Russian trade with Tajikistan 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 Tajikistan in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Tajikistan
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Tajikistan totaled $893,863,323, up 24.57% ($176,312,693) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Tajikistan in 2018 totaled $849,555,088, up 22.71% ($157,250,356) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Tajikistan in 2018 totaled $44,308,235, up 75.51% ($19,062,337) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Tajikistan in 2018 was $805,246,853, a 20.72% increase ($138,188,019) over 2017.
Tajikistan was Russia’s 69th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 70th in 2017), accounting for 0.1299% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1229% in 2017).
Tajikistan was Russia’s 58th largest export market in 2018 (up from 62nd in 2017), accounting for 0.1888% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1939% in 2017).
Tajikistan was Russia’s 94th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 99th in 2017), accounting for 0.0186% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0111% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Tajikistan
The major share of Russian exports to Tajikistan in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 26.57% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (27.51% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 17.80% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (25.37% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.64% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (15.15% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.22% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (10.78% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.41% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (6.23% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.81% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (8.41% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tajikistan 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 $35,470,723;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $16,610,292;
- 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 $13,956,276;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $7,864,615;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $6,420,944;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $4,547,299;
- 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 (HS code 34) - an increase of $4,176,915;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $4,063,248;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $2,718,639;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $2,639,090.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tajikistan 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 $15,983,131;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $12,650,529;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $3,893,030.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 530,202 | 0.06 | 336,665 | 57.49 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 4,351,960 | 0.51 | 2,306,308 | 88.70 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 3,239,942 | 0.38 | 1,453,786 | 122.86 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5,860,384 | 0.69 | 8,092,525 | -27.58 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 10,881 | 0.00 | 4,000 | 172.03 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 126,179 | 0.01 | 79,396 | 58.92 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 879,736 | 0.10 | 2,254,452 | -60.98 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 50,794 | 0.01 | 142,768 | -64.42 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,463,506 | 0.17 | 913,151 | 60.27 |
| 10 | Cereals | 631,837 | 0.07 | 76,163 | 729.59 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 5,390,445 | 0.63 | 5,679,326 | -5.09 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 491,954 | 0.06 | 277,738 | 77.13 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 195 | 0.00 | 1,111 | -82.45 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 47,696,708 | 5.61 | 63,679,839 | -25.10 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,243,187 | 0.15 | 1,018,095 | 22.11 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 6,002,122 | 0.71 | 18,652,651 | -67.82 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 16,770,132 | 1.97 | 18,211,637 | -7.92 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 20,977,011 | 2.47 | 23,362,875 | -10.21 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,324,060 | 0.63 | 3,495,924 | 52.29 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 11,126,443 | 1.31 | 8,963,997 | 24.12 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 11,272,171 | 1.33 | 8,553,532 | 31.78 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 3,044,661 | 0.36 | 3,296,307 | -7.63 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,736,069 | 0.56 | 4,817,863 | -1.70 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 368,387 | 0.04 | 708,364 | -47.99 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 231,757 | 0.03 | 85,859 | 169.93 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 225,096,606 | 26.50 | 189,625,883 | 18.71 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 53,265,195 | 6.27 | 53,330,035 | -0.12 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,026,807 | 0.12 | 582,556 | 76.26 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,629,112 | 1.02 | 7,969,269 | 8.28 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 2,285,085 | 0.27 | 1,350,496 | 69.20 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 5,372,394 | 0.63 | 3,737,140 | 43.76 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 7,668,686 | 0.90 | 7,924,169 | -3.22 |
| 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 | 13,174,003 | 1.55 | 8,997,088 | 46.43 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 195,832 | 0.02 | 228,209 | -14.19 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 2,679,751 | 0.32 | 4,574,509 | -41.42 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 6,438 | 0.00 | 5,075 | 26.86 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 6,497,657 | 0.76 | 5,191,124 | 25.17 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 8,468,816 | 1.00 | 5,829,726 | 45.27 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,650,557 | 0.78 | 5,193,229 | 28.06 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 667 | 0.00 | 36,156 | -98.16 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 48,476 | 0.01 | 72,717 | -33.34 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 45 | 0.00 | 69 | -34.78 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 40,339,978 | 4.75 | 44,233,008 | -8.80 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 353 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 567 | 0.00 | 388 | 46.13 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 521,920 | 0.06 | 573,415 | -8.98 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 16,178,604 | 1.90 | 12,115,356 | 33.54 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 816,709 | 0.10 | 1,312,711 | -37.78 |
| 52 | Cotton | 5,322 | 0.00 | 91 | 5,748.35 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 200 | 0.00 | 690 | -71.01 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 20,945 | 0.00 | 43,198 | -51.51 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 10,806 | 0.00 | 29,487 | -63.35 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,304,473 | 0.15 | 938,584 | 38.98 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 325,511 | 0.04 | 263,902 | 23.35 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 46 | 0.00 | 317 | -85.49 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 820,202 | 0.10 | 749,098 | 9.49 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 48 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 176,710 | 0.02 | 213,623 | -17.28 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 170,839 | 0.02 | 110,778 | 54.22 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 377,141 | 0.04 | 498,184 | -24.30 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 167,104 | 0.02 | 278,530 | -40.01 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 16,429 | 0.00 | 10,079 | 63.00 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 5,013 | 0.00 | 10,336 | -51.50 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 4,159 | 0.00 | 1,969 | 111.22 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 8,486,695 | 1.00 | 7,689,216 | 10.37 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 3,792,109 | 0.45 | 3,108,614 | 21.99 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4,180,044 | 0.49 | 4,203,081 | -0.55 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 604 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 60,697,115 | 7.14 | 52,832,500 | 14.89 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 23,125,864 | 2.72 | 18,578,565 | 24.48 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 305,452 | 0.04 | 323,619 | -5.61 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 450,401 | 0.05 | 803,389 | -43.94 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 106 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 161 | 0.00 | 15,900 | -98.99 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 507 | 0.00 | 449 | 12.92 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 394,255 | 0.05 | 252,924 | 55.88 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,814,499 | 0.21 | 1,790,738 | 1.33 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 21,354,536 | 2.51 | 14,933,592 | 43.00 |
| 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 | 34,885,346 | 4.11 | 20,929,070 | 66.68 |
| 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 | 239,114 | 0.03 | 249,109 | -4.01 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 21,085,208 | 2.48 | 4,474,916 | 371.19 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 35,894 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,338,178 | 0.28 | 2,525,823 | -7.43 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,296 | 0.00 | 1,393 | 64.82 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 25 | 0.00 | 266 | -90.60 |
| 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 | 3,759,185 | 0.44 | 2,274,614 | 65.27 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 160,519 | 0.02 | 174,959 | -8.25 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 543,681 | 0.06 | 506,285 | 7.39 |
| SS | Classified | 107,753,365 | 12.68 | 24 140 184 | 346.37 |
Russia’s Imports from Tajikistan
The major share of Russian imports from Tajikistan in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 85.56% of Russia’s total imports from Tajikistan (89.24% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.37% of Russia’s total imports from Tajikistan (7.96% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.34% of Russia’s total imports from Tajikistan (0.12% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.59% of Russia’s total imports from Tajikistan (1.43% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.43% of Russia’s total imports from Tajikistan (1.23% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tajikistan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $15,097,714;
- 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 $2,730,828;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $579,107;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $276,443;
- Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - an increase of $187,710;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $157,919.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tajikistan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 106,892 | 0.24 | 44,057 | 142.62 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,366,587 | 5.34 | 1,787,480 | 32.40 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 15,860 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 75,272 | 0.17 | 21,803 | 245.24 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 272,868 | 0.62 | 114,949 | 137.38 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 25,303 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 1,347 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,730,828 | 6.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 79,071 | 0.18 | 30,687 | 157.67 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 34 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 18 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 263,350 | 0.59 | 360,111 | -26.87 |
| 50 | Silk | 18,330 | 0.04 | 10,465 | 75.16 |
| 52 | Cotton | 34,867,116 | 78.69 | 19,769,402 | 76.37 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 24,515 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,466 | 0.00 | 7,706 | -80.98 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 6,077 | -100.00 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 38,343 | 0.09 | 54,279 | -29.36 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 153,293 | 0.35 | 112,768 | 35.94 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,789,741 | 6.30 | 2,513,298 | 11.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 14,958 | 0.03 | 8,560 | 74.74 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 28,642 | 0.06 | 23,160 | 23.67 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 72,101 | 0.16 | 3,970 | 1,716.15 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 187,710 | 0.42 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 25,041 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 126,314 | 0.29 | 117,373 | 7.62 |
| 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 | 200 | 0.00 | 1,628 | -87.71 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 246 | 0.00 | 32,188 | -99.24 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 65,019 | 0.15 | 158,912 | -59.08 |
| SS | Classified | 24,795 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |