Russian trade with Paraguay 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 Paraguay in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Paraguay
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Paraguay totaled $886,048,183, up 37.28% ($240,635,692) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Paraguay in 2018 were $14,872,452, down 26.10% ($5,253,363) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Paraguay in 2018 totaled $871,175,731, up 39.32% ($245,889,055) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Paraguay in 2018 was $856,303,279, a 41.50% increase ($251,142,418) over 2017.
Paraguay was Russia’s 70th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 72nd in 2017), accounting for 0.1288% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1105% in 2017).
Paraguay was Russia’s 144th largest export market in 2018 (down from 129th in 2017), accounting for 0.0033% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0056% in 2017).
Paraguay was Russia’s 41st largest supplier in 2018 (up from 49th in 2017), accounting for 0.3658% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2755% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Paraguay
The major share of Russian exports to Paraguay in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 80.87% of Russia’s total exports to Paraguay (75.75% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 7.52% of Russia’s total exports to Paraguay (17.79% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.09% of Russia’s total exports to Paraguay (2.82% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.70% of Russia’s total exports to Paraguay (0.26% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.50% of Russia’s total exports to Paraguay (2.63% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Paraguay 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 $549,835;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $305,908;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $142,318;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $70,876.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Paraguay in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $3,171,631;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $2,469,017;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $405,081;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $114,017;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $86,634;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $51,909;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $50,762.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 58,875 | 0.40 | 75,979 | -22.51 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 51,909 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 549,835 | 3.70 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 128,330 | 0.86 | 119,908 | 7.02 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 93,222 | 0.63 | 82,950 | 12.38 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,807 | 0.02 | 1,816 | 54.57 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 11,742,583 | 78.96 | 14,914,214 | -21.27 |
| 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 | 334 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 52,334 | 0.35 | 28,541 | 83.36 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,838 | 0.05 | 94,472 | -91.70 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 500 | 0.00 | 2,065 | -75.79 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 34 | 0.00 | 82 | -58.54 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 215,114 | 1.45 | 72,796 | 195.50 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 405,081 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 393,702 | 2.65 | 87,794 | 348.44 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 1,402 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 692 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 58 | 0.00 | 400 | -85.50 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,189 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 102 | 0.00 | 64 | 59.38 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 40,888 | 0.27 | 36,554 | 11.86 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 6,759 | 0.05 | 15,671 | -56.87 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 94 | 0.00 | 351 | -73.22 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 310 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 71,352 | 0.48 | 476 | 14,889.92 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 117 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 7,481 | 0.05 | 1,046 | 615.20 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,457 | 0.01 | 257 | 466.93 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,109,157 | 7.46 | 3,578,174 | -69.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 149 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,202 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 53,725 | 0.36 | 167,742 | -67.97 |
| 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 | 2,505 | 0.02 | 27,046 | -90.74 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 281,122 | 1.89 | 331,884 | -15.30 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 34,524 | 0.23 | 1,869 | 1,747.19 |
| 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 | 209 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 15,600 | 0.10 | 22,269 | -29.95 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 56 | 0.00 | 192 | -70.83 |
Russia’s Imports from Paraguay
The major share of Russian imports from Paraguay in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Paraguay (99.99% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Paraguay in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $205,227,426;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $36,404,218;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $3,843,784.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Paraguay in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 475,127,040 | 54.54 | 269,899,614 | 76.04 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 769,250 | 0.09 | 979,500 | -21.47 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 12,246,866 | 1.41 | 8,403,082 | 45.74 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 40,446 | 0.00 | 6,278 | 544.25 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 380,662,692 | 43.70 | 344,258,474 | 10.57 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 2,292,392 | 0.26 | 1,639,338 | 39.84 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 1,220 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 23,219 | 0.00 | 10,819 | 114.61 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,401 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 165 | 0.00 | 566 | -70.85 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 7,266 | 0.00 | 28,592 | -74.59 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 3,287 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,479 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4,238 | 0.00 | 51,117 | -91.71 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 471 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 254 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 283 | 0.00 | 53 | 433.96 |