Russian trade with Argentina 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 Argentina in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Argentina
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Argentina totaled $1,245,938,214, up 39.86% ($355,112,399) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Argentina in 2018 totaled $394,669,103, up 86.70% ($183,279,730) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Argentina in 2018 totaled $851,269,111, up 25.29% ($171,832,669) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Argentina in 2018 was $456,600,008, a 2.45% decrease ($11,447,061) over 2017.
Argentina was Russia’s 64th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 67th in 2017), accounting for 0.1811% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1525% in 2017).
Argentina was Russia’s 78th largest export market in 2018 (up from 83rd in 2017), accounting for 0.0877% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0592% in 2017).
Argentina was Russia’s 43rd largest supplier in 2018 (up from 46th in 2017), accounting for 0.3574% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2994% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Argentina
The major share of Russian exports to Argentina in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 79.09% of Russia’s total exports to Argentina (62.49% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.21% of Russia’s total exports to Argentina (25.66% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.94% of Russia’s total exports to Argentina (5.31% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.08% of Russia’s total exports to Argentina (2.65% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.04% of Russia’s total exports to Argentina (2.93% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Argentina 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) - an increase of $179,343,372;
- 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 $4,657,519;
- 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 $2,382,843;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,717,019.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Argentina 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) - a decrease of $3,233,502;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $2,105,201;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $2,007,035.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 85,911 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 56,480 | 0.01 | 105,318 | -46.37 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 100,725 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 21,384 | 0.01 | 358,333 | -94.03 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,038,561 | 0.26 | 318,890 | 225.68 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 311,113,965 | 78.83 | 131,770,593 | 136.10 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 7,814,097 | 1.98 | 3,156,578 | 147.55 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,156,577 | 0.29 | 1,213,515 | -4.69 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 43,518,169 | 11.03 | 45,623,370 | -4.61 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 159,967 | 0.04 | 273,539 | -41.52 |
| 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 | 311,976 | 0.08 | 294,881 | 5.80 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,012 | 0.00 | 3,321 | -39.42 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 932,967 | 0.24 | 748,906 | 24.58 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 955,057 | 0.24 | 1,781,220 | -46.38 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,228,975 | 0.31 | 1,144,582 | 7.37 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 35 | 0.00 | 63 | -44.44 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 436,924 | 0.11 | 464,346 | -5.91 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 12,997 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,658,328 | 0.93 | 5,665,363 | -35.43 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,655 | 0.00 | 59,555 | -93.86 |
| 52 | Cotton | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,489,113 | 0.38 | 398,419 | 273.76 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 4 | 0.00 | 2 | 100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 16 | 0.00 | 79 | -79.75 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 825 | 0.00 | 14 | 5,792.86 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 70,168 | 0.02 | 2,960 | 2,270.54 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 54 | 0.00 | 2,825 | -98.09 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 360,419 | 0.09 | 225,867 | 59.57 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 192,362 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 87,184 | 0.02 | 119,805 | -27.23 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 28 | 0.00 | 178 | -84.27 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 5,711,526 | 1.45 | 3,994,507 | 42.98 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,088,344 | 0.28 | 397,370 | 173.89 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 15,024 | 0.00 | 11,959 | 25.63 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,346,959 | 0.34 | 1,076,274 | 25.15 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 602 | 0.00 | 242 | 148.76 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 32,984 | 0.01 | 63,456 | -48.02 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 8,048 | 0.00 | 45,304 | -82.24 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 17,570 | 0.00 | 3,497 | 402.43 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,352,366 | 1.10 | 3,901,560 | 11.55 |
| 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 | 5,574,096 | 1.41 | 3,191,253 | 74.67 |
| 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 | 14,756 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 176,856 | 0.04 | 3,410,358 | -94.81 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,465,636 | 0.37 | 713,900 | 105.30 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 940 | 0.00 | 310 | 203.23 |
| 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 | 259,738 | 0.07 | 641,386 | -59.50 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 72 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 116 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Argentina
The major share of Russian imports from Argentina in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 92.34% of Russia’s total imports from Argentina (85.17% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.54% of Russia’s total imports from Argentina (12.01% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.01% of Russia’s total imports from Argentina (2.44% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Argentina in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $164,544,777;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $17,222,876;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $16,592,990;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $7,398,008;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $4,486,929;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $3,486,856;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $2,567,561.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Argentina in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $27,783,601;
- 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 $9,877,992;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $3,279,057;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $2,617,869.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 941 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 309,049,513 | 36.30 | 144,504,736 | 113.87 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 62,185,051 | 7.30 | 54,787,043 | 13.50 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 90,216,602 | 10.60 | 90,290,157 | -0.08 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 2,516,729 | 0.30 | 2,398,576 | 4.93 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 6,421,949 | 0.75 | 7,918,323 | -18.90 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 172,460,181 | 20.26 | 155,237,305 | 11.09 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,904,037 | 0.34 | 2,431,308 | 19.44 |
| 10 | Cereals | 190,686 | 0.02 | 1,103,867 | -82.73 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 89,386 | 0.01 | 43,934 | 103.46 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 85,416,292 | 10.03 | 68,823,302 | 24.11 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 3,043,991 | 0.36 | 5,219,269 | -41.68 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 440,521 | 0.05 | 290,442 | 51.67 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 11,502 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,904 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 6,122,519 | 0.72 | 3,554,958 | 72.22 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,080,438 | 0.60 | 1,593,582 | 218.81 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 14,011,528 | 1.65 | 12,008,295 | 16.68 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 25,866,779 | 3.04 | 28,484,648 | -9.19 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 98,840 | 0.01 | 37,600 | 162.87 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 1,825,117 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 243,400 | 0.03 | 95,541 | 154.76 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 9,486,297 | 1.11 | 19,364,289 | -51.01 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,382,968 | 0.16 | 4,662,025 | -70.34 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 19,691,845 | 2.31 | 47,475,446 | -58.52 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 862,840 | 0.10 | 1,054,123 | -18.15 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 295,275 | 0.03 | 82,577 | 257.58 |
| 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 | 11,000 | 0.00 | 5,139 | 114.05 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3,795,217 | 0.45 | 6,265,885 | -39.43 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 157,340 | 0.02 | 69,262 | 127.17 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,985,563 | 0.23 | 1,810,891 | 9.65 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 943,520 | 0.11 | 795,490 | 18.61 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 225,749 | 0.03 | 206,204 | 9.48 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 394 | 0.00 | 1,132 | -65.19 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 1,089,794 | 0.13 | 728,274 | 49.64 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,172 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 508 | 0.00 | 2,158 | -76.46 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 681 | 0.00 | 4,260 | -84.01 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 489,381 | 0.06 | 765,233 | -36.05 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 16,515 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 743 | 0.00 | 3,830 | -80.60 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 26,823 | 0.00 | 4,795 | 459.40 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 456 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 15,005 | 0.00 | 9,802 | 53.08 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,234 | 0.00 | 11,283 | -89.06 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 140,640 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,983,181 | 0.59 | 496,252 | 904.16 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 15,178 | 0.00 | 1,175 | 1,191.74 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 14,641 | 0.00 | 21,566 | -32.11 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 13 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 130,161 | 0.02 | 74,041 | 75.80 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 35,605 | 0.00 | 52,322 | -31.95 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 12,641,807 | 1.49 | 11,780,687 | 7.31 |
| 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 | 74,978 | 0.01 | 126,519 | -40.74 |
| 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 | 11,581 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,503,198 | 0.29 | 3,277,791 | -23.63 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,882,054 | 0.22 | 1,378,044 | 36.57 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 39 | 0.00 | 24,086 | -99.84 |
| 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 | 155,938 | 0.02 | 44,554 | 250.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,426 | 0.00 | 287 | 2,139.02 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,453 | 0.00 | 17 | 31,976.47 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 2,070 | -100.00 |