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Russian trade in goods with Estonia in Q3 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 Estonia in the third quarter of 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Estonia

In the 3rd quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with Estonia totaled $685,061,677, up 18.72% ($108,018,394) from the 3rd quarter of 2016.

Russia’s exports to Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 totaled $451,149,889, up 1.08% ($4,808,882) from the 3rd quarter of 2016.

Russia’s imports from Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 totaled $233,911,788, up 78.97% ($103,209,512) from the 3rd quarter of 2016.

Russia’s trade surplus with Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 was $217,238,101, a 31.18% decrease ($98,400,630) over the 3rd quarter of 2016.

Estonia was Russia’s 39th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (up from 42nd in the 3rd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.4686% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4733% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).

Estonia was Russia’s 39th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (down from 37th in the 3rd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.5285% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.6204% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).

Estonia was Russia’s 38th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (up from 49th in the 3rd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.3846% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2615% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).

Russia’s Exports to Estonia

The major share of Russian exports to Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 51.47% of Russia’s total exports to Estonia (57.99% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.55% of Russia’s total exports to Estonia (10.83% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 10.16% of Russia’s total exports to Estonia (8.93% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.49% of Russia’s total exports to Estonia (8.36% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.09% of Russia’s total exports to Estonia (2.89% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.07% of Russia’s total exports to Estonia (1.69% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $11,789,484;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $10,206,357;
  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $5,526,772;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $4,598,198;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $3,436,421;
  • Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $1,730,167;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,380,723.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd 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) - a decrease of $24,525,488;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $3,012,628;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $2,064,897;
  • 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 $1,489,756;
  • Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $1,441,869.
Russia’s exports to Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q3 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q3 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q3 2017
over Q3 2016
02 Meat and edible meat offal 79,713 0.02 28,991174.96
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 1,746,798 0.39 1,566,08211.54
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 20,328 0.00 3,225530.33
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 0 0.00 2-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 61,353 0.01 6,247882.12
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 152,852 0.03 763,720-79.99
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 171,079 0.04 113,57350.63
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 113,070 0.03 63617,678.30
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 107,643 0.02 29,499264.90
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 0 0.00 11,212-100.00
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 3,934 0.00 19,149-79.46
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 141,769 0.03 105,05734.94
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 133,095 0.03 68,29194.89
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 300,919 0.07 1,447,112-79.21
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 619,285 0.14 2,061,154-69.95
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 40,747 0.01 13,629198.97
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 495,871 0.11 487,0661.81
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 605,692 0.13 793,507-23.67
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 30,701 0.01 23,20932.28
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 20,163 0.00 41,212-51.07
26 Ores, slag and ash 0 0.00 2,064,897-100.00
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 232,205,455 51.47 256,730,943-9.55
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 9,990,519 2.21 11,080,009-9.83
29 Organic chemicals 3,016,905 0.67 2,071,63945.63
30 Pharmaceutical products 141,197 0.03 206,891-31.75
31 Fertilizers 40,471,377 8.97 30,265,02033.72
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 246,953 0.05 254,423-2.94
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 501,330 0.11 447,20812.10
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 108,886 0.02 126,480-13.91
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 179,112 0.04 112,44959.28
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 1,125 0.00 78,869-98.57
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 2,003,327 0.44 756,902164.67
39 Plastics and articles thereof 2,092,792 0.46 1,467,12242.65
40 Rubber and articles thereof 2,397,160 0.53 1,454,68964.79
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 16,332 0.00 117,303-86.08
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 3,800 0.00 6,771-43.88
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 446 0.00 13,853-96.78
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 40,325,590 8.94 35,727,39212.87
45 Cork and articles of cork 8,553 0.00 13,396-36.15
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0 0.00 90-100.00
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 61,135 0.01 12509,358.33
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 4,980,570 1.10 3,599,84738.36
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 482,847 0.11 523,868-7.83
52 Cotton 18,852 0.00 10,43180.73
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 76,738 0.02 11,740553.65
54 Man-made filaments 688 0.00 3,427-79.92
55 Man-made staple fibers 3,465 0.00 11,717-70.43
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 395,671 0.09 198,46999.36
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 4,589 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 79,696 0.02 18,236337.03
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 61,813 0.01 45,87234.75
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 33,633 0.01 87,744-61.67
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 55,948 0.01 70,411-20.54
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 108,900 0.02 112,831-3.48
65 Headgear and parts thereof 20,191 0.00 16,32323.70
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 501 0.00 0
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 8,328 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 2,810,975 0.62 2,526,06011.28
69 Ceramic products 199,205 0.04 223,930-11.04
70 Glass and glassware 2,920,217 0.65 1,190,050145.39
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 316,988 0.07 140,726125.25
72 Iron and steel 16,931,357 3.75 19,943,985-15.11
73 Articles of iron or steel 5,329,823 1.18 6,006,985-11.27
74 Copper and articles thereof 147,741 0.03 99,14149.02
75 Nickel and articles thereof 43,426 0.01 0
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 8,325,558 1.85 4,889,13770.29
78 Lead and articles thereof 892,559 0.20 182,148390.02
79 Zinc and articles thereof 1,533 0.00 85379.72
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 6,178,749 1.37 5,844,6755.72
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 193,007 0.04 63,862202.23
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 249,556 0.06 265,975-6.17
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 4,892,631 1.08 5,331,713-8.24
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 2,182,228 0.48 3,671,984-40.57
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 12,799,750 2.84 1,010,2661,166.97
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,668,502 0.37 2,593,492-35.67
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 5,535,026 1.23 8,25466,958.71
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 384,975 0.09 303,59326.81
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 7,233 0.00 3520,565.71
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 277 0.00 7,220-96.16
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 1,320,430 0.29 929,77742.02
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 160,214 0.04 106,77050.06
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 31,038 0.01 171,752-81.93
SS Classified 32,677,455 7.24 35 538 777-8.05

Russia’s Imports from Estonia

The major share of Russian imports from Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 75.09% of Russia’s total imports from Estonia (64.42% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.67% of Russia’s total imports from Estonia (18.51% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.50% of Russia’s total imports from Estonia (3.77% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.48% of Russia’s total imports from Estonia (3.27% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.32% of Russia’s total imports from Estonia (3.88% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.05% of Russia’s total imports from Estonia (4.04% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd 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) - an increase of $63,613,722;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $27,265,215;
  • Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $6,502,071;
  • 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 $1,734,701;
  • Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $1,734,168;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,643,514;
  • Ceramic products (HS code 69) - an increase of $1,136,978;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $864,879;
  • 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $807,336;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $781,923.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd quarter of 2016 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 $3,067,678;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $867,679.
Russia’s imports from Estonia in the 3rd quarter of 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q3 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q3 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q3 2017
over Q3 2016
01 Live animals 0 0.00 130,899-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 0 0.00 57,131-100.00
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 287,978 0.12 139,626106.25
10 Cereals 0 0.00 13,609-100.00
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 2,402 0.00 2,593-7.37
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 898 0.00 0
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 131,808 0.06 32,058311.15
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 111,259 0.05 118,943-6.46
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 37,852 0.02 14,811155.57
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 223,931 0.10 65,420242.30
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 652,172 0.28 1,182,036-44.83
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 14,913 0.01 38,621-61.39
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 3,288,412 1.41 2,725,79620.64
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 680,910 0.29 555,10922.66
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 153,192 0.07 163,712-6.43
26 Ores, slag and ash 376,137 0.16 24,4881,436.01
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 486,931 0.21 602,588-19.19
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 2,413,719 1.03 679,018255.47
29 Organic chemicals 135,971 0.06 230,881-41.11
30 Pharmaceutical products 3,246,974 1.39 1,603,460102.50
31 Fertilizers 646 0.00 41456.04
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 22,847,951 9.77 16,345,88039.78
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 316,825 0.14 617,122-48.66
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 80,213 0.03 145,690-44.94
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 385,290 0.16 267,26644.16
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 76,460 0.03 70,4938.46
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,497,690 0.64 715,767109.24
39 Plastics and articles thereof 2,985,246 1.28 2,997,431-0.41
40 Rubber and articles thereof 334,620 0.14 514,354-34.94
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 103,193-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 279 0.00 18154.14
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,197,903 0.51 786,54352.30
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 5,581 0.00 15,743-64.55
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 653,189 0.28 806,227-18.98
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 602,222 0.26 3,669,900-83.59
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 7,317 0.00 0
52 Cotton 545 0.00 0
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 6,410 0.00 0
54 Man-made filaments 338 0.00 60,316-99.44
55 Man-made staple fibers 25,308 0.01 39,028-35.15
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 671,318 0.29 399,98067.84
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 3,851 0.00 1,103249.14
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 202,977 0.09 234,706-13.52
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 11,905 0.01 125,831-90.54
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 0 0.00 1,264-100.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 56,781 0.02 124,293-54.32
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 864,387 0.37 1,732,066-50.10
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 3,728,000 1.59 1,993,83286.98
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 229,212 0.10 158,90444.25
65 Headgear and parts thereof 38,127 0.02 61,264-37.77
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 306 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 145,957 0.06 95,58252.70
69 Ceramic products 1,765,404 0.75 628,426180.92
70 Glass and glassware 90,714 0.04 100,818-10.02
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 60,926 0.03 0
72 Iron and steel 457,580 0.20 467,995-2.23
73 Articles of iron or steel 3,866,791 1.65 3,001,91228.81
74 Copper and articles thereof 40,396 0.02 4,999708.08
75 Nickel and articles thereof 39,540 0.02 0
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 371,160 0.16 324,18014.49
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 551,763 0.24 6,8877,911.66
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 35,473 0.02 1,3002,628.69
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 449,866 0.19 463,723-2.99
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 40,099,264 17.14 12,834,049212.44
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 132,352,939 56.58 68,739,21792.54
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 991,842 0.42 184,506437.57
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,419,903 0.61 1,379,1152.96
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 18,289 0.01 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 762,385 0.33 1,057,444-27.90
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 215 0.00 0
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 4,677 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 902,278 0.39 654,25837.91
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 379,795 0.16 345,7999.83
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 21,443 0.01 42,476-49.52
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 2,682 0.00 0
SS Classified 4,150 0.00 0
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia