Russian trade with Abkhazia in 2018
February 10, 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 Abkhazia in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Abkhazia
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Abkhazia was $258,614,366, down 0.76% ($1,979,692) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Abkhazia in 2018 were $192,371,014, down 7.05% ($14,587,173) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Abkhazia in 2018 totaled $66,243,352, up 23.51% ($12,607,481) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Abkhazia in 2018 was $126,127,662, a 17.74% decrease ($27,194,654) over 2017.
Abkhazia was Russia’s 95th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 94th in 2017), accounting for 0.0376% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0446% in 2017).
Abkhazia was Russia’s 91st largest export market in 2018 (down from 84th in 2017), accounting for 0.0428% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0580% in 2017).
Abkhazia was Russia’s 93rd largest supplier in 2018 (down from 90th in 2017), accounting for 0.0278% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0236% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Abkhazia
The major share of Russian exports to Abkhazia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 30.47% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (30.38% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 29.79% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (29.28% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.62% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (10.90% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.87% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (11.16% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.70% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (6.98% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.43% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (4.09% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Abkhazia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $736,045;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $646,706;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $636,695.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Abkhazia in 2018 over 2017 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 $2,875,794;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $2,609,892;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $2,552,257;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $1,543,371;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,417,591;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,261,777;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $1,093,665;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $765,264;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $764,725;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $664,735;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $640,477.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 3,278 | -100.00 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,839,434 | 1.48 | 2,738,463 | 3.69 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 144,081 | 0.07 | 31,953 | 350.92 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 7,691,858 | 4.00 | 8,070,963 | -4.70 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 16,104 | 0.01 | 15,182 | 6.07 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 37,905 | 0.02 | 51,853 | -26.90 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 182,194 | 0.09 | 239,006 | -23.77 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 55,763 | 0.03 | 88,678 | -37.12 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,945,909 | 1.53 | 3,421,534 | -13.90 |
| 10 | Cereals | 120,117 | 0.06 | 188,640 | -36.32 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 6,327,874 | 3.29 | 6,790,668 | -6.82 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 54,318 | 0.03 | 48,053 | 13.04 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,575 | 0.00 | 424 | 271.46 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 63 | 0.00 | 75 | -16.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,179,339 | 0.61 | 1,213,360 | -2.80 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 5,248,321 | 2.73 | 5,500,985 | -4.59 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,687,164 | 0.88 | 1,924,542 | -12.33 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,067,780 | 1.59 | 3,262,195 | -5.96 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,867,147 | 2.53 | 4,831,343 | 0.74 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,096,095 | 1.09 | 2,191,285 | -4.34 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,445,978 | 1.79 | 3,306,081 | 4.23 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 9,710,241 | 5.05 | 10,475,505 | -7.31 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 597,005 | 0.31 | 628,862 | -5.07 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 6,298,903 | 3.27 | 7,842,274 | -19.68 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,696,120 | 0.88 | 2,360,855 | -28.16 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 55,618,621 | 28.91 | 58,228,513 | -4.48 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 237,782 | 0.12 | 205,420 | 15.75 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 114,799 | 0.06 | 76,778 | 49.52 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,585,843 | 4.98 | 9,979,299 | -3.94 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 679,438 | 0.35 | 455,904 | 49.03 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,815,405 | 0.94 | 1,753,388 | 3.54 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,238,630 | 0.64 | 1,707,949 | -27.48 |
| 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 | 1,938,256 | 1.01 | 1,741,303 | 11.31 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 113,887 | 0.06 | 113,353 | 0.47 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 21,602 | 0.01 | 55,526 | -61.10 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 6,836 | 0.00 | 2,640 | 158.94 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 957,995 | 0.50 | 801,927 | 19.46 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,576,148 | 2.38 | 5,340,873 | -14.32 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,064,745 | 0.55 | 328,700 | 223.93 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 7,649 | 0.00 | 24,796 | -69.15 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,145,082 | 1.63 | 3,674,846 | -14.42 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 336,568 | 0.17 | 111,386 | 202.16 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 370 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,299,907 | 2.24 | 4,057,015 | 5.99 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 742,497 | 0.39 | 625,224 | 18.76 |
| 52 | Cotton | 51,284 | 0.03 | 6,758 | 658.86 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 376 | 0.00 | 9 | 4,077.78 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 551,209 | 0.29 | 75,223 | 632.77 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 50,607 | 0.03 | 3,446 | 1,368.57 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 162,028 | 0.08 | 219,642 | -26.23 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 27,733 | 0.01 | 61,826 | -55.14 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 84,465 | 0.04 | 24,945 | 238.60 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 75,425 | 0.04 | 65,192 | 15.70 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 131,667 | 0.07 | 1,991 | 6,513.11 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 122,298 | 0.06 | 25,810 | 373.84 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 176,642 | 0.09 | 83,145 | 112.45 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 244,340 | 0.13 | 1,338,005 | -81.74 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 78,432 | 0.04 | 72,538 | 8.13 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 12,421 | 0.01 | 5,913 | 110.06 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 15,589 | 0.01 | 19,100 | -18.38 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,793 | 0.00 | 103 | 1,640.78 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,403,877 | 0.73 | 1,241,862 | 13.05 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 1,697,932 | 0.88 | 1,938,199 | -12.40 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 6,401,825 | 3.33 | 5,765,130 | 11.04 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 67,548 | 0.04 | 76,399 | -11.59 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 5,071,852 | 2.64 | 7,624,109 | -33.48 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,359,595 | 2.27 | 5,777,186 | -24.54 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 85,808 | 0.04 | 28,354 | 202.63 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 448 | 0.00 | 1,218 | -63.22 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 636,972 | 0.33 | 407,163 | 56.44 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 164 | 0.00 | 86 | 90.70 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 3,174 | 0.00 | 3,856 | -17.69 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,359 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 137,607 | 0.07 | 95,581 | 43.97 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 673,615 | 0.35 | 502,983 | 33.92 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 8,373,730 | 4.35 | 9,635,507 | -13.10 |
| 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 | 5,469,443 | 2.84 | 8,345,237 | -34.46 |
| 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 | 52,162 | 0.03 | 7,284 | 616.12 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,666,916 | 1.91 | 3,020,210 | 21.41 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 4,468 | 0.00 | 11,581 | -61.42 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,429,470 | 0.74 | 2,069,947 | -30.94 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 586 | 0.00 | 638 | -8.15 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 34 | 0.00 | 482 | -92.95 |
| 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 | 2,909,151 | 1.51 | 2,610,798 | 11.43 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 225,904 | 0.12 | 196,860 | 14.75 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 890,719 | 0.46 | 818,071 | 8.88 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 6,041 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 206,998 | 0.11 | 258 862 | -20.04 |
Russia’s Imports from Abkhazia
The major share of Russian imports from Abkhazia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 96.33% of Russia’s total imports from Abkhazia (99.13% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.63% of Russia’s total imports from Abkhazia (0.45% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.33% of Russia’s total imports from Abkhazia (0.00% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Abkhazia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $7,183,167;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $2,742,601;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $880,268;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $778,374;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $555,854.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Abkhazia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 6,237 | -100.00 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 55,269 | 0.08 | 79,040 | -30.07 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 124,799 | 0.19 | 51,224 | 143.63 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,252,404 | 3.40 | 1,696,550 | 32.76 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 9,658,069 | 14.58 | 2,474,902 | 290.24 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 66,225 | 0.10 | 74,874 | -11.55 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 5,305 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 243,755 | 0.37 | 80,358 | 203.34 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 543,939 | 0.82 | 593,203 | -8.30 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 50,492,029 | 76.22 | 47,749,428 | 5.74 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 377,911 | 0.57 | 356,021 | 6.15 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 880,268 | 1.33 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,096 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 126,664 | 0.19 | 139,966 | -9.50 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 16,754 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 107,750 | 0.16 | 44,537 | 141.93 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 975,141 | 1.47 | 196,767 | 395.58 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 492 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 128,293 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,456 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,505 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 140,474 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 184 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 64,754 | 0.10 | 9,569 | 576.71 |
| 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 | 2,919 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 54 092 | -100.00 |