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Russian trade with Australia in 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 Australia in 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Australia

In 2017, Russia’s trade with Australia totaled $630,969,425, up 18.52% ($98,577,995) from 2016.

Russia’s exports to Australia in 2017 totaled $120,707,534, up 87.21% ($56,229,447) from 2016.

Russia’s imports from Australia in 2017 totaled $510,261,891, up 9.05% ($42,348,548) from 2016.

Russia’s trade deficit with Australia in 2017 was $389,554,357, a 3.44% decrease ($13,880,899) over 2016.

Australia was Russia’s 74th largest trading partner in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.1080% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1138% in 2016).

Australia was Russia’s 94th largest export market in 2017 (up from 104th in 2016), accounting for 0.0338% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0226% in 2016).

Australia was Russia’s 54th largest supplier in 2017 (down from 51st in 2016), accounting for 0.2248% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.2567% in 2016).

Russia’s Exports to Australia

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

  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 30.44% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (44.49% in 2016);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.12% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (19.24% in 2016);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 7.92% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (8.63% in 2016);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.68% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (9.84% in 2016);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.78% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (10.93% in 2016);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.48% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (4.19% in 2016);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.51% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (1.01% in 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Australia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $7,129,750;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $3,992,402;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,386,569;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $908,080;
  • 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 $857,508;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $426,138;
  • Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $419,899;
  • Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $404,284.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Australia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $3,472,594;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,156,895;
  • 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 $1,149,262;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $996,450.
Russia’s exports to Australia in 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2017
over 2016
02 Meat and edible meat offal 5,000 0.00 0
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 7,063 0.01 45,513-84.48
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 123 0.00 0
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 57 0.00 0
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 0 0.00 3,510-100.00
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 21,742 0.02 3,361546.89
10 Cereals 95,815 0.08 6,4651,382.06
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 69,771 0.06 57,56221.21
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 570 0.00 112408.93
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 48,372 0.04 47,7461.31
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 9,018 0.01 5,62560.32
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 150,897 0.13 171,133-11.82
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 129,673 0.11 113,95313.80
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 234,730 0.19 442,687-46.98
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 24,496 0.02 16,52348.25
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 400,058 0.33 161,981146.98
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 59,394 0.05 151,563-60.81
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 1,736,362 1.44 1,472,41617.93
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 93 0.00 187-50.27
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,084 0.00 1,528-29.06
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 9,558,484 7.92 5,566,08271.73
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 3,609,717 2.99 3,318,9448.76
29 Organic chemicals 1,979,692 1.64 1,757,61912.63
30 Pharmaceutical products 13,337 0.01 10,83123.14
31 Fertilizers 2,595,880 2.15 6,068,474-57.22
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 821,865 0.68 797,8643.01
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 24,056 0.02 15,22358.02
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 2,616 0.00 1,97832.25
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 3,904 0.00 0
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 0 0.00 2,014-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 47,865 0.04 20,659131.69
39 Plastics and articles thereof 228,700 0.19 166,55737.31
40 Rubber and articles thereof 477,301 0.40 246,19893.87
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 1,4412.64
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 35,247,446 29.20 28,117,69625.36
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,435,764 1.19 527,684172.09
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 57,353 0.05 42,45335.10
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 75,803 0.06 104,908-27.74
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 95 0.00 2,000-95.25
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 149 0.00 10837.96
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 45,393 0.04 11,339300.33
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 44,599 0.04 11,365292.42
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 6,690 0.01 2,732144.88
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 293,350 0.24 376,954-22.18
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 149,642 0.12 138,4688.07
65 Headgear and parts thereof 773 0.00 3,463-77.68
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 22,530 0.02 6,644239.10
69 Ceramic products 2,570 0.00 374587.17
70 Glass and glassware 732,669 0.61 312,770134.25
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 6,311 0.01 4,48140.84
72 Iron and steel 1,525,327 1.26 2,682,222-43.13
73 Articles of iron or steel 395,133 0.33 1,391,583-71.61
74 Copper and articles thereof 4,122 0.00 3,10232.88
75 Nickel and articles thereof 0 0.00 465-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 2,686,858 2.23 2,260,72018.85
78 Lead and articles thereof 100 0.00 81,150.00
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 0 0.00 3,380-100.00
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,108,791 0.92 704,50757.39
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 45,626 0.04 2,5201,710.56
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 2,370,354 1.96 983,785140.94
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 1,934,393 1.60 3,083,655-37.27
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 2,394 0.00 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,029,632 0.85 897,48914.72
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 86,332 0.07 57,64649.76
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 1,429,578 1.18 1,320,3938.27
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 77 0.00 0
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 1,550 0.00 4,173-62.86
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 1,464,176 1.21 606,668141.35
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 67,615 0.06 109,012-37.97
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,355 0.00 252437.70
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 73,770 0.06 13,925429.77
SS Classified 46,000,000 38.11 13 394343,337.36

Russia’s Imports from Australia

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

  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 76.02% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (68.92% in 2016);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 14.62% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (10.02% in 2016);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.55% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (18.01% in 2016);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.93% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (1.10% in 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Australia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • 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 $57,396,795;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $15,474,114;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $11,054,055;
  • Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - an increase of $6,195,233;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $4,403,867;
  • Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $2,863,642;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $2,736,383;
  • 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 $2,683,717;
  • Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - an increase of $2,550,149.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Australia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $38,163,050;
  • Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $25,552,807.
Russia’s imports from Australia in 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2017
over 2016
01 Live animals 0 0.00 38,163,050-100.00
02 Meat and edible meat offal 7,317,637 1.43 8,062,119-9.23
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 22,105 0.00 6,070264.17
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 22,890 0.00 31,343-26.97
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 6,904 0.00 14,735-53.15
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 44,896 0.01 0
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 5,605 0.00 1,668236.03
10 Cereals 352,901 0.07 1,90518,424.99
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 1,506 0.00 1,4762.03
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 1,676,372 0.33 1,472,48313.85
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 3,476 0.00 57,229-93.93
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 1,538,937 0.30 1,095,24840.51
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 617 0.00 25,553,424-100.00
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 65,100 0.01 1,8673,386.88
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 100,052 0.02 94,8905.44
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 313,072 0.06 50,729517.15
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 364,920 0.07 283,01028.94
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 8,309,037 1.63 5,445,39552.59
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 3,054,011 0.60 3,919,093-22.07
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 4,413,737 0.86 1,677,354163.14
26 Ores, slag and ash 114,946 0.02 1,194,861-90.38
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 15,149 0.00 8,86470.90
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 361,306,331 70.81 303,909,53618.89
29 Organic chemicals 474,579 0.09 10,6684,348.62
30 Pharmaceutical products 4,088,176 0.80 4,808,840-14.99
31 Fertilizers 63,001 0.01 22,656178.08
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 369,676 0.07 67,953444.02
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1,825,197 0.36 971,74087.83
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 711,573 0.14 502,48941.61
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 9,300,215 1.82 3,104,982199.53
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 5,308,386 1.04 5,684,073-6.61
39 Plastics and articles thereof 3,195,697 0.63 2,232,38943.15
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,249,852 0.24 1,187,8545.22
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 4,713,459 0.92 2,163,310117.88
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 6,544 0.00 8,905-26.51
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,049 0.00 3,380-68.96
45 Cork and articles of cork 0 0.00 377-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 26,650 0.01 31,830-16.27
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 133,765 0.03 48,426176.23
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 1,385 0.00 95,464-98.55
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 0 0.00 8-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 0 0.00 2-100.00
55 Man-made staple fibers 718 0.00 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 3,471,088 0.68 2,234,67855.33
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 47,637 0.01 0
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 1,572-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 66,106 0.01 40,80662.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 91,173 0.02 80,38713.42
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 130,964 0.03 51,488154.36
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 10,281 0.00 42,901-76.04
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 43,304 0.01 12135,688.43
65 Headgear and parts thereof 463 0.00 33538.21
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 0 0.00 36-100.00
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 1,184 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 49,590 0.01 35,37240.20
69 Ceramic products 92,204 0.02 154,394-40.28
70 Glass and glassware 742,752 0.15 709,9904.61
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 53,726 0.01 48,29311.25
72 Iron and steel 779 0.00 3,492-77.69
73 Articles of iron or steel 8,270,204 1.62 3,866,337113.90
74 Copper and articles thereof 185,995 0.04 170,9918.77
75 Nickel and articles thereof 158,115 0.03 57,711173.98
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 110,346 0.02 28,665284.95
78 Lead and articles thereof 448,759 0.09 21,4541,991.73
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 10,485 0.00 4,309143.33
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 654,801 0.13 937,729-30.17
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 21,828 0.00 38,135-42.76
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 42,623,177 8.35 27,149,06357.00
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 9,704,771 1.90 7,021,05438.22
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 57,414 0.01 2,3942,298.25
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 2,852,767 0.56 3,544,178-19.51
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 4,012 0.00 904,250-99.56
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 19,333,165 3.79 8,279,110133.52
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 384 0.00 3,816-89.94
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 0 0.00 56,543-100.00
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 277,026 0.05 188,96146.60
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 104,875 0.02 70,64748.45
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 119,128 0.02 63,37587.97
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 0 0.00 3,350-100.00
SS Classified 3,265 0.00 105 711-96.91
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia