Russian trade with New Zealand in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with New Zealand
In 2018, Russia’s trade with New Zealand was $162,865,695, down 45.65% ($136,789,981) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to New Zealand in 2018 were $27,086,965, down 67.33% ($55,826,827) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from New Zealand in 2018 were $135,778,730, down 37.35% ($80,963,154) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with New Zealand in 2018 was $108,691,765, a 18.78% decrease ($25,136,327) over 2017.
New Zealand was Russia’s 107th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 90th in 2017), accounting for 0.0237% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0513% in 2017).
New Zealand was Russia’s 135th largest export market in 2018 (down from 100th in 2017), accounting for 0.0060% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0232% in 2017).
New Zealand was Russia’s 81st largest supplier in 2018 (down from 69th in 2017), accounting for 0.0570% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0955% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to New Zealand
The major share of Russian exports to New Zealand in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 66.65% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (91.29% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.12% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (1.19% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.84% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (2.27% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.58% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (1.86% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.75% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (1.32% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.07% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (1.32% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.25% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (0.47% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to New Zealand 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) - an increase of $1,008,919;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $399,465;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $295,392;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $262,928;
- 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 $261,469;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $168,913;
- 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 $166,098.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to New Zealand 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) - a decrease of $57,639,023;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $429,705;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $355,551;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $306,040;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $119,938.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 10,281 | -100.00 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 930 | -100.00 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 4,540 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,501 | 0.01 | 1,776 | -15.48 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,286 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 61 | 0.00 | 2,601 | -97.65 |
10 | Cereals | 108 | 0.00 | 10,249 | -98.95 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 17,074 | 0.06 | 24,511 | -30.34 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 159 | 0.00 | 115 | 38.26 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,009,491 | 3.73 | 572 | 176,384.44 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 579 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 38,983 | 0.14 | 30,648 | 27.20 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 39,453 | 0.15 | 59,637 | -33.84 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 9,823 | 0.04 | 17,604 | -44.20 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 30,793 | 0.11 | 38,850 | -20.74 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 9,198 | 0.03 | 8,885 | 3.52 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,042,282 | 3.85 | 779,354 | 33.74 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 111 | 0.00 | 170 | -34.71 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 18,054,529 | 66.65 | 75,693,552 | -76.15 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 307,867 | 1.14 | 46,398 | 563.54 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 206 | 0.00 | 148 | 39.19 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,036 | 0.01 | 3,982 | -48.87 |
31 | Fertilizers | 792,076 | 2.92 | 720,188 | 9.98 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 471,730 | 1.74 | 827,281 | -42.98 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,646 | 0.04 | 6,519 | 47.97 |
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 | 260 | 0.00 | 989 | -73.71 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 74 | 0.00 | 519 | -85.74 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 30,000 | 0.11 | 390 | 7,592.31 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 207,797 | 0.77 | 226,657 | -8.32 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 29,988 | 0.11 | 47,941 | -37.45 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4,548 | 0.02 | 9,441 | -51.83 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,488,789 | 5.50 | 1,089,324 | 36.67 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 16,383 | 0.06 | 446,088 | -96.33 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,251 | 0.02 | 10,488 | -40.40 |
52 | Cotton | 314 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 74 | 0.00 | 646 | -88.54 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,104,247 | 4.08 | 935,334 | 18.06 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,285 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 32 | 0.00 | 32 | 0.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 12,342 | 0.05 | 1,142 | 980.74 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 12,620 | 0.05 | 10,712 | 17.81 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 79,305 | 0.29 | 69,898 | 13.46 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 29,696 | 0.11 | 16,535 | 79.59 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 43,130 | 0.16 | 54,046 | -20.20 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,255 | 0.01 | 2,209 | 2.08 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 427,228 | 1.58 | 131,836 | 224.06 |
69 | Ceramic products | 19,507 | 0.07 | 943 | 1,968.61 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 58,556 | 0.22 | 11,602 | 404.71 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6,738 | 0.02 | 2,275 | 196.18 |
72 | Iron and steel | 159 | 0.00 | 1,647 | -90.35 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 288,438 | 1.06 | 358,605 | -19.57 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 11,849 | 0.04 | 5,511 | 115.01 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 6,041 | 0.02 | 844 | 615.76 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 105 | 0.00 | 157 | -33.12 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 20,231 | 0.07 | 14,891 | 35.86 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 12,376 | 0.05 | 8,146 | 51.93 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 468,801 | 1.73 | 774,841 | -39.50 |
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 | 270,044 | 1.00 | 103,946 | 159.79 |
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 | 2,294 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 22,793 | 0.08 | 24,674 | -7.62 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 240 | 0.00 | 120,178 | -99.80 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 66,352 | 0.24 | 66,755 | -0.60 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,125 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 5,680 | 0.02 | 600 | 846.67 |
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 | 60,003 | 0.22 | 30,460 | 96.99 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 31,423 | 0.12 | 44,555 | -29.47 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 422 | 0.00 | 144 | 193.06 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 4,280 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 392,898 | 1.45 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from New Zealand
The major share of Russian imports from New Zealand in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 84.04% of Russia’s total imports from New Zealand (89.43% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.90% of Russia’s total imports from New Zealand (5.79% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.16% of Russia’s total imports from New Zealand (3.39% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.23% of Russia’s total imports from New Zealand (0.69% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from New Zealand in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $3,989,415;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,434,783;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $879,401;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $653,456.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from New Zealand in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $78,129,789;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - a decrease of $3,681,133;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $3,528,614;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $1,904,018;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $853,622;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $712,026;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $549,146.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 8,105,584 | 5.97 | 8,959,206 | -9.53 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 14,311,217 | 10.54 | 16,215,235 | -11.74 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 50,633,081 | 37.29 | 128,762,870 | -60.68 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 105,665 | 0.08 | 305,431 | -65.40 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 117,423 | 0.09 | 42,627 | 175.47 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 576,974 | 0.42 | 371,907 | 55.14 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 11,578,186 | 8.53 | 10,698,785 | 8.22 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 91 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 502,649 | 0.37 | 1,214,675 | -58.62 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,851,850 | 2.10 | 2,448,414 | 16.48 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 71,872 | 0.05 | 21,959 | 227.30 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 12,300 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 5,917 | 0.00 | 23,355 | -74.66 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 12,996,203 | 9.57 | 16,524,817 | -21.35 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 8,170 | 0.01 | 3,302 | 147.43 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 12,217,753 | 9.00 | 8,228,338 | 48.48 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 13,202 | 0.01 | 8,016 | 64.70 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 491,982 | 0.36 | 595,999 | -17.45 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 213,461 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 40,370 | 0.03 | 17,042 | 136.89 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,459,090 | 1.07 | 805,634 | 81.11 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,048 | 0.00 | 6,578 | -84.07 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 74,793 | 0.06 | 81,308 | -8.01 |
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 | 6,885 | 0.01 | 3,967 | 73.56 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,524,327 | 1.12 | 5,205,460 | -70.72 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 648,258 | 0.48 | 776,747 | -16.54 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,835,497 | 1.35 | 400,714 | 358.06 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 54,886 | 0.04 | 52,560 | 4.43 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 73,878 | 0.05 | 13,538 | 445.71 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 7,634 | 0.01 | 3,673 | 107.84 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 9,297 | 0.01 | 2,005 | 363.69 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 71,291 | 0.05 | 47,014 | 51.64 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 872 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,583 | 0.00 | 891 | 77.67 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,152 | 0.00 | 3,308 | -65.18 |
50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 63 | -100.00 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 3,429 | 0.00 | 8,165 | -58.00 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 957 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 82 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,307 | 0.00 | 279 | 1,443.73 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 3,282 | 0.00 | 20,376 | -83.89 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3,772 | 0.00 | 1,764 | 113.83 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 372 | 0.00 | 664 | -43.98 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 6,847 | 0.01 | 9,581 | -28.54 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,653,073 | 1.22 | 1,462,975 | 12.99 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,682 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 172,587 | 0.13 | 1,144 | 14,986.28 |
69 | Ceramic products | 592 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 457 | -100.00 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 71,911 | 0.05 | 33,346 | 115.65 |
72 | Iron and steel | 56,161 | 0.04 | 18 | 311,905.56 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 855,322 | 0.63 | 613,219 | 39.48 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 15,215 | 0.01 | 7,425 | 104.92 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,374 | 0.00 | 5,205 | -35.18 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 85,967 | 0.06 | 63,476 | 35.43 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 28,879 | 0.02 | 4,379 | 559.49 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,439,154 | 4.74 | 6,988,300 | -7.86 |
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 | 2,797,294 | 2.06 | 2,790,632 | 0.24 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 8,860 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 77,263 | 0.06 | 58,691 | 31.64 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 132,723 | 0.10 | 8,807 | 1,407.02 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,640,093 | 1.94 | 2,702,536 | -2.31 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 193 | 0.00 | 1,504 | -87.17 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 5,450 | 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 | 36,383 | 0.03 | 46,580 | -21.89 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 33,407 | 0.02 | 52,162 | -35.96 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 8,425 | 0.01 | 4,853 | 73.60 |
SS | Classified | 17,141 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |