’s Exports to Slovakia

The major share of Russian exports to Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 87.73% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (80.83% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.44% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (11.07% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.19% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (5.02% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.09% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (2.42% in the 1st quarter of 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 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 $235,640,386;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $24,360,972;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $5,128,903;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $4,439,457;
  • 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 $3,570,511.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $19,806,917;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $4,232,823.
Russia’s exports to Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q1 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2017
over Q1 2016
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 0 0.00 5,470-100.00
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 0 0.00 11,895-100.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 0 0.00 4,648-100.00
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 0 0.00 24-100.00
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 0 0.00 179-100.00
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 0 0.00 511-100.00
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 97,778 0.01 44,842118.05
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 14,869 0.00 34,350-56.71
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 34,582 0.00 34,639-0.16
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 208,079 0.02 132,64356.87
26 Ores, slag and ash 38,206,939 4.56 13,845,967175.94
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 696,938,292 83.14 461,297,90651.08
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 6,205,003 0.74 2,634,492135.53
29 Organic chemicals 16,460,955 1.96 12,021,49836.93
30 Pharmaceutical products 3,122 0.00 477,266-99.35
31 Fertilizers 39,251 0.00 196,054-79.98
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 135,424 0.02 93514,383.85
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 73 0.00 1,176-93.79
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 47,196 0.01 53,250-11.37
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 105,881 0.01 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,207,157 0.14 296,330307.37
39 Plastics and articles thereof 741,250 0.09 445,16266.51
40 Rubber and articles thereof 18,524,647 2.21 13,395,74438.29
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 194,999-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 46 0.00 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 2,500,230 0.30 1,396,89378.99
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 0 0.00 1,159,197-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 151,829 0.02 117,54129.17
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 205 0.00 5,955-96.56
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 74,266 0.01 53,48638.85
52 Cotton 0 0.00 15,640-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 108,850 0.01 108100,687.04
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 4 0.00 228-98.25
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 9 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 5,434 0.00 1054,240.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 16,436 0.00 0
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 3,434 0.00 0
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 7,288 0.00 0
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 3,266 0.00 0
65 Headgear and parts thereof 62 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 567,085 0.07 349,89962.07
70 Glass and glassware 8,773 0.00 37,690-76.72
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 28,343 0.00 26,0678.73
72 Iron and steel 6,556,622 0.78 10,789,445-39.23
73 Articles of iron or steel 438,329 0.05 297,65847.26
74 Copper and articles thereof 1,097,658 0.13 660,29366.24
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 830,540 0.10 2,060,196-59.69
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 1,100 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 197,064 0.02 396,518-50.30
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 14,144 0.00 5,140175.18
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 42,149,554 5.03 61,956,471-31.97
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 897,284 0.11 549,00863.44
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 744,655 0.09 1,369,553-45.63
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,113,844 0.13 401,845177.18
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 17,910 0.00 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 658,572 0.08 791,649-16.81
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 15,116 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 130,178 0.02 139,509-6.69
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 12,672 0.00 10,48120.90
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 511 0.00 0
SS Classified 905,915 0.11 293 489208.67

Russia’s Imports from Slovakia

The major share of Russian imports from Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 76.45% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (76.13% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.70% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (9.57% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.16% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (2.89% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.85% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (3.84% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.49% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (1.28% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.76% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (1.19% in the 1st quarter of 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $86,059,970;
  • 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 $10,798,671;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $9,530,623;
  • 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 $7,167,163;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $6,849,928;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $5,837,089;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $3,412,829;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $2,129,539;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,743,182;
  • Ceramic products (HS code 69) - an increase of $1,662,588;
  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $1,550,411;
  • Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $1,450,515.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • No product groups with a substantial decrease.
Russia’s imports from Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q1 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q1 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2017
over Q1 2016
01 Live animals 303,468 0.07 23,6161,185.01
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 2,702,276 0.62 2,175,72224.20
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 7,922 0.00 0
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 622 0.00 72,195-99.14
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 26,052 0.01 9,036188.31
10 Cereals 1,204,706 0.28 357,417237.06
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 392,614 0.09 254,12554.50
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 392 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 270,994 0.06 103,464161.92
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 348,726 0.08 132,562163.07
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 26,312 0.01 116,628-77.44
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 307,085 0.07 298,6862.81
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 2,543 0.00 0
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 116,722 0.03 26,614338.57
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 187,876 0.04 150,50324.83
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 555,081 0.13 0
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,314,949 0.30 1,065,62523.40
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 16,605 0.00 16,2192.38
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 479,251 0.11 169,093183.42
29 Organic chemicals 2,481,251 0.57 2,764,937-10.26
30 Pharmaceutical products 16,185,600 3.73 9,335,67273.37
31 Fertilizers 198,358 0.05 37852,375.66
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 311,555 0.07 279,88511.32
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 4,267,528 0.98 3,669,97116.28
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 45,795 0.01 82,037-44.18
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 317,253 0.07 173,36683.00
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 0 0.00 33-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 993,575 0.23 669,12448.49
39 Plastics and articles thereof 4,032,712 0.93 3,792,9236.32
40 Rubber and articles thereof 12,741,043 2.94 6,903,95484.55
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 2,383 0.00 375,547-99.37
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 129,758 0.03 186,765-30.52
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 460,015 0.11 711,121-35.31
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 23,636 0.01 79,057-70.10
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0 0.00 2,173-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 3,134,022 0.72 3,276,733-4.36
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 119,431 0.03 96,35023.96
54 Man-made filaments 586,456 0.14 317,02684.99
55 Man-made staple fibers 19 0.00 1,545-98.77
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 50,105 0.01 781,621-93.59
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 12,753 0.00 15,428-17.34
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 656,297 0.15 752,202-12.75
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 46,268 0.01 34,90032.57
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 8,627 0.00 3,269163.90
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 561,920 0.13 225,700148.97
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 659,933 0.15 618,3716.72
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 143,161 0.03 355,100-59.68
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 9,628,334 2.22 8,077,92319.19
65 Headgear and parts thereof 134 0.00 0
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 9 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 120,755 0.03 158,404-23.77
69 Ceramic products 2,385,963 0.55 723,375229.84
70 Glass and glassware 1,157,702 0.27 604,19391.61
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 0 0.00 973-100.00
72 Iron and steel 3,930,770 0.91 2,187,58879.69
73 Articles of iron or steel 6,186,800 1.43 4,057,26152.49
74 Copper and articles thereof 9,995 0.00 15,465-35.37
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 565,092 0.13 513,06810.14
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 139 0.00 20,872-99.33
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 375,324 0.09 411,713-8.84
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 2,645,474 0.61 1,194,959121.39
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 52,748,595 12.17 43,217,97222.05
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 68,456,178 15.79 57,657,50718.73
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 335,879 0.08 335,1350.22
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 201,872,723 46.57 115,812,75374.31
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 7,949,066 1.83 4,536,23775.23
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 244 0.00 885-72.43
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 12,953,791 2.99 5,786,628123.86
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 751,143 0.17 461,96662.60
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 4,740,791 1.09 4,666,8591.58
SS Classified 190,354 0.04 108 35175.68
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia