Russian trade with Iraq in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Iraq
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Iraq was $765,542,152, down 45.42% ($637,107,958) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2018 were $765,468,391, down 45.43% ($637,142,120) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2018 totaled $73,761, up 86.27% ($34,162) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iraq in 2018 was $765,394,630, a 45.43% decrease ($637,176,282) over 2017.
Iraq was Russia’s 75th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 58th in 2017), accounting for 0.1113% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2402% in 2017).
Iraq was Russia’s 61st largest export market in 2018 (down from 44th in 2017), accounting for 0.1701% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.3928% in 2017).
Iraq was Russia’s 174th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 179th in 2017), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Iraq
The major share of Russian exports to Iraq in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 68.82% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (25.88% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.69% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (7.41% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.82% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (2.25% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.22% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (3.03% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.22% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.62% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iraq 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 $191,965,154;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $7,435,041;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $5,970,960;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $5,067,576;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $2,751,091.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $51,414,664;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $15,344,872;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $12,682,806;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $8,332,229;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $5,139,996;
- 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 $4,393,872;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $2,734,019.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 45,103 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,995 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 695,392 | 0.09 | 3,429,411 | -79.72 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 9,042 | 0.00 | 22,946 | -60.59 |
10 | Cereals | 8,192,105 | 1.07 | 757,064 | 982.09 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 355,989 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 25,924,475 | 3.39 | 77,339,139 | -66.48 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 81,311 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 8,054,998 | 1.05 | 5,303,907 | 51.87 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,590,076 | 0.21 | 937,044 | 69.69 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,179,432 | 0.68 | 111,856 | 4,530.45 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 469,482 | 0.06 | 274,133 | 71.26 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 9,999 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 15,944,993 | 2.08 | 15,702,623 | 1.54 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 16,610 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 9,309,337 | 1.22 | 8,644,621 | 7.69 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 15,315 | 0.00 | 16,995 | -9.89 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 55,313 | 0.01 | 49,075 | 12.71 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,504,847 | 0.46 | 3,843,055 | -8.80 |
31 | Fertilizers | 474,403 | 0.06 | 123,882 | 282.95 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 142,739 | 0.02 | 340,235 | -58.05 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 397,068 | 0.05 | 184,742 | 114.93 |
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 | 2,689 | 0.00 | 30,425 | -91.16 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 543,937 | 0.07 | 3,845 | 14,046.61 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 549,572 | 0.07 | 427,511 | 28.55 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 147,859 | 0.02 | 462,095 | -68.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 33,103 | 0.00 | 211,992 | -84.38 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 35,543,990 | 4.64 | 29,573,030 | 20.19 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,190,984 | 0.16 | 324,238 | 267.32 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 134,149 | 0.02 | 1,700,856 | -92.11 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,069 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 43,478 | 0.01 | 770 | 5,546.49 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,734 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,095 | 0.00 | 6,547 | -68.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 17,243 | 0.00 | 5,968 | 188.92 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 317 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 37,030 | 0.00 | 2,452 | 1,410.20 |
69 | Ceramic products | 44,388 | 0.01 | 12,962 | 242.45 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 499,360 | 0.07 | 91,178 | 447.68 |
72 | Iron and steel | 24,073,541 | 3.14 | 36,756,347 | -34.51 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 483,753 | 0.06 | 5,623,749 | -91.40 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3,934 | 0.00 | 480 | 719.58 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 5,351 | 0.00 | 39 | 13,620.51 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,849 | 0.00 | 13,746 | -72.00 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,272 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 28,952 | 0.00 | 29,938 | -3.29 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 43,809 | 0.01 | 60,192 | -27.22 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,128,362 | 0.54 | 12,460,591 | -66.87 |
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 | 4,511,038 | 0.59 | 8,904,910 | -49.34 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 512,675,544 | 66.98 | 320,710,390 | 59.86 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 20,270 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,489,431 | 0.72 | 20,834,303 | -73.65 |
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 | 86,062 | 0.01 | 200,382 | -57.05 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 45,566 | 0.01 | 20,800 | 119.07 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 55,553 | 0.01 | 75,678 | -26.59 |
SS | Classified | 94,577,963 | 12.36 | 846 947 487 | -88.83 |
Russia’s Imports from Iraq
The major share of Russian imports from Iraq in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 39.64% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.00% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 31.68% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (13.11% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 28.62% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (70.74% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (15.44% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $22,428;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $20,595;
- 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 $8,645;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $3,675;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $940.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $10,576;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $6,113;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $5,192;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $240.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 6,113 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 17,436 | 23.64 | 28,012 | -37.76 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,675 | 4.98 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 42 | 0.06 | 282 | -85.11 |
72 | Iron and steel | 940 | 1.27 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 5,192 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 22,428 | 30.41 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 8,645 | 11.72 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 20,595 | 27.92 | 0 | ∞ |