Russian trade with Chile 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 Chile in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Chile
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Chile totaled $1,180,736,878, up 30.72% ($277,484,052) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Chile in 2018 totaled $124,482,081, up 57.34% ($45,364,464) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Chile in 2018 totaled $1,056,254,797, up 28.17% ($232,119,588) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Chile in 2018 was $931,772,716, a 25.07% increase ($186,755,124) over 2017.
Chile was Russia’s 66th largest trading partner in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 0.1716% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1547% in 2017).
Chile was Russia’s 99th largest export market in 2018 (up from 101st in 2017), accounting for 0.0277% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0222% in 2017).
Chile was Russia’s 36th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 43rd in 2017), accounting for 0.4435% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.3631% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Chile
The major share of Russian exports to Chile in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 48.28% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (36.61% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 26.84% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (31.51% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 15.07% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (15.21% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.70% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (9.02% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.71% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (3.50% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.22% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (1.35% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.35% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (1.13% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Chile 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 $31,152,431;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $4,608,147;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $3,866,479;
- 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 $3,495,489;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $2,849,432;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $1,563,531;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $683,051.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Chile in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,672,440;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $1,397,551;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $453,374;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $410,582;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $401,787.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 10,831 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 16,591 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 1,387 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,213,078 | 0.97 | 916,917 | 32.30 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 3,165 | 0.00 | 4,156 | -23.85 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 3,384 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 8,914 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 64,586 | 0.05 | 759 | 8,409.35 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 43,103 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 26,194 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,077,884 | 1.67 | 1,752,454 | 18.57 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 20,443 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 60,094,832 | 48.28 | 28,942,401 | 107.64 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,951,894 | 4.78 | 2,456,405 | 142.30 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4,201,926 | 3.38 | 2,638,395 | 59.26 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 12,845,982 | 10.32 | 8,237,835 | 55.94 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 455,524 | 0.37 | 375,975 | 21.16 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 279,625 | 0.22 | 243,499 | 14.84 |
| 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 | 121 | 0.00 | 74 | 63.51 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 199 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 98,697 | 0.08 | 95,372 | 3.49 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 454,449 | 0.37 | 86,244 | 426.93 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 9,122,187 | 7.33 | 10,794,627 | -15.49 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,328 | 0.00 | 672 | 97.62 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 9,451,063 | 7.59 | 6,601,631 | 43.16 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 9,289,802 | 7.46 | 5,423,323 | 71.29 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 17,054 | 0.01 | 5,632 | 202.81 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 410,843 | 0.33 | 812,630 | -49.44 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 21 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 57 | 0.00 | 1 | 5,600.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 77 | 0.00 | 8 | 862.50 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,107 | 0.00 | 2,007 | -44.84 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 37,089 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 18,725 | 0.02 | 37,684 | -50.31 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 7,710 | 0.01 | 2,572 | 199.77 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,721 | 0.00 | 4,300 | -59.98 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 301,329 | 0.24 | 152,270 | 97.89 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 2,704 | 0.00 | 70,909 | -96.19 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 648,336 | 0.52 | 1,058,918 | -38.77 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 90 | 0.00 | 183 | -50.82 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 323,680 | 0.26 | 777,054 | -58.35 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,224,049 | 3.39 | 3,540,998 | 19.29 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 38 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 16,120 | 0.01 | 135,130 | -88.07 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 217 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,280,611 | 1.03 | 2,678,162 | -52.18 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 523 | 0.00 | 2,553 | -79.51 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 336,488 | 0.27 | 366,945 | -8.30 |
| 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 | 649,958 | 0.52 | 322,357 | 101.63 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 330,149 | 0.27 | 198,142 | 66.62 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 197,082 | 0.16 | 182,277 | 8.12 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 75 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 927 | 0.00 | 93 | 896.77 |
| 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 | 65,870 | 0.05 | 2,435 | 2,605.13 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 4,574 | 0.00 | 6,419 | -28.74 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,437 | 0.00 | 600 | 306.17 |
| SS | Classified | 21,210 | 0.02 | 30 568 | -30.61 |
Russia’s Imports from Chile
The major share of Russian imports from Chile in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 81.07% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (76.84% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 12.82% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (10.76% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.51% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (5.08% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.01% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (6.38% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Chile in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $133,112,117;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $56,156,925;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $46,641,544;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $18,433,151;
- 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 $16,589,725;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $9,422,052;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $7,617,162;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $4,833,800.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Chile in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $52,005,899;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $8,531,285.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 109,106,939 | 10.33 | 52,950,014 | 106.06 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 461,088,321 | 43.65 | 327,976,204 | 40.59 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 14,858,314 | 1.41 | 12,172,553 | 22.06 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 10,765,775 | 1.02 | 5,931,975 | 81.49 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 7,550 | 0.00 | 19,588 | -61.46 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,382,283 | 0.13 | 943,534 | 46.50 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 141,840,057 | 13.43 | 123,406,906 | 14.94 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 5,425 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 148,814 | 0.01 | 143,961 | 3.37 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 12,593 | 0.00 | 289 | 4,257.44 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 25,882,292 | 2.45 | 18,265,130 | 41.70 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 2,310,041 | 0.22 | 2,993,981 | -22.84 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 167,882 | 0.02 | 322,529 | -47.95 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 31,323,847 | 2.97 | 21,901,795 | 43.02 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 9,573 | 0.00 | 5,837 | 64.01 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 15,727,263 | 1.49 | 24,258,548 | -35.17 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 620,839 | 0.06 | 373,872 | 66.06 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 41,084,979 | 3.89 | 41,547,621 | -1.11 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 10,785 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,774 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 58,338 | 0.01 | 10,913 | 434.57 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 135,331,924 | 12.81 | 88,690,380 | 52.59 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 57,172,481 | 5.41 | 40,582,756 | 40.88 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 17,094 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 146,463 | 0.01 | 787,416 | -81.40 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 382,712 | 0.04 | 288,644 | 32.59 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,641 | 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 | 11,036 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 182,812 | 0.02 | 53,432 | 242.14 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 155,577 | 0.01 | 92,962 | 67.36 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 115,141 | 0.01 | 61,260 | 87.95 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 215,885 | 0.02 | 261,280 | -17.37 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 5,038,113 | 0.48 | 6,208,239 | -18.85 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 240,680 | 0.02 | 129,942 | 85.22 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 27,940 | 0.00 | 668 | 4,082.63 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 356 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 196 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,973 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 22,820 | 0.00 | 8,443 | 170.28 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 47 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 1,091 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 41,247 | 0.00 | 34,574 | 19.30 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 73 | 0.00 | 21 | 247.62 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 202 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 130,567 | 0.01 | 33,524 | 289.47 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 5,244 | 0.00 | 52,011,143 | -99.99 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 556,439 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,057 | 0.00 | 182 | 1,030.22 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 307 | 0.00 | 218 | 40.83 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 598,612 | 0.06 | 675,088 | -11.33 |
| 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 | 8,752 | 0.00 | 1,441 | 507.36 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 401,425 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 326 | 0.00 | 8,294 | -96.07 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 541 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,111 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 8 | 0.00 | 17 | -52.94 |