Russian trade in goods with Pakistan in Q4 2018
February 09, 2019
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 fourth quarter of 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Pakistan
In the 4th quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Pakistan was $107,693,595, down 26.86% ($39,547,012) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2018 were $52,586,104, down 41.57% ($37,408,917) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2018 were $55,107,491, down 3.73% ($2,138,095) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade balance with Pakistan went from a surplus of $32,749,435 in the 4th quarter of 2017, to a deficit of $2,521,387 in the 4th quarter of 2018.
Pakistan was Russia’s 87th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 79th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0576% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0881% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Pakistan was Russia’s 90th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 73rd in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0422% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0875% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Pakistan was Russia’s 73rd largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 70th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0884% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0891% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Pakistan
The major share of Russian exports to Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2018 (and in the 4th quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 31.60% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (17.26% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 23.03% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (7.77% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 21.11% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (55.30% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 18.76% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (11.42% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.37% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (5.22% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.84% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (2.93% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $4,569,220;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $982,973;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $945,834;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $761,476;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $690,012;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $564,748;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $501,516;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $325,554;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $221,256.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $39,425,280;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $2,961,103;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,818,432;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $851,535;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $755,785;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $357,475;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $196,080.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2018 over Q4 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 4,014 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 15,434,050 | 29.35 | 14,488,216 | 6.53 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 649 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 7,700 | 0.01 | 365,175 | -97.89 |
| 10 | Cereals | 330,461 | 0.63 | 526,541 | -37.24 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 838,532 | 1.59 | 148,520 | 464.59 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 5,000 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 813,506 | 1.55 | 248,758 | 227.03 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,487,094 | 2.83 | 4,448,197 | -66.57 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,543,368 | 8.64 | 5,394,903 | -15.78 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,038,562 | 1.97 | 537,046 | 93.38 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,683,002 | 5.10 | 1,700,029 | 57.82 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 755,785 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 3,048 | 0.01 | 1,722 | 77.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 169,414 | 0.32 | 308,825 | -45.14 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 14,301 | 0.03 | 26,440 | -45.91 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,411,111 | 2.68 | 1,555,932 | -9.31 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,101 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 380 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 607,341 | 1.15 | 281,787 | 115.53 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 223,816 | 0.43 | 2,560 | 8,642.81 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,278,479 | 21.45 | 6,709,259 | 68.10 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,195 | 0.00 | 100 | 1,095.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 3,014 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 560 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 54,224 | 0.10 | 27,672 | 95.95 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 410 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,823 | 0.01 | 4 | 70,475.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 12,196 | 0.02 | 3 | 406,433.33 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 204 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 43,330 | 0.08 | 5,150 | 741.36 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 8,328,692 | 15.84 | 47,753,972 | -82.56 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,746,322 | 5.22 | 1,984,846 | 38.36 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 641 | 0.00 | 5,594 | -88.54 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 574 | 0.00 | 3,331 | -82.77 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 637 | 0.00 | 16,185 | -96.06 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 23,229 | 0.04 | 1 | 2,322,800.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 263,498 | 0.50 | 2,081,930 | -87.34 |
| 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 | 104,627 | 0.20 | 157,601 | -33.61 |
| 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 | 121,559 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 28,298 | 0.05 | 73,201 | -61.34 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 43,678 | 0.08 | 201,302 | -78.30 |
| 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 | 3,511 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 459 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 33,851 | 0.06 | 57 875 | -41.51 |
Russia’s Imports from Pakistan
The major share of Russian imports from Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2018 (and in the 4th quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 68.28% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (65.01% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.02% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (8.04% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.16% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (10.09% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.40% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (2.69% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.53% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (1.31% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $1,603,620;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $878,271;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $624,221;
- 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 (HS code 34) - an increase of $484,592;
- 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 $375,407.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $2,106,097;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $1,738,137;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $958,456;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $612,230;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $326,175;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $245,608;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $218,347.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2018 over Q4 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 29,010 | 0.05 | 355,185 | -91.83 |
| 10 | Cereals | 3,088,028 | 5.60 | 5,194,125 | -40.55 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 4,489 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 81,233 | 0.15 | 25,573 | 217.65 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 30,009 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 143,126 | 0.26 | 198,976 | -28.07 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,732 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 656 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 19,532 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 245,299 | 0.45 | 220,846 | 11.07 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 1,582 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,499,834 | 6.35 | 3,745,442 | -6.56 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,020 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 21,625 | 0.04 | 1,682 | 1,185.67 |
| 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 | 498,598 | 0.90 | 14,006 | 3,459.89 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 8,893 | 0.02 | 45,721 | -80.55 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 909,558 | 1.65 | 783,690 | 16.06 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 28,784 | 0.05 | 12,570 | 128.99 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 407,265 | 0.74 | 559,853 | -27.26 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4,140,561 | 7.51 | 3,765,154 | 9.97 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 4,274 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 11,336 | 0.02 | 2,606 | 335.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 599 | 0.00 | 1,506 | -60.23 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 227 | 0.00 | 708 | -67.94 |
| 52 | Cotton | 3,812,096 | 6.92 | 3,930,352 | -3.01 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 380,635 | 0.69 | 2,118,772 | -82.04 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 2,583,164 | 4.69 | 979,544 | 163.71 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 180 | 0.00 | 159,172 | -99.89 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 18,670 | 0.03 | 19,507 | -4.29 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 5,628 | 0.01 | 44 | 12,690.91 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,095 | 0.00 | 5,870 | -81.35 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 24,375 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 11,542,886 | 20.95 | 10,918,665 | 5.72 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 13,304,757 | 24.14 | 14,263,213 | -6.72 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,622,035 | 8.39 | 3,743,764 | 23.46 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,101,152 | 2.00 | 954,414 | 15.37 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 230,270 | 0.42 | 124,404 | 85.10 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 221 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 172,787 | 0.31 | 138,202 | 25.02 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 4,101 | 0.01 | 3,794 | 8.09 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,549 | 0.00 | 6,848 | -62.78 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 588 | 0.00 | 28,886 | -97.96 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 26,813 | 0.05 | 42,340 | -36.67 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 22 | 0.00 | 88 | -75.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 34,219 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 813,872 | 1.48 | 664,842 | 22.42 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 624 | 0.00 | 7,303 | -91.46 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,479 | 0.01 | 3,163 | 104.84 |
| 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 | 740 | 0.00 | 2,527 | -70.72 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,748 | 0.01 | 2,288 | 63.81 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,312,865 | 2.38 | 1,531,212 | -14.26 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 212 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,899 | 0.00 | 25,025 | -92.41 |
| 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 | 260,092 | 0.47 | 271,196 | -4.09 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,674,827 | 3.04 | 2,287,057 | -26.77 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 23,374 | 0.04 | 46,697 | -49.95 |