Russian trade with Costa Rica in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Costa Rica
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Costa Rica totaled $162,118,246, up 17.93% ($24,644,573) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in 2018 totaled $57,454,109, up 114.56% ($30,676,442) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in 2018 were $104,664,137, down 5.45% ($6,031,869) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Costa Rica in 2018 was $47,210,028, a 43.74% decrease ($36,708,311) over 2017.
Costa Rica was Russia’s 108th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 106th in 2017), accounting for 0.0236% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0235% in 2017).
Costa Rica was Russia’s 116th largest export market in 2018 (up from 124th in 2017), accounting for 0.0128% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0075% in 2017).
Costa Rica was Russia’s 86th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 83rd in 2017), accounting for 0.0439% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0488% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Costa Rica
The major share of Russian exports to Costa Rica in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 47.35% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (57.24% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 28.12% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (9.64% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 23.94% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (28.30% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.35% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (1.40% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.11% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (2.66% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Costa Rica 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 $13,576,878;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $13,355,207;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $5,635,686;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $467,954.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $1,480,624;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $540,980;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $191,024.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 3,108 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 16,718 | 0.03 | 20,766 | -19.49 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 35,677 | 0.06 | 177,499 | -79.90 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 16,158,778 | 28.12 | 2,581,900 | 525.85 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 108,825 | 0.19 | 130,378 | -16.53 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 467,954 | 0.81 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 12,007,717 | 20.90 | 6,372,031 | 88.44 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 376,600 | 0.66 | 383,700 | -1.85 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 127 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 9,394 | 0.02 | 4,997 | 87.99 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 398,484 | 0.69 | 437,201 | -8.86 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 385,719 | 0.67 | 248,317 | 55.33 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 23,380 | 0.04 | 8,827 | 164.87 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 174,703 | 0.30 | 365,727 | -52.23 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 260 | 0.00 | 60 | 333.33 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 601 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,254 | 0.00 | 3,170 | -28.90 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 65 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 260 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 23,360 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 534 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 24,779,806 | 43.13 | 11,424,599 | 116.90 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,421,938 | 4.22 | 3,902,562 | -37.94 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 19,531 | 0.03 | 560,511 | -96.52 |
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 | 2,956 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 23,400 | 0.04 | 145,202 | -83.88 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 15,295 | 0.03 | 5,515 | 177.33 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,240 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Costa Rica
The major share of Russian imports from Costa Rica in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 71.14% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (59.82% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 25.56% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (37.99% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Costa Rica 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 $10,119,661;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $3,836,711;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $896,291;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $567,013;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $416,733;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $353,093;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $319,233.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Costa Rica 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 $19,052,050;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $931,467;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $688,137;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $621,036;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $601,598;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $564,804.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 33,260 | 0.03 | 35,554 | -6.45 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 931,467 | -100.00 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,574,470 | 1.50 | 2,176,068 | -27.65 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 70,065,944 | 66.94 | 59,946,283 | 16.88 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,063,811 | 1.97 | 2,684,847 | -23.13 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,882 | 0.00 | 27 | 6,870.37 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 3,768 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 18,631 | 0.02 | 20,340 | -8.40 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 695,201 | 0.66 | 342,108 | 103.21 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 77,256 | -100.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 11,634 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 18,883 | 0.02 | 18,401 | 2.62 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 416,733 | 0.40 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 171 | 0.00 | 727 | -76.48 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 350,580 | 0.33 | 377,767 | -7.20 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,547 | 0.00 | 569,351 | -99.20 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 191 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 63,075 | 0.06 | 16,515 | 281.93 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,990 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,033 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 476 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 13,015 | 0.01 | 22,003 | -40.85 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 137,778 | 0.13 | 185,962 | -25.91 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,617 | 0.00 | 5,720 | -54.25 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 896,291 | 0.86 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 53,988 | 0.05 | 3,309 | 1,531.55 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 587,537 | 0.56 | 268,304 | 118.98 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7,936 | 0.01 | 2,893 | 174.32 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 705 | 0.00 | 1,912 | -63.13 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 56,281 | 0.05 | 15,745 | 257.45 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,305 | 0.01 | 7,892 | -32.78 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 42,529 | 0.04 | 730,666 | -94.18 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 14,914 | 0.01 | 101,591 | -85.32 |
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 | 3,615,110 | 3.45 | 22,667,160 | -84.05 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 34,182 | 0.03 | 27,518 | 24.22 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 23,092,718 | 22.06 | 19,256,007 | 19.92 |
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 | 234 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 91 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 769,626 | 0.74 | 202,613 | 279.85 |