Russian trade with Venezuela in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Venezuela
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Venezuela totaled $85,278,453, up 24.75% ($16,917,789) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Venezuela in 2018 totaled $84,063,070, up 24.34% ($16,457,349) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Venezuela in 2018 totaled $1,215,383, up 60.99% ($460,440) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Venezuela in 2018 was $82,847,687, a 23.93% increase ($15,996,909) over 2017.
Venezuela was Russia’s 126th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 125th in 2017), accounting for 0.0124% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0117% in 2017).
Venezuela was Russia’s 110th largest export market in 2018 (down from 107th in 2017), accounting for 0.0187% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0189% in 2017).
Venezuela was Russia’s 145th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 149th in 2017), accounting for 0.0005% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0003% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Venezuela
The major share of Russian exports to Venezuela in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 82.25% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (61.94% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.87% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (7.24% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.99% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (27.19% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.62% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (0.64% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.79% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (1.71% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Venezuela in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $16,155,447;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $11,109,074;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,773,640;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,096,064.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Venezuela in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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) - a decrease of $7,550,720;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $5,793,164;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $750,293;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $261,905;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $255,551.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 57,938,902 | 68.92 | 41,783,455 | 38.66 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 5,133 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 11,133,911 | 13.24 | 24,837 | 44,727.92 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 6,711 | 0.01 | 6,800 | -1.31 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 58,633 | 0.07 | 57,083 | 2.72 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 6,667 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,199,300 | 2.62 | 425,660 | 416.68 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 2,054 | -100.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 19,547 | 0.02 | 281,452 | -93.05 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 200 | 0.00 | 13 | 1,438.46 |
31 | Fertilizers | 5,103,804 | 6.07 | 4,007,740 | 27.35 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 27,868 | 0.03 | 109 | 25,466.97 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 479 | 0.00 | 190 | 152.11 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 12,039 | 0.01 | 30,350 | -60.33 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 571,201 | 0.68 | 570,360 | 0.15 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 38,309 | 0.05 | 3,114 | 1,130.22 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,320 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 34,057 | 0.04 | 89,582 | -61.98 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 23 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 59 | 0.00 | 808 | -92.70 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 616 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 170 | 0.00 | 204 | -16.67 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 481 | 0.00 | 164 | 193.29 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 383 | 0.00 | 907 | -57.77 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,270 | 0.00 | 164 | 674.39 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 168 | 0.00 | 49 | 242.86 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 582 | 0.00 | 236 | 146.61 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 139 | 0.00 | 7,645 | -98.18 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 125,594 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 12,389 | 0.01 | 22,310 | -44.47 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 345,734 | 0.41 | 559,030 | -38.15 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 84 | 0.00 | 2,057 | -95.92 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 150 | 0.00 | 6,198 | -97.58 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 15 | 0.00 | 1 | 1,400.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 295,621 | 0.35 | 551,172 | -46.37 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,750 | 0.01 | 14,002 | -37.51 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,661,752 | 4.36 | 9,454,916 | -61.27 |
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 | 522,054 | 0.62 | 8,072,774 | -93.53 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 67,194 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 780,843 | 0.93 | 850,971 | -8.24 |
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 | 1,032 | 0.00 | 751,325 | -99.86 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,626 | 0.00 | 78 | 4,548.72 |
SS | Classified | 1,088,021 | 1.29 | 16 109 | 6,654.12 |
Russia’s Imports from Venezuela
The major share of Russian imports from Venezuela in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 87.52% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (88.87% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.40% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (5.67% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.43% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (3.44% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (1.90% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Venezuela in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $310,970;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - an increase of $126,600;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $82,199.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Venezuela in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $21,072;
- 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) - a decrease of $19,943;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $14,366.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 509 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 904 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 168,134 | 13.83 | 85,935 | 95.65 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 895,054 | 73.64 | 584,084 | 53.24 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 332 | 0.03 | 177 | 87.57 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 687 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,703 | 0.14 | 742 | 129.51 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 126,600 | 10.42 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 14,366 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 47 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,353 | 0.36 | 25,425 | -82.88 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 637 | 0.05 | 535 | 19.07 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 252 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 260 | 0.02 | 807 | -67.78 |
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 | 3,976 | 0.33 | 23,919 | -83.38 |
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 | 11,768 | 0.97 | 15,108 | -22.11 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,071 | 0.09 | 2,941 | -63.58 |