Russian trade with Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Luxembourg
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Luxembourg totaled $267,080,875, up 23.43% ($50,703,339) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Luxembourg in 2018 totaled $63,807,429, up 11.14% ($6,395,313) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Luxembourg in 2018 totaled $203,273,446, up 27.87% ($44,308,026) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Luxembourg in 2018 was $139,466,017, a 37.33% increase ($37,912,713) over 2017.
Luxembourg was Russia’s 94th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 97th in 2017), accounting for 0.0388% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0370% in 2017).
Luxembourg was Russia’s 112th largest export market in 2018 (up from 113th in 2017), accounting for 0.0142% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0161% in 2017).
Luxembourg was Russia’s 71st largest supplier in 2018 (up from 75th in 2017), accounting for 0.0854% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0700% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Luxembourg
The major share of Russian exports to Luxembourg in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 75.31% of Russia’s total exports to Luxembourg (80.16% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.77% of Russia’s total exports to Luxembourg (13.66% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.56% of Russia’s total exports to Luxembourg (2.98% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.05% of Russia’s total exports to Luxembourg (2.06% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.60% of Russia’s total exports to Luxembourg (0.41% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Luxembourg 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 $2,029,217;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,918,139;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $796,678;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $706,133;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $351,952;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $330,573;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $213,495.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Luxembourg in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 8,929 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 5,573 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 24,986 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 48,051,317 | 75.31 | 46,022,100 | 4.41 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,585 | 0.00 | 1,541 | 67.75 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 86,701 | 0.14 | 65,390 | 32.59 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 52 | -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 | 10,890 | 0.02 | 7,150 | 52.31 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,278,542 | 2.00 | 1,065,047 | 20.05 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 74,973 | 0.12 | 81,297 | -7.78 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 818,728 | 1.28 | 488,155 | 67.72 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 159 | 0.00 | 2,790 | -94.30 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,019,207 | 1.60 | 222,529 | 358.01 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11 | 0.00 | 11,600 | -99.91 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,877 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 663 | 0.00 | 200 | 231.50 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 2,556 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,055 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 475 | 0.00 | 1,167 | -59.30 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 17,991 | 0.03 | 17,282 | 4.10 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,055,306 | 1.65 | 349,173 | 202.23 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 9,641,574 | 15.11 | 7,723,435 | 24.84 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 365,169 | 0.57 | 13,217 | 2,662.87 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 53 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 25,738 | 0.04 | 107,266 | -76.01 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 29,756 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,100 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,188,201 | 1.86 | 1,029,737 | 15.39 |
| 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 | 101,397 | 0.16 | 43,034 | 135.62 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 18,805 | 0.03 | 112,746 | -83.32 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,050 | 0.00 | 310 | 238.71 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 12,122 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 89 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 2,746 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Luxembourg
The major share of Russian imports from Luxembourg in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 35.85% of Russia’s total imports from Luxembourg (37.28% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 29.86% of Russia’s total imports from Luxembourg (25.42% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 16.25% of Russia’s total imports from Luxembourg (15.88% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 13.89% of Russia’s total imports from Luxembourg (15.99% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.99% of Russia’s total imports from Luxembourg (4.24% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Luxembourg in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $17,821,267;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $9,860,153;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $6,804,829;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $4,548,890;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $3,182,669;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,229,423;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,849,045;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $740,125.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Luxembourg in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $1,762,122;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $720,231.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 2,911 | 0.00 | 21,299 | -86.33 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 88 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,008 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 241,435 | 0.12 | 153,459 | 57.33 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,358 | 0.00 | 2,153 | -36.93 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 547 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 42,661 | 0.02 | 37,603 | 13.45 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,205 | 0.00 | 10,018 | -87.97 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 37,746 | 0.02 | 15,633 | 141.45 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 37,092 | 0.02 | 5,818 | 537.54 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 9,267,188 | 4.56 | 8,527,063 | 8.68 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,861,240 | 1.90 | 4,085,657 | -5.49 |
| 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 | 750,984 | 0.37 | 881,464 | -14.80 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 536 | 0.00 | 615 | -12.85 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 480,977 | 0.24 | 357,337 | 34.60 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 33,079,883 | 16.27 | 29,897,214 | 10.65 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 25,357,955 | 12.47 | 15,497,802 | 63.62 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 24,070 | 0.01 | 13 | 185,053.85 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 26,463,304 | 13.02 | 21,914,414 | 20.76 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,748,267 | 0.86 | 3,510,389 | -50.20 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 125,572 | 0.06 | 91,538 | 37.18 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 3,815 | 0.00 | 6,407 | -40.46 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 5,747,424 | 2.83 | 6,467,655 | -11.14 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 195,956 | 0.10 | 157,824 | 24.16 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 10,595 | 0.01 | 14,425 | -26.55 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 187 | 0.00 | 365 | -48.77 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 65 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 223,536 | 0.11 | 117,396 | 90.41 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 129,925 | 0.06 | 65,221 | 99.21 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,521,756 | 0.75 | 1,384,866 | 9.88 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 11,303,842 | 5.56 | 4,499,013 | 151.25 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 12,181,703 | 5.99 | 10,332,658 | 17.90 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 222,482 | 0.11 | 54,663 | 307.01 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 133,336 | 0.07 | 153,491 | -13.13 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 342,355 | 0.17 | 909,919 | -62.38 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 60,017 | 0.03 | 10,591 | 466.68 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 195,403 | 0.10 | 83,039 | 135.31 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 73,031 | 0.04 | 226,332 | -67.73 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 8,467,277 | 4.17 | 8,868,998 | -4.53 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 56,728 | 0.03 | 98,256 | -42.27 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 54,184,169 | 26.66 | 36,362,902 | 49.01 |
| 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 | 2,383,995 | 1.17 | 1,989,782 | 19.81 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,544,651 | 1.74 | 1,315,228 | 169.51 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 583,614 | 0.29 | 742,394 | -21.39 |
| 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 | 175,562 | 0.09 | 91,346 | 92.19 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,995 | 0.00 | 3,160 | 89.72 |