Russian trade with Iraq in 2017
February 15, 2018
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Iraq in 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Iraq
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Iraq totaled $1,402,650,110, up 52.99% ($485,840,001) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2017 totaled $1,402,610,511, up 52.99% ($485,800,411) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2017 totaled $39,599, up 439,888.89% ($39,590) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iraq in 2017 was $1,402,570,912, a 52.98% increase ($485,760,821) over 2016.
Iraq was Russia’s 58th largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 61st in 2016), accounting for 0.2402% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1960% in 2016).
Iraq was Russia’s 44th largest export market in 2017 (up from 48th in 2016), accounting for 0.3928% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.3211% in 2016).
Iraq was Russia’s 179th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 233rd in 2016), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Iraq
The major share of Russian exports to Iraq in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 25.88% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (4.76% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 7.41% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (2.64% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.03% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (4.12% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.25% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (2.74% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2017 over 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 $320,281,784;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $76,841,647;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $14,155,731;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $5,499,350;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $4,768,103;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $4,552,875.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2017 over 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 $16,910,093.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 12,640 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 3,429,411 | 0.24 | 2,687,898 | 27.59 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 22,946 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 757,064 | 0.05 | 4,569,432 | -83.43 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 15,788 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 77,339,139 | 5.51 | 497,492 | 15,445.81 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 91,102 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 5,303,907 | 0.38 | 751,032 | 606.22 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 937,044 | 0.07 | 320,662 | 192.22 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 111,856 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 274,133 | 0.02 | 360,433 | -23.94 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 15,702,623 | 1.12 | 14,914,407 | 5.28 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 16,610 | 0.00 | 519 | 3,100.39 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 8,644,621 | 0.62 | 7,265,383 | 18.98 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 16,995 | 0.00 | 14,285 | 18.97 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 49,075 | 0.00 | 60,800 | -19.28 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,843,055 | 0.27 | 2,952,050 | 30.18 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 123,882 | 0.01 | 70,455 | 75.83 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 340,235 | 0.02 | 8,867 | 3,737.09 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 184,742 | 0.01 | 45,051 | 310.07 |
| 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 | 30,425 | 0.00 | 329,089 | -90.75 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3,845 | 0.00 | 29,107 | -86.79 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 384 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 427,511 | 0.03 | 217,009 | 97.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 462,095 | 0.03 | 95,671 | 383.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 211,992 | 0.02 | 309,787 | -31.57 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 12,326 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 29,573,030 | 2.11 | 24,073,680 | 22.84 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 324,238 | 0.02 | 867,636 | -62.63 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,700,856 | 0.12 | 143,162 | 1,088.06 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 172 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 98 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 42,409 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 770 | 0.00 | 229,853 | -99.67 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 5,627 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 623 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 6,547 | 0.00 | 106,140 | -93.83 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 5,968 | 0.00 | 304 | 1,863.16 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 234,000 | -100.00 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 324 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,452 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 12,962 | 0.00 | 54,152 | -76.06 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 91,178 | 0.01 | 148,865 | -38.75 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 36,756,347 | 2.62 | 31,988,244 | 14.91 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,623,749 | 0.40 | 4,049,821 | 38.86 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 480 | 0.00 | 1,583,794 | -99.97 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 39 | 0.00 | 4,466 | -99.13 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 13,746 | 0.00 | 9,250 | 48.61 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 29,938 | 0.00 | 19,843 | 50.87 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 60,192 | 0.00 | 81,423 | -26.07 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 12,460,591 | 0.89 | 10,757,991 | 15.83 |
| 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 | 8,904,910 | 0.63 | 25,815,003 | -65.50 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 320,710,390 | 22.87 | 428,606 | 74,726.39 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 20,270 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 20,834,303 | 1.49 | 6,678,572 | 211.96 |
| 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 | 200,382 | 0.01 | 286,029 | -29.94 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 20,800 | 0.00 | 57 | 36,391.23 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 75,678 | 0.01 | 26,248 | 188.32 |
| SS | Classified | 846,947,487 | 60.38 | 773 541 983 | 9.49 |
Russia’s Imports from Iraq
The major share of Russian imports from Iraq in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 70.74% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.00% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 15.44% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.00% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.11% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.00% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.71% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (33.33% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $28,012;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $6,113;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $5,192;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $282.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 6,113 | 15.44 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 28,012 | 70.74 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 282 | 0.71 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,192 | 13.11 | 0 | ∞ |