Russian trade with Ireland in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ireland
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Ireland totaled $1,510,725,401, up 24.41% ($296,430,578) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2017 totaled $392,312,325, up 23.77% ($75,343,274) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2017 totaled $1,118,413,076, up 24.64% ($221,087,304) from 2016.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ireland in 2017 was $726,100,751, a 25.11% increase ($145,744,030) over 2016.
Ireland was Russia’s 54th largest trading partner in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.2587% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2596% in 2016).
Ireland was Russia’s 70th largest export market in 2017 (up from 72nd in 2016), accounting for 0.1099% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1110% in 2016).
Ireland was Russia’s 34th largest supplier in 2017 (down from 33rd in 2016), accounting for 0.4928% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.4923% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Ireland
The major share of Russian exports to Ireland in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 43.69% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (26.04% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.18% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (21.65% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.41% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (1.65% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.21% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (2.07% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.68% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (1.94% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $88,798,238;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $9,437,184;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $3,848,523;
- 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 $1,413,545.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 151,073 | -100.00 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 114,978 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 262 | 0.00 | 166 | 57.83 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 241,926 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 35,570 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 410,763 | 0.10 | 262,098 | 56.72 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6,027,338 | 1.54 | 5,498,827 | 9.61 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 67,265 | 0.02 | 25,775 | 160.97 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 171,319,843 | 43.67 | 82,521,605 | 107.61 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,028,947 | 0.52 | 615,402 | 229.69 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2,999,572 | 0.76 | 2,394,980 | 25.24 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,923 | 0.00 | 1,161,533 | -99.15 |
31 | Fertilizers | 73,832,443 | 18.82 | 64,395,259 | 14.66 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4,070 | 0.00 | 37 | 10,900.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 139,347 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 18,408 | 0.00 | 28,685 | -35.83 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 92,017 | 0.02 | 37,008 | 148.64 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 35,861 | 0.01 | 262 | 13,587.40 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 500 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 8,356,582 | 2.13 | 4,508,059 | 85.37 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,113,661 | 0.28 | 677,978 | 64.26 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,034 | 0.00 | 43,801 | -95.36 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 397 | 0.00 | 29 | 1,268.97 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,299 | 0.00 | 5,869 | -60.83 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5,237 | 0.00 | 107 | 4,794.39 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 64 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 171 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 343 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 269,192 | 0.07 | 233,019 | 15.52 |
69 | Ceramic products | 11,157 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 2,137 | 0.00 | 26,241 | -91.86 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 763,978 | 0.19 | 627,437 | 21.76 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,168,736 | 0.30 | 843,458 | 38.56 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,003,492 | 0.26 | 234,882 | 327.23 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 10 | 0.00 | 16 | -37.50 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,207 | 0.00 | 2,540 | 105.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 13,649 | 0.00 | 333 | 3,998.80 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 915,682 | 0.23 | 486,811 | 88.10 |
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 | 3,751,043 | 0.96 | 3,097,885 | 21.08 |
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 | 170 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 81,881 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,928,345 | 1.00 | 2,964,271 | 32.52 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 287 | -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 | 18,657 | 0.00 | 35,776 | -47.85 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 8,974 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,388 | 0.00 | 1,466 | 62.89 |
SS | Classified | 113,750,245 | 28.99 | 145 843 637 | -22.01 |
Russia’s Imports from Ireland
The major share of Russian imports from Ireland in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 52.37% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (51.18% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 30.77% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (31.70% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 14.14% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (14.07% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $79,451,508;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $44,450,576;
- 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 $30,441,677;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $17,633,023;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $16,680,870;
- 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 $12,291,243;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $7,060,184;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $5,220,214;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $4,077,368;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $3,918,972.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $5,553,261.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 1,346,483 | 0.12 | 282,926 | 375.91 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 88,036 | 0.01 | 277,680 | -68.30 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 4,227 | 0.00 | 835 | 406.23 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 2,819 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 105,059 | 0.01 | 25,756 | 307.90 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 529,724 | 0.05 | 604,511 | -12.37 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 84,508 | 0.01 | 741 | 11,304.59 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 9,808,331 | 0.88 | 5,889,359 | 66.54 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 269,406 | 0.02 | 109,810 | 145.34 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 51,355,463 | 4.59 | 52,316,918 | -1.84 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,758,299 | 0.51 | 3,443,817 | 67.21 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 23,984,255 | 2.14 | 16,924,071 | 41.72 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 62,865,309 | 5.62 | 45,232,286 | 38.98 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,826,534 | 0.16 | 1,016,727 | 79.65 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 153,748 | 0.01 | 147,380 | 4.32 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,709 | 0.00 | 229,449 | -99.26 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 91,185 | 0.01 | 690 | 13,115.22 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 72,617,932 | 6.49 | 42,176,255 | 72.18 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 12,111,084 | 1.08 | 12,064,887 | 0.38 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 311,834,873 | 27.88 | 232,383,365 | 34.19 |
31 | Fertilizers | 143,703 | 0.01 | 27,042 | 431.41 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,681,758 | 0.60 | 6,656,365 | 0.38 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 135,603,921 | 12.12 | 118,923,051 | 14.03 |
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 | 1,548,036 | 0.14 | 1,056,504 | 46.52 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 11,640,683 | 1.04 | 12,270,987 | -5.14 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 5,948,186 | 0.53 | 3,643,382 | 63.26 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 20,987,198 | 1.88 | 18,320,867 | 14.55 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,167,351 | 0.55 | 5,669,031 | 8.79 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 461,968 | 0.04 | 6,015,229 | -92.32 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 15,133 | 0.00 | 16,483 | -8.19 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 138,989 | 0.01 | 105,471 | 31.78 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 396,861 | 0.04 | 307,165 | 29.20 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 965,365 | 0.09 | 2,806,961 | -65.61 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 91,533 | 0.01 | 27,976 | 227.18 |
52 | Cotton | 250 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 4,191 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 16,084 | 0.00 | 11,278 | 42.61 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 17,179 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,116 | 0.00 | 2,088 | 1.34 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 283,558 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 784 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 286,185 | 0.03 | 146,460 | 95.40 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 76,127 | 0.01 | 1,465 | 5,096.38 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 11,099 | 0.00 | 20,592 | -46.10 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 160,103 | 0.01 | 30,809 | 419.66 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 728 | 0.00 | 88 | 727.27 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 237,496 | 0.02 | 252,602 | -5.98 |
69 | Ceramic products | 10,585 | 0.00 | 10,200 | 3.77 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 308,856 | 0.03 | 145,036 | 112.95 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 868,895 | 0.08 | 434,428 | 100.01 |
72 | Iron and steel | 38,703 | 0.00 | 19,191 | 101.67 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,019,954 | 0.09 | 2,635,447 | -61.30 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 779,172 | 0.07 | 290,125 | 168.56 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 502,081 | 0.04 | 405,837 | 23.71 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 92,500 | 0.01 | 101,390 | -8.77 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 1,737 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 6,759 | 0.00 | 2,093 | 222.93 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 128,551 | 0.01 | 44,111 | 191.43 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,674,171 | 0.33 | 2,798,894 | 31.27 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,698,576 | 0.15 | 1,376,434 | 23.40 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 103,335,143 | 9.24 | 105,250,230 | -1.82 |
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 | 44,423,376 | 3.97 | 32,132,133 | 38.25 |
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 | 39,634 | 0.00 | 19,809 | 100.08 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 519,860 | 0.05 | 848,436 | -38.73 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 5,223,378 | 0.47 | 3,164 | 164,987.80 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 190,624,015 | 17.04 | 146,173,439 | 30.41 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 697 | 0.00 | 428 | 62.85 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 2,116 | 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 | 375,629 | 0.03 | 420,711 | -10.72 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,551,329 | 0.50 | 6,031,182 | -7.96 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 12,465,393 | 1.11 | 8,388,025 | 48.61 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 352 067 | -100.00 |