Russian trade with Brazil in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Brazil
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Brazil was $5,054,310,452, down 3.37% ($176,496,483) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2018 totaled $2,584,351,242, up 27.15% ($551,858,599) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2018 were $2,469,959,210, down 22.77% ($728,355,082) from 2017.
Russia’s trade balance with Brazil went from a deficit of $1,165,821,649 in 2017, to a surplus of $114,392,032 in 2018.
Brazil was Russia’s 30th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 26th in 2017), accounting for 0.7345% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.8956% in 2017).
Brazil was Russia’s 36th largest export market in 2018 (down from 35th in 2017), accounting for 0.5743% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.5692% in 2017).
Brazil was Russia’s 22nd largest supplier in 2018 (down from 18th in 2017), accounting for 1.0371% of Russia’s total imports (down from 1.4092% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Brazil
The major share of Russian exports to Brazil in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 76.41% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (74.47% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 18.87% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (17.53% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.16% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (4.20% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.90% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (3.11% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $437,730,172;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $81,728,957;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $49,668,441;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $10,651,384;
- 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 $9,603,815.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $24,544,902;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $17,752,181.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
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03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 58,104 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 4,668,850 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 212,083 | 0.01 | 342,026 | -37.99 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 7,875 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 721 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 2,288 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 593,471 | 0.02 | 609,475 | -2.63 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 113,318 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 319,020 | 0.01 | 217,377 | 46.76 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 88,033,704 | 3.41 | 38,365,263 | 129.46 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 399,708,120 | 15.47 | 317,979,163 | 25.70 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 19,677,213 | 0.76 | 14,822,587 | 32.75 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 8,649,635 | 0.33 | 4,496,909 | 92.35 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 9,484 | -100.00 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,879,142,777 | 72.71 | 1,441,412,605 | 30.37 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 799,552 | 0.03 | 1,631,178 | -50.98 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 250,082 | 0.01 | 12,130 | 1,961.68 |
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 | 655,809 | 0.03 | 25,094 | 2,513.41 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 10,547 | -100.00 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 5,537 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,281,269 | 0.09 | 442,069 | 416.04 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,784,999 | 0.26 | 4,910,479 | 38.17 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 56,421,879 | 2.18 | 45,770,495 | 23.27 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 726 | 0.00 | 739 | -1.76 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,034,330 | 0.04 | 929,158 | 11.32 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 4,954,193 | 0.19 | 4,635,915 | 6.87 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,012,041 | 0.08 | 3,116,234 | -35.43 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 23,221 | 0.00 | 258,186 | -91.01 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 137,073 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 6,301 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 19 | 0.00 | 54 | -64.81 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 49 | 0.00 | 350 | -86.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 365 | 0.00 | 1,761 | -79.27 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 16 | 0.00 | 35 | -54.29 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 708,148 | 0.03 | 306,140 | 131.32 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3,401 | 0.00 | 2,829 | 20.22 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 515 | -100.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 80 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 451,529 | 0.02 | 366,877 | 23.07 |
69 | Ceramic products | 80,986 | 0.00 | 411,724 | -80.33 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 51,901 | 0.00 | 310,959 | -83.31 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 33,932 | 0.00 | 55,488 | -38.85 |
72 | Iron and steel | 34,010,076 | 1.32 | 58,554,978 | -41.92 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 13,595,491 | 0.53 | 10,792,429 | 25.97 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 83,144 | 0.00 | 122,040 | -31.87 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 17,462 | 0.00 | 14,678 | 18.97 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,246,867 | 0.20 | 11,482,605 | -54.31 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 24 | 0.00 | 3 | 700.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,811,296 | 0.07 | 3,231,784 | -43.95 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 555,577 | 0.02 | 658,629 | -15.65 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 585,402 | 0.02 | 446,533 | 31.10 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,685,164 | 0.22 | 11,118,307 | -48.87 |
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 | 31,310,773 | 1.21 | 21,706,958 | 44.24 |
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 | 30,660 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 9,346,082 | 0.36 | 9,910,046 | -5.69 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,690,192 | 0.10 | 20,442,373 | -86.84 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,961 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 900 | 0.00 | 600 | 50.00 |
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 | 134,165 | 0.01 | 2,798 | 4,695.03 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 7,833 | 0.00 | 39,158 | -80.00 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 2,600 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 1,386,654 | 0.05 | 2 479 169 | -44.07 |
Russia’s Imports from Brazil
The major share of Russian imports from Brazil in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 54.85% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (77.45% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 20.88% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (9.54% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.12% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (2.92% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.32% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (3.39% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Brazil 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 $204,332,852;
- 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 $107,098,534;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $77,017,100;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $21,984,046;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $17,392,052;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $8,255,856.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $1,193,141,170;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $13,974,114;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $12,233,905.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 187,040,917 | 7.57 | 1,380,182,087 | -86.45 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 6,164 | -100.00 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 4,684,324 | 0.19 | 3,500,879 | 33.80 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 20,580,615 | 0.83 | 16,257,153 | 26.59 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 202 | 0.00 | 4,901 | -95.88 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 412,809 | 0.02 | 160,981 | 156.43 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 37,962,385 | 1.54 | 20,570,333 | 84.55 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 94,415,816 | 3.82 | 106,649,721 | -11.47 |
10 | Cereals | 513,760 | 0.02 | 310,360 | 65.54 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 134,347 | 0.01 | 173,936 | -22.76 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 651,432,288 | 26.37 | 574,415,188 | 13.41 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 2,580,530 | 0.10 | 2,593,034 | -0.48 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 21,081 | 0.00 | 19,520 | 8.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 7,384,757 | 0.30 | 4,123,110 | 79.11 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 2,499,687 | 0.10 | 4,930,599 | -49.30 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 279,505 | 0.01 | 47,867 | 483.92 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 898 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 68,588,400 | 2.78 | 65,073,683 | 5.40 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 102,532,179 | 4.15 | 106,833,494 | -4.03 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 155,332 | 0.01 | 40,537 | 283.19 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 8,728,712 | 0.35 | 12,340,595 | -29.27 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 164,748,647 | 6.67 | 178,722,761 | -7.82 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,317,509 | 0.13 | 2,843,055 | 16.69 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 9,265,601 | 0.38 | 4,201,054 | 120.55 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 9,152 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 151,612,380 | 6.14 | 44,513,846 | 240.60 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 11,574,969 | 0.47 | 15,582,462 | -25.72 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,411,185 | 0.22 | 5,661,397 | -4.42 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 3,892 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 871,863 | 0.04 | 789,734 | 10.40 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,797,116 | 0.07 | 1,810,528 | -0.74 |
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 | 408,860 | 0.02 | 1,519,949 | -73.10 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 12,794,477 | 0.52 | 10,504,470 | 21.80 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 205,199 | 0.01 | 88,537 | 131.77 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,578,974 | 0.14 | 2,305,339 | 55.25 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,071,180 | 0.29 | 6,604,777 | 7.06 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5,283,978 | 0.21 | 4,036,676 | 30.90 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,145,096 | 0.05 | 1,400,225 | -18.22 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 62,969 | 0.00 | 37,568 | 67.61 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 13,939 | 0.00 | 40,052 | -65.20 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 377,843 | 0.02 | 1,061,928 | -64.42 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 72 | -100.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 27,674 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 12,057,628 | 0.49 | 8,255,539 | 46.06 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,769,844 | 0.07 | 3,430,191 | -48.40 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 15,212 | 0.00 | 32,647 | -53.40 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 784 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 56 | 0.00 | 781 | -92.83 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,725,594 | 0.07 | 1,691,249 | 2.03 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 892,114 | 0.04 | 584,961 | 52.51 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 135,889 | 0.01 | 31,330 | 333.73 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 109 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 137,311 | 0.01 | 92,016 | 49.23 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 473,444 | 0.02 | 419,198 | 12.94 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 420,689 | 0.02 | 322,058 | 30.63 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 178,099 | 0.01 | 148,538 | 19.90 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 248,591 | 0.01 | 431,774 | -42.43 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 15,954,712 | 0.65 | 14,834,179 | 7.55 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 45 | 0.00 | 1,887 | -97.62 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 7,110,803 | 0.29 | 6,434,615 | 10.51 |
69 | Ceramic products | 686,208 | 0.03 | 1,061,129 | -35.33 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 852,342 | 0.03 | 908,043 | -6.13 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 300,241 | 0.01 | 344,632 | -12.88 |
72 | Iron and steel | 119,098,484 | 4.82 | 97,114,438 | 22.64 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,367,253 | 0.18 | 4,092,473 | 6.71 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,358,838 | 0.06 | 1,079,653 | 25.86 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 354,690 | 0.01 | 1,172,130 | -69.74 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 3,105 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 8,603 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,978 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,860,041 | 0.24 | 4,528,400 | 29.41 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 291,597 | 0.01 | 445,303 | -34.52 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 119,560,840 | 4.84 | 111,304,984 | 7.42 |
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 | 15,495,462 | 0.63 | 14,883,622 | 4.11 |
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 | 233,599 | 0.01 | 667,928 | -65.03 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 372,888,883 | 15.10 | 168,556,031 | 121.23 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 550,811 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,496,180 | 0.30 | 9,016,230 | -16.86 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 378 | 0.00 | 1,310 | -71.15 |
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 | 112,329 | 0.00 | 200,120 | -43.87 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 32,630 | 0.00 | 33,934 | -3.84 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 77,043 | 0.00 | 188,600 | -59.15 |
SS | Classified | 210,230,300 | 8.51 | 165 490 201 | 27.03 |