Russian trade with Afghanistan in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Afghanistan
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Afghanistan was $122,684,804, down 41.07% ($85,486,704) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2018 were $118,692,582, down 42.18% ($86,574,881) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2018 totaled $3,992,222, up 37.47% ($1,088,177) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Afghanistan in 2018 was $114,700,360, a 43.32% decrease ($87,663,058) over 2017.
Afghanistan was Russia’s 116th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 99th in 2017), accounting for 0.0178% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0356% in 2017).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 100th largest export market in 2018 (down from 85th in 2017), accounting for 0.0264% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0575% in 2017).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 131st largest supplier in 2018 (up from 136th in 2017), accounting for 0.0017% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0013% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Afghanistan
The major share of Russian exports to Afghanistan in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 31.45% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (49.26% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 29.50% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (18.55% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 25.96% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (16.95% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.55% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (2.25% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.74% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (2.81% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.55% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (9.39% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2018 over 2017 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 $1,974,192;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $627,993;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $601,005.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $63,779,699;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $18,065,455;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $4,300,225;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $3,185,483;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $687,386;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $641,716;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $555,508;
- 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 $475,199;
- 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) - a decrease of $437,703.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
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04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 179,431 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 534,559 | 0.45 | 1,090,067 | -50.96 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 3,272 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 9,721 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 16,280 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 9,558 | 0.01 | 46,800 | -79.58 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 29,259,890 | 24.65 | 33,560,115 | -12.81 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 75,160 | 0.06 | 27,999 | 168.44 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 642,745 | 0.54 | 14,752 | 4,257.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 5,167 | 0.00 | 25,582 | -79.80 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 32,496 | 0.03 | 806 | 3,931.76 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 11,011 | 0.01 | 1,354 | 713.22 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 48,462 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 37,328,472 | 31.45 | 101,108,171 | -63.08 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 534 | 0.00 | 80,500 | -99.34 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 514,968 | 0.43 | 1,156,684 | -55.48 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 981,277 | 0.83 | 733,162 | 33.84 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 14,684 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,979 | 0.00 | 37,009 | -94.65 |
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 | 494,981 | 0.42 | 932,684 | -46.93 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 70 | -100.00 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 937,846 | 0.79 | 983,750 | -4.67 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 623,521 | 0.53 | 673,762 | -7.46 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 77,197 | 0.07 | 62,796 | 22.93 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 803,300 | 0.68 | 1,093,273 | -26.52 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,368 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 34,204,174 | 28.82 | 37,389,657 | -8.52 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 793,546 | 0.67 | 686,431 | 15.60 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 13,849 | 0.01 | 4,699 | 194.72 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 679 | 0.00 | 273 | 148.72 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 14,325 | 0.01 | 29,810 | -51.95 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 360 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 132 | 0.00 | 2,552 | -94.83 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 109,392 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 429 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 19,795 | 0.02 | 8,164 | 142.47 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 319,919 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 278,590 | 0.23 | 59 | 472,086.44 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,105,525 | 0.93 | 19,170,980 | -94.23 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 697,318 | 0.59 | 96,313 | 624.01 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 5,702 | 0.00 | 74 | 7,605.41 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 12,700 | 0.01 | 1,500 | 746.67 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 16,221 | 0.01 | 56 | 28,866.07 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,035 | 0.00 | 5,182 | -80.03 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,500,453 | 1.26 | 2,187,839 | -31.42 |
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 | 846,389 | 0.71 | 1,321,588 | -35.96 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,912,363 | 2.45 | 938,171 | 210.43 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 139,618 | 0.12 | 178,961 | -21.98 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,873 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 334 | -100.00 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 18,200 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 3,548,380 | 2.99 | 1 136 171 | 212.31 |
Russia’s Imports from Afghanistan
The major share of Russian imports from Afghanistan in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 89.38% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (67.33% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.16% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (0.08% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.12% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (12.75% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan 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 $1,623,111;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $228,610;
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - an increase of $122,894;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $22,271;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - an increase of $15,005.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $206,297;
- 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 $98,507;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $57,853;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $14,823.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
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07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 3,316 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,390,153 | 84.92 | 1,767,042 | 91.85 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,271 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 173,397 | 4.34 | 188,220 | -7.88 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | -100.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 20 | 0.00 | 92 | -78.26 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 122,894 | 3.08 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 228,610 | 5.73 | 0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 17,346 | 0.43 | 2,341 | 640.97 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 120 | -100.00 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 22,271 | 0.56 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,384 | 0.16 | 1,567 | 307.40 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 262 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,781 | 0.07 | 209,078 | -98.67 |
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 | 1,316 | 0.03 | 99,823 | -98.68 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 777 | 0.02 | 184 | 322.28 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 3,300 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 57,853 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 21,424 | 0.54 | 574 406 | -96.27 |