Russian trade with Brazil in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Brazil
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Brazil was $4,602,980,842, down 8.93% ($451,329,610) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2019 were $2,454,835,322, down 5.01% ($129,515,920) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2019 were $2,148,145,520, down 13.03% ($321,813,690) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Brazil in 2019 was $306,689,802, a 168.10% increase ($192,297,770) over 2018.
Brazil was Russia’s 30th largest trading partner in 2019 (just as in 2018), accounting for 0.6906% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.7345% in 2018).
Brazil was Russia’s 36th largest export market in 2019 (just as in 2018), accounting for 0.5806% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.5743% in 2018).
Brazil was Russia’s 26th largest supplier in 2019 (down from 22nd in 2018), accounting for 0.8812% of Russia’s total imports (down from 1.0371% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Brazil
The major share of Russian exports to Brazil in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 80.39% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (76.41% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 13.78% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (18.87% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.27% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (2.16% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.95% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (1.90% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.08% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (0.23% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $13,210,487;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $9,182,507.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $92,951,278;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $56,587,818;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $9,535,696;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $7,368,764.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 63,029 | 0.00 | 58,104 | 8.48 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 81,927 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 17,879,337 | 0.73 | 4,668,850 | 282.95 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 7,057,123 | 0.29 | 212,083 | 3,227.53 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 7,875 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,022,567 | 0.04 | 593,471 | 72.30 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 53,280 | 0.00 | 113,318 | -52.98 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 338,491 | 0.01 | 319,020 | 6.10 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 31,445,886 | 1.28 | 88,033,704 | -64.28 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 306,756,842 | 12.50 | 399,708,120 | -23.25 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 17,359,532 | 0.71 | 19,677,213 | -11.78 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 17,832,142 | 0.73 | 8,649,635 | 106.16 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,869,607,081 | 76.16 | 1,879,142,777 | -0.51 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,402,426 | 0.10 | 799,552 | 200.47 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 723,819 | 0.03 | 250,082 | 189.43 |
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 | 324,252 | 0.01 | 655,809 | -50.56 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 5,537 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,949,415 | 0.20 | 2,281,269 | 116.96 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,175,147 | 0.25 | 6,784,999 | -8.99 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 53,977,134 | 2.20 | 56,421,879 | -4.33 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 80 | 0.00 | 726 | -88.98 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,020,450 | 0.04 | 1,034,330 | -1.34 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 4,708,662 | 0.19 | 4,954,193 | -4.96 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,186,279 | 0.13 | 2,012,041 | 58.36 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,781 | 0.00 | 23,221 | -92.33 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 325,741 | 0.01 | 137,073 | 137.64 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 6,301 | -100.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 180 | 0.00 | 19 | 847.37 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 49 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 151 | 0.00 | 365 | -58.63 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 495,522 | 0.02 | 708,148 | -30.03 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 13,062 | 0.00 | 3,401 | 284.06 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 685,973 | 0.03 | 451,529 | 51.92 |
69 | Ceramic products | 264,691 | 0.01 | 80,986 | 226.84 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 326,186 | 0.01 | 51,901 | 528.48 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 69,615 | 0.00 | 33,932 | 105.16 |
72 | Iron and steel | 36,017,094 | 1.47 | 34,010,076 | 5.90 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,226,727 | 0.25 | 13,595,491 | -54.20 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 76,153 | 0.00 | 83,144 | -8.41 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 5,014 | 0.00 | 17,462 | -71.29 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,978,470 | 0.33 | 5,246,867 | 52.06 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 49 | 0.00 | 24 | 104.17 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 4,799,000 | 0.20 | 1,811,296 | 164.95 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 27,806 | 0.00 | 555,577 | -95.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 475,080 | 0.02 | 585,402 | -18.85 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,493,421 | 0.06 | 5,685,164 | -73.73 |
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 | 36,741,452 | 1.50 | 31,310,773 | 17.34 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 8,677,858 | 0.35 | 9,346,082 | -7.15 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 847,552 | 0.03 | 2,690,192 | -68.49 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 2,416 | 0.00 | 900 | 168.44 |
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 | 4,609 | 0.00 | 134,165 | -96.56 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 31,448 | 0.00 | 3 | 1,048,166.67 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 200 | 0.00 | 7,833 | -97.45 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 2,600 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 2,283,120 | 0.09 | 1 386 654 | 64.65 |
Russia’s Imports from Brazil
The major share of Russian imports from Brazil in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 68.68% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (54.85% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.48% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (8.12% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 7.15% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (20.88% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.41% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (5.32% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $304,213,250;
- 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 $54,678,057;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $21,373,359;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $18,741,941;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $16,704,342;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $7,116,590.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $352,380,886;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $170,796,254;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $21,255,554;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $13,784,787;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $9,920,400;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $9,132,462;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $8,414,644.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 11,069 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 491,254,167 | 22.87 | 187,040,917 | 162.65 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5,038,216 | 0.23 | 4,684,324 | 7.55 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 14,929,090 | 0.69 | 20,580,615 | -27.46 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 620 | 0.00 | 202 | 206.93 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 170,921 | 0.01 | 412,809 | -58.60 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 34,923,300 | 1.63 | 37,962,385 | -8.01 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 113,157,757 | 5.27 | 94,415,816 | 19.85 |
10 | Cereals | 19,880 | 0.00 | 513,760 | -96.13 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 37,253 | 0.00 | 134,347 | -72.27 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 480,636,034 | 22.37 | 651,432,288 | -26.22 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 66,773 | 0.00 | 2,580,530 | -97.41 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 16,356 | 0.00 | 21,081 | -22.41 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,497,582 | 0.21 | 7,384,757 | -39.10 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,531,732 | 0.07 | 2,499,687 | -38.72 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 158,311 | 0.01 | 279,505 | -43.36 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 898 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 59,455,938 | 2.77 | 68,588,400 | -13.31 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 81,276,625 | 3.78 | 102,532,179 | -20.73 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 211,488 | 0.01 | 155,332 | 36.15 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6,413,383 | 0.30 | 8,728,712 | -26.53 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 181,452,989 | 8.45 | 164,748,647 | 10.14 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,747,142 | 0.17 | 3,317,509 | 12.95 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 850,957 | 0.04 | 9,265,601 | -90.82 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 13,461 | 0.00 | 9,152 | 47.08 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 206,290,437 | 9.60 | 151,612,380 | 36.06 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 18,691,559 | 0.87 | 11,574,969 | 61.48 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,117,776 | 0.28 | 5,411,185 | 13.06 |
31 | Fertilizers | 16,980 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 634,722 | 0.03 | 871,863 | -27.20 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,524,443 | 0.07 | 1,797,116 | -15.17 |
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 | 415,842 | 0.02 | 408,860 | 1.71 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 12,814,515 | 0.60 | 12,794,477 | 0.16 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 129,548 | 0.01 | 205,199 | -36.87 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,793,626 | 0.18 | 3,578,974 | 6.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 11,809,378 | 0.55 | 7,071,180 | 67.01 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5,900,254 | 0.27 | 5,283,978 | 11.66 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 2,060,295 | 0.10 | 1,145,096 | 79.92 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 90,522 | 0.00 | 62,969 | 43.76 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 62,476 | 0.00 | 13,939 | 348.21 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 541,959 | 0.03 | 377,843 | 43.43 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 105 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 16,377 | 0.00 | 27,674 | -40.82 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 15,338,179 | 0.71 | 12,057,628 | 27.21 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,767,225 | 0.18 | 1,769,844 | 112.86 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,648 | 0.00 | 15,212 | -82.59 |
52 | Cotton | 99 | 0.00 | 56 | 76.79 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,486,891 | 0.07 | 1,725,594 | -13.83 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 431,430 | 0.02 | 892,114 | -51.64 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 101,385 | 0.00 | 135,889 | -25.39 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 112,076 | 0.01 | 137,311 | -18.38 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 512,287 | 0.02 | 473,444 | 8.20 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 580,190 | 0.03 | 420,689 | 37.91 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 117,732 | 0.01 | 178,099 | -33.90 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 351,473 | 0.02 | 248,591 | 41.39 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 13,742,203 | 0.64 | 15,954,712 | -13.87 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 75 | 0.00 | 45 | 66.67 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6,785,114 | 0.32 | 7,110,803 | -4.58 |
69 | Ceramic products | 395,035 | 0.02 | 686,208 | -42.43 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,437,035 | 0.07 | 852,342 | 68.60 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 449,567 | 0.02 | 300,241 | 49.74 |
72 | Iron and steel | 105,313,697 | 4.90 | 119,098,484 | -11.57 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,619,178 | 0.17 | 4,367,253 | -17.13 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 22,732,197 | 1.06 | 1,358,838 | 1,572.91 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 163,073 | 0.01 | 354,690 | -54.02 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 6,043 | 0.00 | 3,105 | 94.62 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8,603 | -100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 10,678 | 0.00 | 2,978 | 258.56 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,700,838 | 0.27 | 5,860,041 | -2.72 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 195,281 | 0.01 | 291,597 | -33.03 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 109,640,440 | 5.10 | 119,560,840 | -8.30 |
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 | 17,395,263 | 0.81 | 15,495,462 | 12.26 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 233,599 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 20,507,997 | 0.95 | 372,888,883 | -94.50 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,098,172 | 0.28 | 7,496,180 | -18.65 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 13,580 | 0.00 | 378 | 3,492.59 |
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 | 92,129 | 0.00 | 112,329 | -17.98 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 31,829 | 0.00 | 32,630 | -2.45 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 67,666 | 0.00 | 77,043 | -12.17 |
SS | Classified | 60,164,948 | 2.80 | 210 230 300 | -71.38 |