Russian trade with the Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with the Dominican Republic
In 2018, Russia’s trade with the Dominican Republic totaled $135,977,293, up 160.25% ($83,728,033) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic in 2018 totaled $110,627,174, up 245.46% ($78,603,603) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in 2018 totaled $25,350,119, up 25.34% ($5,124,430) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with the Dominican Republic in 2018 was $85,277,055, a 622.82% increase ($73,479,173) over 2017.
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 114th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 130th in 2017), accounting for 0.0198% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0089% in 2017).
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 102nd largest export market in 2018 (up from 121st in 2017), accounting for 0.0246% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0090% in 2017).
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 105th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 107th in 2017), accounting for 0.0106% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0089% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to the Dominican Republic
The major share of Russian exports to the Dominican Republic in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 43.68% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (2.38% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 33.35% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (57.00% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.57% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (32.27% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.37% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (4.41% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.34% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (1.44% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic 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 $46,800,663;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $18,636,759;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $11,428,972;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $763,081;
- 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 $539,642;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $370,772.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,452 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 71,789 | 0.06 | 26,875 | 167.12 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 763,081 | 0.69 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 47,563,617 | 42.99 | 762,954 | 6,134.14 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,381,274 | 2.15 | 1,841,632 | 29.30 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 158,295 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 19,695,284 | 17.80 | 8,266,312 | 138.26 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 54 | 0.00 | 36,551 | -99.85 |
| 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 | 379 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 33,288 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 526,071 | 0.48 | 155,299 | 238.75 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 247,495 | 0.22 | 61,023 | 305.58 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,268,225 | 1.15 | 1,352,679 | -6.24 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 65 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 810 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5,198 | 0.00 | 10,918 | -52.39 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 676,143 | 0.61 | 677,427 | -0.19 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 2,295 | 0.00 | 33,300 | -93.11 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 564 | 0.00 | 540 | 4.44 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 36,887,550 | 33.34 | 18,250,791 | 102.11 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 560 | 0.00 | 1,167 | -52.01 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,138 | 0.00 | 130 | 3,083.08 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 357 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,540 | 0.00 | 3,755 | 20.91 |
| 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 | 16,744 | 0.02 | 10,924 | 53.28 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 322,127 | 0.29 | 442,316 | -27.17 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 28,473 | 0.03 | 3,865 | 636.69 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 81 | -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 | 1,818 | 0.00 | 42,344 | -95.71 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 8,157 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from the Dominican Republic
The major share of Russian imports from the Dominican Republic in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 35.63% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (38.30% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 28.40% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (35.02% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 22.08% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (11.47% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 7.03% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (6.39% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.30% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (8.15% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $3,146,065;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $773,629;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $530,112;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $351,801;
- 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 $214,929;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $87,005.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $165,356;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $97,509.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 1,374 | 0.01 | 14 | 9,714.29 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,065,622 | 4.20 | 535,510 | 98.99 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 356,855 | 1.41 | 269,850 | 32.24 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 135 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 26,167 | 0.10 | 6,214 | 321.10 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 12,569 | 0.05 | 47,485 | -73.53 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,285 | 0.01 | 5,346 | -38.55 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 9,880 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 6,659,560 | 26.27 | 5,885,931 | 13.14 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 897,937 | 3.54 | 995,446 | -9.80 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2,205 | 0.01 | 155 | 1,322.58 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,383,684 | 21.24 | 2,237,619 | 140.60 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 7,991 | 0.03 | 373 | 2,042.36 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 65,044 | 0.26 | 15,395 | 322.50 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 138,888 | 0.55 | 67,024 | 107.22 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 95 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,621 | 0.01 | 4,394 | -17.59 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 599 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 98,882 | 0.39 | 131,350 | -24.72 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 371 | 0.00 | 323 | 14.86 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 81,602 | 0.32 | 6,930 | 1,077.52 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 227,551 | 0.90 | 166,770 | 36.45 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 638 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,469,947 | 5.80 | 1,118,146 | 31.46 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 3,449 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,582,441 | 6.24 | 1,645,813 | -3.85 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 11,616 | 0.05 | 441 | 2,534.01 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 224 | 0.00 | 449 | -50.11 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,525 | 0.01 | 1,294 | 95.13 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 52,553 | 0.21 | 22,719 | 131.32 |
| 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 | 538,270 | 2.12 | 323,341 | 66.47 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 38,852 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,570,656 | 25.92 | 6,736,012 | -2.45 |
| 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 | 281 | 0.00 | 108 | 160.19 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 16,537 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 19,450 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |