Russian trade in goods with Pakistan in Q1 2018
May 18, 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 Pakistan in the first quarter of 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Pakistan
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Pakistan totaled $326,419,792, up 113.50% ($173,528,173) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $211,153,007, up 330.50% ($162,105,177) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $115,266,785, up 11.00% ($11,422,996) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade balance with Pakistan went from a deficit of $54,795,959 in the 1st quarter of 2017, to a surplus of $95,886,222 in the 1st quarter of 2018.
Pakistan was Russia’s 59th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 72nd in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.2071% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1189% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Pakistan was Russia’s 58th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 83rd in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.2050% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0589% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Pakistan was Russia’s 57th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 53rd in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.2111% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.2297% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Pakistan
The major share of Russian exports to Pakistan in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.67% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (26.46% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 9.21% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (18.38% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.76% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (18.32% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.41% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (21.61% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.38% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (13.72% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.28% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (1.26% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $14,698,162;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $10,516,518;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3,517,956;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $2,649,197;
- 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 $2,346,739;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,562,084;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,013,835;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $817,555;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $787,508;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $733,134.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,122,483;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,078,582;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $834,808.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,838 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 4,430,143 | 2.10 | 5,063,023 | -12.50 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 448,425 | 0.21 | 1,283,233 | -65.06 |
| 10 | Cereals | 133,072 | 0.06 | 314,809 | -57.73 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 69,166 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 6,060 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 649,067 | 0.31 | 723,153 | -10.24 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 18,807,742 | 8.91 | 8,291,224 | 126.84 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 7,089,902 | 3.36 | 4,743,163 | 49.48 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3,905,456 | 1.85 | 387,500 | 907.86 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,821,919 | 1.81 | 3,004,364 | 27.21 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,562,084 | 0.74 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,287 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,021 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 7,951 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 9,108 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 150,544 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 102,211 | 0.05 | 152,242 | -32.86 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 144,387 | 0.07 | 603 | 23,844.78 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,703,504 | 0.81 | 689,669 | 147.00 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 27,794 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 821 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 444,162 | 0.21 | 666,356 | -33.34 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 4,352 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 8,856,294 | 4.19 | 9,934,876 | -10.86 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 55 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 8,049 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 28 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 3,283 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 14,343 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 185,925 | 0.09 | 44,164 | 320.99 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 14,079 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 5,921 | 0.00 | 24 | 24,570.83 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 30,511 | 0.01 | 23,000 | 32.66 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 23,202,635 | 10.99 | 8,504,473 | 172.83 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,333,032 | 1.58 | 4,455,515 | -25.19 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 37,234 | 0.02 | 185 | 20,026.49 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,882 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 36,984 | 0.02 | 1,137 | 3,152.77 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 144 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 141,518 | 0.07 | 6,180 | 2,189.94 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,752 | 0.00 | 4,231 | 35.95 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,118,661 | 0.53 | 331,153 | 237.81 |
| 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 | 170,512 | 0.08 | 126,864 | 34.41 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 83,851 | 0.04 | 95,630 | -12.32 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 2,649,197 | 1.25 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 799,208 | 0.38 | 66,074 | 1,109.57 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 354 | 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 | 95,090 | 0.05 | 324 | 29,248.77 |
| SS | Classified | 126,915,664 | 60.11 | 50 442 | 251,507.12 |
Russia’s Imports from Pakistan
The major share of Russian imports from Pakistan in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 47.69% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (46.16% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 39.88% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (42.17% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.54% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (2.26% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.26% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (0.62% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $4,399,406;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $2,808,685;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $1,921,398;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $1,091,375;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $861,426;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $793,577;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $613,516;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $515,501;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $350,248.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $965,721;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $793,389;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $734,012.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 77,870 | 0.07 | 257,237 | -69.73 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 46,592,157 | 40.42 | 43,783,472 | 6.41 |
| 10 | Cereals | 8,165,895 | 7.08 | 3,766,489 | 116.80 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,831 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,500 | 0.00 | 4,002 | -12.54 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 1,146 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 120,041 | 0.10 | 118,565 | 1.24 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 8,875 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 265,507 | 0.23 | 190,027 | 39.72 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 16,437 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 934,094 | 0.81 | 1,727,483 | -45.93 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 1,559 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,427 | 0.00 | 474 | 412.03 |
| 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 | 10,145 | 0.01 | 2,915 | 248.03 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 10,206 | 0.01 | 5,733 | 78.02 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 791,419 | 0.69 | 594,718 | 33.07 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,115 | 0.01 | 13,317 | -54.08 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 523,215 | 0.45 | 343,805 | 52.18 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 7,323,144 | 6.35 | 6,461,718 | 13.33 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,423 | 0.00 | 1,930 | -26.27 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 18 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 320 | 0.00 | 906 | -64.68 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 9,145 | 0.01 | 75 | 12,093.33 |
| 52 | Cotton | 4,364,307 | 3.79 | 5,098,319 | -14.40 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 1,176,934 | 1.02 | 563,418 | 108.89 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,533,513 | 1.33 | 1,018,012 | 50.64 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 46,756 | 0.04 | 46,941 | -0.39 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 91,892 | 0.08 | 6,786 | 1,254.14 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 232 | 0.00 | 17,985 | -98.71 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 11,577 | 0.01 | 4,845 | 138.95 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 62,974 | 0.05 | 92,292 | -31.77 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 10,530,282 | 9.14 | 11,496,003 | -8.40 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 18,032,641 | 15.64 | 16,941,266 | 6.44 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5,397,384 | 4.68 | 3,475,986 | 55.28 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,571,717 | 3.97 | 4,895,607 | -6.62 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 146,643 | 0.13 | 129,878 | 12.91 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 352,477 | 0.31 | 146,643 | 140.36 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 235 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 173 | 0.00 | 103 | 67.96 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 522 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 12,314 | 0.01 | 7,336 | 67.86 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 97 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 788,810 | 0.68 | 438,562 | 79.86 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 393 | 0.00 | 12 | 3,175.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,402 | 0.01 | 1,481 | 332.28 |
| 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 | 5,067 | 0.00 | 104 | 4,772.12 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 14,732 | 0.01 | 15,581 | -5.45 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,421,819 | 1.23 | 628,242 | 126.32 |
| 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 | 221,962 | 0.19 | 172,148 | 28.94 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,602,515 | 1.39 | 1,354,121 | 18.34 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,250 | 0.01 | 2,313 | 299.91 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 13 615 | -100.00 |