Russian trade in goods with Australia in Q1 2019
May 15, 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 Australia in the first quarter of 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Australia
In the 1st quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Australia totaled $208,394,862, up 8.02% ($15,479,898) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s exports to Australia in the 1st quarter of 2019 totaled $33,643,635, up 25.86% ($6,913,555) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s imports from Australia in the 1st quarter of 2019 totaled $174,751,227, up 5.15% ($8,566,343) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s trade deficit with Australia in the 1st quarter of 2019 was $141,107,592, a 1.19% increase ($1,652,788) over the 1st quarter of 2018.
Australia was Russia’s 70th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2019 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.1324% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1224% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Australia was Russia’s 92nd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 96th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0322% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0259% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Australia was Russia’s 43rd largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 47th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.3294% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.3043% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Australia
The major share of Russian exports to Australia in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 32.53% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (37.92% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 26.50% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (37.54% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 25.03% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (6.70% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.88% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (8.21% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.83% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (4.87% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.90% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (2.06% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Australia in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 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 $6,629,269;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $2,128,189;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $316,746;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $291,199;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $273,619;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $197,192;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $187,361.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Australia in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $1,093,262;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $956,056;
- 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 $379,506;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $266,604;
- 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 $160,803;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $159,654.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 23,525 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 316,823 | 0.94 | 77 | 411,358.44 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 226 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 5,780 | 0.02 | 19,077 | -69.70 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 37,155 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,050 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 36,935 | 0.11 | 16,142 | 128.81 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 29,011 | 0.09 | 30,622 | -5.26 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 5,721 | 0.02 | 13,090 | -56.29 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 996 | 0.00 | 9,228 | -89.21 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 47,096 | 0.14 | 79,505 | -40.76 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 60,686 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 494,870 | 1.47 | 297,678 | 66.24 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 480 | 0.00 | 40 | 1,100.00 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 1,147 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 8,419,033 | 25.02 | 1,789,764 | 370.40 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,124,603 | 3.34 | 2,217,865 | -49.29 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 413,058 | 1.23 | 430,792 | -4.12 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 18,215 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 9,248,572 | 27.49 | 7,120,383 | 29.89 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,642 | 0.01 | 270,246 | -98.65 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 18,573 | 0.06 | 1,898 | 878.56 |
| 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 | 1,231 | 0.00 | 307 | 300.98 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,918 | 0.01 | 5,030 | -61.87 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 23,321 | 0.07 | 51,454 | -54.68 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 89,609 | 0.27 | 37,850 | 136.75 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 660 | 0.00 | 1,336 | -50.60 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 8,863,852 | 26.35 | 9,023,506 | -1.77 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 39,165 | 0.12 | 995,221 | -96.06 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 11,254 | 0.03 | 16,576 | -32.11 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 21,435 | 0.06 | 17,753 | 20.74 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 272 | 0.00 | 7 | 3,785.71 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 34,905 | -100.00 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 27 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,326 | 0.01 | 9,149 | -63.65 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,814 | 0.01 | 3,530 | -48.61 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 79,800 | 0.24 | 70,189 | 13.69 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 51,919 | 0.15 | 51,988 | -0.13 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,351 | 0.00 | 1,228 | 10.02 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,809 | 0.01 | 363 | 398.35 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 89,469 | 0.27 | 170,252 | -47.45 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 423 | 0.00 | 48,757 | -99.13 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 258,745 | 0.77 | 181,022 | 42.94 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 16,968 | 0.05 | 22,663 | -25.13 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 14,430 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,063,524 | 3.16 | 772,325 | 37.70 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 252,298 | 0.75 | 288,174 | -12.45 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 18,931 | 0.06 | 36,920 | -48.72 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 575,667 | 1.71 | 388,306 | 48.25 |
| 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 | 827,295 | 2.46 | 1,206,801 | -31.45 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 773,967 | 2.30 | 500,348 | 54.69 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 136,533 | 0.41 | 99,624 | 37.05 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 214 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 11,746 | 0.03 | 9,710 | 20.97 |
| 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 | 123,408 | 0.37 | 284,211 | -56.58 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 62,824 | 0.19 | 14,542 | 332.02 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 955 | 0.00 | 112 | 752.68 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 3,770 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 1,969 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Australia
The major share of Russian imports from Australia in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 72.78% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (64.97% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 18.06% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (19.34% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.66% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (12.52% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.97% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (1.11% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Australia in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $19,387,434;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $1,195,922;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - an increase of $1,127,240;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $658,846;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $568,853.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Australia in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $8,586,305;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $2,003,469;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,602,821;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - a decrease of $832,994.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 24,732,096 | 14.15 | 26,735,565 | -7.49 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,695,445 | 1.54 | 2,036,599 | 32.35 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,463 | 0.00 | 4,966 | -30.27 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,393 | 0.00 | 1,534 | -9.19 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 14,043 | 0.01 | 13,307 | 5.53 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 65 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 61,560 | 0.04 | 84,024 | -26.74 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,507,501 | 0.86 | 311,579 | 383.83 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 11,441 | 0.01 | 9,969 | 14.77 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 34,503 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 14,394 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 10,147 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 13,736 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,431 | 0.00 | 88,782 | -93.88 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 11,963 | 0.01 | 73,686 | -83.76 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,168,668 | 1.24 | 2,017,173 | 7.51 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 343,112 | 0.20 | 695,867 | -50.69 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 963,222 | 0.55 | 839,163 | 14.78 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 845 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 119,396,039 | 68.32 | 100,008,605 | 19.39 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 7,308 | 0.00 | 293 | 2,394.20 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,547,343 | 0.89 | 1,653,267 | -6.41 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 334,337 | 0.19 | 132,200 | 152.90 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 728,481 | 0.42 | 387,823 | 87.84 |
| 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 | 176,469 | 0.10 | 142,751 | 23.62 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,540,365 | 1.45 | 3,373,359 | -24.69 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,740,641 | 1.00 | 1,171,788 | 48.55 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 414,227 | 0.24 | 887,418 | -53.32 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 305,874 | 0.18 | 204,818 | 49.34 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 2,041,969 | 1.17 | 914,729 | 123.23 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,834 | 0.00 | 441 | 542.63 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,160 | 0.00 | 25,073 | -95.37 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 14,241 | 0.01 | 2,398 | 493.87 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 24,768 | 0.01 | 138,664 | -82.14 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 251 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 914,377 | 0.52 | 1,135,155 | -19.45 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 11,755 | 0.01 | 10,282 | 14.33 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 51 | 0.00 | 5,943 | -99.14 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 31,560 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,066 | 0.00 | 8,921 | -76.84 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 14,935 | 0.01 | 9,313 | 60.37 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 51,735 | 0.03 | 41,843 | 23.64 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 236,793 | 0.14 | 166,098 | 42.56 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 68 | 0.00 | 39,431 | -99.83 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 256 | 0.00 | 12,911 | -98.02 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,418,560 | 0.81 | 1,083,891 | 30.88 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 5,729 | 0.00 | 25,863 | -77.85 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 77,968 | 0.04 | 9,609 | 711.41 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 13,721 | 0.01 | 7,536 | 82.07 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 91,856 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,567 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 175,399 | 0.10 | 448,651 | -60.91 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,746 | 0.01 | 166,427 | -94.74 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,930,228 | 3.39 | 14,516,533 | -59.15 |
| 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 | 1,390,263 | 0.80 | 1,720,810 | -19.21 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 684,458 | 0.39 | 1,082,040 | -36.74 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,886,964 | 1.08 | 3,489,785 | -45.93 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 7,528 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 7,393 | 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 | 53,308 | 0.03 | 47,470 | 12.30 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 13,118 | 0.01 | 4,572 | 186.92 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 14,791 | 0.01 | 22,622 | -34.62 |
| SS | Classified | 9,983 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |