Russian trade with Ireland in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ireland
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Ireland totaled $2,006,541,948, up 32.82% ($495,816,547) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2018 totaled $677,893,748, up 72.79% ($285,581,423) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2018 totaled $1,328,648,200, up 18.80% ($210,235,124) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ireland in 2018 was $650,754,452, a 10.38% decrease ($75,346,299) over 2017.
Ireland was Russia’s 47th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 54th in 2017), accounting for 0.2916% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2587% in 2017).
Ireland was Russia’s 67th largest export market in 2018 (up from 70th in 2017), accounting for 0.1507% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1099% in 2017).
Ireland was Russia’s 32nd largest supplier in 2018 (up from 34th in 2017), accounting for 0.5579% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.4928% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Ireland
The major share of Russian exports to Ireland in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 73.08% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (43.69% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.47% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (20.18% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.69% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (1.68% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.85% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (2.41% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.69% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (2.21% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ireland 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 $324,011,743;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $10,299,333;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $9,224,193;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $8,368,256;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,136,762;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $2,798,153.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $2,812,848.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 114,978 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 10,299,333 | 1.52 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 262 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 103,278 | 0.02 | 35,570 | 190.35 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 235,640 | 0.03 | 410,763 | -42.63 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 14,395,594 | 2.12 | 6,027,338 | 138.84 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 53,353 | 0.01 | 67,265 | -20.68 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 495,331,586 | 73.07 | 171,319,843 | 189.13 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,075,028 | 0.16 | 2,028,947 | -47.02 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 186,724 | 0.03 | 2,999,572 | -93.77 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 57,183 | 0.01 | 9,923 | 476.27 |
31 | Fertilizers | 83,056,636 | 12.25 | 73,832,443 | 12.49 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 11,854 | 0.00 | 4,070 | 191.25 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 139,347 | -100.00 |
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 | 1,121 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 6,845 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 891 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 6,959 | 0.00 | 18,408 | -62.20 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 81,137 | 0.01 | 92,017 | -11.82 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 18,331 | 0.00 | 35,861 | -48.88 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 690 | 0.00 | 500 | 38.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 11,154,735 | 1.65 | 8,356,582 | 33.48 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,359,870 | 0.20 | 1,113,661 | 22.11 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 466 | 0.00 | 2,034 | -77.09 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 6,827 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 69 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,756 | 0.00 | 397 | 846.10 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,764 | 0.00 | 2,299 | -23.27 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 113 | 0.00 | 5,237 | -97.84 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 64 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 171 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 290,005 | 0.04 | 269,192 | 7.73 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 11,157 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 254 | 0.00 | 2,137 | -88.11 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,211,201 | 0.18 | 763,978 | 58.54 |
72 | Iron and steel | 714,461 | 0.11 | 1,168,736 | -38.87 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 53,353 | 0.01 | 1,003,492 | -94.68 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 73,522 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 548 | 0.00 | 5,207 | -89.48 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 21,239 | 0.00 | 13,649 | 55.61 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,052,444 | 0.75 | 915,682 | 451.77 |
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 | 3,701,305 | 0.55 | 3,751,043 | -1.33 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 109,763 | 0.02 | 81,881 | 34.05 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,589,914 | 0.38 | 3,928,345 | -34.07 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 16,010 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 228,615 | 0.03 | 18,657 | 1,125.36 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2,869 | 0.00 | 8,974 | -68.03 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,811 | 0.00 | 2,388 | 310.85 |
SS | Classified | 46,368,650 | 6.84 | 113 750 245 | -59.24 |
Russia’s Imports from Ireland
The major share of Russian imports from Ireland in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 58.06% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (52.37% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 26.57% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (30.77% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.00% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (14.14% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $118,437,688;
- 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 $58,212,330;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $28,072,747;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $12,199,690;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $6,626,800;
- 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 $4,525,994;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $4,310,476.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $18,601,986;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $5,221,746.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 2,046,421 | 0.15 | 1,346,483 | 51.98 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 88,036 | -100.00 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 788 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 913 | 0.00 | 4,227 | -78.40 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 19,136 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 317,502 | 0.02 | 105,059 | 202.21 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 727,714 | 0.05 | 529,724 | 37.38 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 213,917 | 0.02 | 84,508 | 153.13 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 8,977,169 | 0.68 | 9,808,331 | -8.47 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 522,124 | 0.04 | 269,406 | 93.81 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 48,971,064 | 3.69 | 51,355,463 | -4.64 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 6,261,240 | 0.47 | 5,758,299 | 8.73 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 28,294,731 | 2.13 | 23,984,255 | 17.97 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 75,064,999 | 5.65 | 62,865,309 | 19.41 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,191,862 | 0.09 | 1,826,534 | -34.75 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 64,177 | 0.00 | 153,748 | -58.26 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,487 | 0.00 | 1,709 | 104.04 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 90,719 | 0.01 | 91,185 | -0.51 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 130,830,262 | 9.85 | 72,617,932 | 80.16 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 18,737,884 | 1.41 | 12,111,084 | 54.72 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 430,272,561 | 32.38 | 311,834,873 | 37.98 |
31 | Fertilizers | 139,732 | 0.01 | 143,703 | -2.76 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 5,487,068 | 0.41 | 6,681,758 | -17.88 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 135,316,801 | 10.18 | 135,603,921 | -0.21 |
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 | 1,335,037 | 0.10 | 1,548,036 | -13.76 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 10,481,239 | 0.79 | 11,640,683 | -9.96 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 471 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 9,147,911 | 0.69 | 5,948,186 | 53.79 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 23,501,234 | 1.77 | 20,987,198 | 11.98 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,580,644 | 0.42 | 6,167,351 | -9.51 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 612,371 | 0.05 | 461,968 | 32.56 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 9,936 | 0.00 | 15,133 | -34.34 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 220,868 | 0.02 | 138,989 | 58.91 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 42 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 646,049 | 0.05 | 396,861 | 62.79 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,153,054 | 0.16 | 965,365 | 123.03 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 104,584 | 0.01 | 91,533 | 14.26 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 250 | -100.00 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 14 | 0.00 | 4,191 | -99.67 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 10,526 | 0.00 | 16,084 | -34.56 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 17,179 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 10,126 | 0.00 | 2,116 | 378.54 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 185,067 | 0.01 | 283,558 | -34.73 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 302,341 | 0.02 | 286,185 | 5.65 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 76,127 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,507 | 0.00 | 11,099 | -68.40 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 289,150 | 0.02 | 160,103 | 80.60 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,683 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 728 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 235,969 | 0.02 | 237,496 | -0.64 |
69 | Ceramic products | 14,066 | 0.00 | 10,585 | 32.89 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 307,585 | 0.02 | 308,856 | -0.41 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,299,840 | 0.10 | 868,895 | 49.60 |
72 | Iron and steel | 53,564 | 0.00 | 38,703 | 38.40 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,075,561 | 0.08 | 1,019,954 | 5.45 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 950,959 | 0.07 | 779,172 | 22.05 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 565,409 | 0.04 | 502,081 | 12.61 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 80,238 | 0.01 | 92,500 | -13.26 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 15,274 | 0.00 | 1,737 | 779.33 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 4,864 | 0.00 | 6,759 | -28.04 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 218,764 | 0.02 | 128,551 | 70.18 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,303,814 | 0.32 | 3,674,171 | 17.14 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,036,661 | 0.15 | 1,698,576 | 19.90 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 84,733,157 | 6.38 | 103,335,143 | -18.00 |
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 | 48,949,370 | 3.68 | 44,423,376 | 10.19 |
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 | 78,759 | 0.01 | 39,634 | 98.72 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 560,452 | 0.04 | 519,860 | 7.81 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,632 | 0.00 | 5,223,378 | -99.97 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 218,696,762 | 16.46 | 190,624,015 | 14.73 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 990 | 0.00 | 697 | 42.04 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 2,116 | -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 | 750,965 | 0.06 | 375,629 | 99.92 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,837,491 | 0.44 | 5,551,329 | 5.15 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,678,852 | 0.73 | 12,465,393 | -22.35 |
SS | Classified | 49,077 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |