Russian trade with Ireland in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ireland
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Ireland totaled $2,053,014,443, up 2.32% ($46,472,495) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2019 were $436,780,667, down 35.57% ($241,113,081) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2019 totaled $1,616,233,776, up 21.64% ($287,585,576) from 2018.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ireland in 2019 was $1,179,453,109, a 81.24% increase ($528,698,657) over 2018.
Ireland was Russia’s 50th largest trading partner in 2019 (down from 47th in 2018), accounting for 0.3080% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2916% in 2018).
Ireland was Russia’s 72nd largest export market in 2019 (down from 67th in 2018), accounting for 0.1033% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1507% in 2018).
Ireland was Russia’s 31st largest supplier in 2019 (up from 32nd in 2018), accounting for 0.6630% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.5579% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Ireland
The major share of Russian exports to Ireland in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 70.71% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (73.08% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.60% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (12.47% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.60% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (3.69% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.19% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (1.85% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.54% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (1.69% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,956,610;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $1,520,487.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ireland 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 $186,507,247;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $22,010,123;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $8,109,270;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $4,481,262.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 2,190,063 | 0.50 | 10,299,333 | -78.74 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,507 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 4,450 | 0.00 | 103,278 | -95.69 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 331,251 | 0.08 | 235,640 | 40.58 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 13,214,720 | 3.03 | 14,395,594 | -8.20 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 16,280 | 0.00 | 53,353 | -69.49 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 308,824,339 | 70.70 | 495,331,586 | -37.65 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,600,925 | 0.37 | 1,075,028 | 48.92 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 247,975 | 0.06 | 186,724 | 32.80 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 48,461 | 0.01 | 57,183 | -15.25 |
31 | Fertilizers | 61,046,513 | 13.98 | 83,056,636 | -26.50 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4,708 | 0.00 | 11,854 | -60.28 |
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 | 478,976 | 0.11 | 1,121 | 42,627.56 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 6,845 | -100.00 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2,421 | 0.00 | 891 | 171.72 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 40,012 | 0.01 | 6,959 | 474.97 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 261,826 | 0.06 | 81,137 | 222.70 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 53,046 | 0.01 | 18,331 | 189.38 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 273 | 0.00 | 690 | -60.43 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 12,675,222 | 2.90 | 11,154,735 | 13.63 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 66,903 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,207,320 | 0.28 | 1,359,870 | -11.22 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,997 | 0.00 | 466 | 543.13 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 30 | 0.00 | 6,827 | -99.56 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 319 | 0.00 | 69 | 362.32 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,044 | 0.00 | 3,756 | -45.58 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,637 | 0.00 | 1,764 | 219.56 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,035 | 0.00 | 113 | 1,700.88 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 804 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 280,928 | 0.06 | 290,005 | -3.13 |
69 | Ceramic products | 32,297 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 743,710 | 0.17 | 254 | 292,699.21 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,472,520 | 0.34 | 1,211,201 | 21.58 |
72 | Iron and steel | 2,671,071 | 0.61 | 714,461 | 273.86 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 55,814 | 0.01 | 53,353 | 4.61 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 363,163 | 0.08 | 73,522 | 393.95 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3,151 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 6,957 | 0.00 | 548 | 1,169.53 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 76 | 0.00 | 21,239 | -99.64 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 571,182 | 0.13 | 5,052,444 | -88.69 |
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 | 4,326,982 | 0.99 | 3,701,305 | 16.90 |
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 | 200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 15,578 | 0.00 | 109,763 | -85.81 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3,388 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,811,678 | 0.41 | 2,589,914 | -30.05 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 196 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 7,634 | 0.00 | 16,010 | -52.32 |
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 | 45,110 | 0.01 | 228,615 | -80.27 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 392,296 | 0.09 | 2,869 | 13,573.61 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 10,149 | 0.00 | 9,811 | 3.45 |
SS | Classified | 21,635,530 | 4.95 | 46 368 650 | -53.34 |
Russia’s Imports from Ireland
The major share of Russian imports from Ireland in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 66.76% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (58.06% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 21.12% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (26.57% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.93% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (13.00% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $300,779,694;
- 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 $27,463,695;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $13,989,407;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $5,859,711.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $15,906,681;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $15,747,684;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $13,407,841;
- 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 $11,624,654.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 358,028 | 0.02 | 2,046,421 | -82.50 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 260,246 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,328 | 0.00 | 788 | 322.34 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 4,405 | 0.00 | 913 | 382.48 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 19,136 | -100.00 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,024 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 735,620 | 0.05 | 317,502 | 131.69 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,744,923 | 0.11 | 727,714 | 139.78 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 237,811 | 0.01 | 213,917 | 11.17 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 9,341,546 | 0.58 | 8,977,169 | 4.06 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 417,189 | 0.03 | 522,124 | -20.10 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 35,563,223 | 2.20 | 48,971,064 | -27.38 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,440,988 | 0.34 | 6,261,240 | -13.10 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 24,058,181 | 1.49 | 28,294,731 | -14.97 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 80,924,710 | 5.01 | 75,064,999 | 7.81 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,471,287 | 0.09 | 1,191,862 | 23.44 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 64,177 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 13,076 | 0.00 | 3,487 | 274.99 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 610,514 | 0.04 | 90,719 | 572.97 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 158,293,957 | 9.79 | 130,830,262 | 20.99 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 22,929,233 | 1.42 | 18,737,884 | 22.37 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 731,052,255 | 45.23 | 430,272,561 | 69.90 |
31 | Fertilizers | 145,687 | 0.01 | 139,732 | 4.26 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,031,988 | 0.37 | 5,487,068 | 9.93 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 119,410,120 | 7.39 | 135,316,801 | -11.76 |
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 | 1,502,037 | 0.09 | 1,335,037 | 12.51 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 6,316,200 | 0.39 | 10,481,239 | -39.74 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 471 | -100.00 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 7,747,397 | 0.48 | 9,147,911 | -15.31 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 19,355,817 | 1.20 | 23,501,234 | -17.64 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,376,140 | 0.33 | 5,580,644 | -3.66 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 906,602 | 0.06 | 612,371 | 48.05 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 7,879 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 55,001 | 0.00 | 9,936 | 453.55 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 70,011 | 0.00 | 220,868 | -68.30 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 637,316 | 0.04 | 646,049 | -1.35 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,828,659 | 0.18 | 2,153,054 | 31.38 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 127,049 | 0.01 | 104,584 | 21.48 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 4,155 | 0.00 | 14 | 29,578.57 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 1,397 | 0.00 | 10,526 | -86.73 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,524 | 0.00 | 10,126 | -55.32 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 308,298 | 0.02 | 185,067 | 66.59 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 205,487 | 0.01 | 302,341 | -32.03 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 246 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,514 | 0.00 | 3,507 | -56.83 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 222,754 | 0.01 | 289,150 | -22.96 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,388 | 0.00 | 1,683 | -17.53 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4,981 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 244,449 | 0.02 | 235,969 | 3.59 |
69 | Ceramic products | 1,290 | 0.00 | 14,066 | -90.83 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 209,254 | 0.01 | 307,585 | -31.97 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,685,244 | 0.10 | 1,299,840 | 29.65 |
72 | Iron and steel | 13,836 | 0.00 | 53,564 | -74.17 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,406,348 | 0.09 | 1,075,561 | 30.75 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,091,011 | 0.07 | 950,959 | 14.73 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 604,748 | 0.04 | 565,409 | 6.96 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 196,925 | 0.01 | 80,238 | 145.43 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 15,274 | -100.00 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 3,411 | 0.00 | 4,864 | -29.87 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 251,599 | 0.02 | 218,764 | 15.01 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 6,319,694 | 0.39 | 4,303,814 | 46.84 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,582,864 | 0.10 | 2,036,661 | -22.28 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 68,985,473 | 4.27 | 84,733,157 | -18.59 |
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 | 37,324,716 | 2.31 | 48,949,370 | -23.75 |
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 | 45,478 | 0.00 | 78,759 | -42.26 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,256,999 | 0.14 | 560,452 | 302.71 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 12,333 | 0.00 | 1,632 | 655.70 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 232,686,169 | 14.40 | 218,696,762 | 6.40 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 209 | 0.00 | 990 | -78.89 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 603 | 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 | 400,133 | 0.02 | 750,965 | -46.72 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 8,473,806 | 0.52 | 5,837,491 | 45.16 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 7,681,477 | 0.48 | 9,678,852 | -20.64 |
SS | Classified | 19,516 | 0.00 | 49 077 | -60.23 |