Russian trade in goods with Sudan in Q1 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In the 1st quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with Sudan totaled $74,289,837, up 37.27% ($20,169,341) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2017 totaled $74,218,412, up 37.21% ($20,126,201) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2017 totaled $71,425, up 152.52% ($43,140) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2017 was $74,146,987, a 37.15% increase ($20,083,061) over the 1st quarter of 2016.
Sudan was Russia’s 89th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 91st in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0578% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0557% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
Sudan was Russia’s 74th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 75th in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0891% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0883% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
Sudan was Russia’s 152nd largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2017 (down from 151st in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0002% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0001% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 94.81% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (97.29% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.79% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.50% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $24,215,791;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,383,787.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $6,452,265.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2017 over Q1 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 64,224,742 | 86.53 | 40,008,951 | 60.53 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6,144,000 | 8.28 | 12,596,265 | -51.22 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 20,563 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 81,685 | 0.11 | 244,597 | -66.60 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 28,740 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 44,525 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,439 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 338 | 0.00 | 77 | 338.96 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 5,176 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 19,189 | 0.03 | 62,616 | -69.35 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,614 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 29,346 | 0.04 | 94,174 | -68.84 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 623,552 | 0.84 | 478,080 | 30.43 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5 | 0.00 | 200 | -97.50 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 241 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 7,600 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 15,397 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,039 | 0.01 | 10 | 60,290.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 397 | 0.00 | 10 | 3,870.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 312,533 | 0.42 | 201,400 | 55.18 |
| 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 | 45,321 | 0.06 | 25,889 | 75.06 |
| 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 | 500 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,383,787 | 3.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 1,000 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 73,243 | 0.10 | 41,025 | 78.53 |
| 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 | 466 | 0.00 | 980 | -52.45 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 239,590 | 0.32 | 241 252 | -0.69 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 68.83% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (96.10% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 31.17% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (3.90% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan 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) - an increase of $22,260;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $21,984.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $1,104.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2017 over Q1 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 49,165 | 68.83 | 27,181 | 80.88 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 22,260 | 31.17 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,104 | -100.00 |