Russian trade with Iraq in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
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 | ∞ |