Russian trade with Lebanon in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Lebanon
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Lebanon totaled $525,743,618, up 11.76% ($55,313,011) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2019 totaled $510,677,864, up 11.27% ($51,742,144) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2019 totaled $15,065,754, up 31.06% ($3,570,867) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Lebanon in 2019 was $495,612,110, a 10.77% increase ($48,171,277) over 2018.
Lebanon was Russia’s 80th largest trading partner in 2019 (up from 84th in 2018), accounting for 0.0789% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0684% in 2018).
Lebanon was Russia’s 70th largest export market in 2019 (up from 75th in 2018), accounting for 0.1208% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1020% in 2018).
Lebanon was Russia’s 116th largest supplier in 2019 (up from 118th in 2018), accounting for 0.0062% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0048% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Lebanon
The major share of Russian exports to Lebanon in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 60.24% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (18.07% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 29.75% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (66.42% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.76% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (5.58% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.70% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (5.31% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.42% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (1.18% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.01% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (3.37% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Lebanon 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) - an increase of $227,124,772;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $2,447,235;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,988,483.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $155,063,369;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $9,099,130;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $5,415,375;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $4,317,494;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $2,570,463;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $2,393,839;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $1,957,165.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 2,880 | 0.00 | 15,866 | -81.85 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 18,766 | 0.00 | 36,556 | -48.67 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 25,560 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,217,820 | 0.24 | 1,442,916 | -15.60 |
10 | Cereals | 103,017,090 | 20.17 | 258,080,459 | -60.08 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 22,564 | 0.00 | 47,070 | -52.06 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 16,654 | 0.00 | 5,165 | 222.44 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 42,209,521 | 8.27 | 39,762,286 | 6.15 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 33,039 | 0.01 | 147,547 | -77.61 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,730,561 | 0.53 | 3,613,400 | -24.43 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 9,459 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 200,096 | 0.04 | 149,028 | 34.27 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 835,089 | 0.16 | 1,079,773 | -22.66 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 613,448 | 0.12 | 417,150 | 47.06 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 981,995 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 2,393,839 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 307,651,101 | 60.24 | 80,526,329 | 282.05 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 702,144 | 0.14 | 407,378 | 72.36 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 325,787 | 0.06 | 4,643,281 | -92.98 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 276,293 | 0.05 | 90,463 | 205.42 |
31 | Fertilizers | 886,526 | 0.17 | 1,239,618 | -28.48 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 47,082 | 0.01 | 54,526 | -13.65 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 25,228 | 0.00 | 129,492 | -80.52 |
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 | 9,003 | 0.00 | 203,843 | -95.58 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 138,352 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,091,233 | 0.41 | 7,506,608 | -72.14 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 434,273 | 0.09 | 1,073,724 | -59.55 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 229,666 | 0.04 | 99,482 | 130.86 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 49 | 0.00 | 60 | -18.33 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 14,533,790 | 2.85 | 17,104,253 | -15.03 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 405,853 | 0.08 | 468,642 | -13.40 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 8,105,340 | 1.59 | 8,009,055 | 1.20 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,278,538 | 0.25 | 24,544 | 5,109.17 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 5,348 | 0.00 | 4,373 | 22.30 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 158 | 0.00 | 182 | -13.19 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4,578 | 0.00 | 1,376 | 232.70 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 37,383 | 0.01 | 14,972 | 149.69 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 1,480 | -100.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 8,581 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 613 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 580 | 0.00 | 4,457 | -86.99 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 63,361 | 0.01 | 74,840 | -15.34 |
72 | Iron and steel | 12,675,756 | 2.48 | 21,774,886 | -41.79 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 242,344 | 0.05 | 537,430 | -54.91 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,049 | 0.00 | 302 | 247.35 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,090 | 0.00 | 1,959,255 | -99.89 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 870,108 | 0.17 | 100,025 | 769.89 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,287 | 0.00 | 6,451 | -18.04 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 258,404 | 0.05 | 815,514 | -68.31 |
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 | 560,200 | 0.11 | 256,533 | 118.37 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 6,237,757 | 1.22 | 4,249,274 | 46.80 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 9,269 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 183,655 | 0.04 | 104,319 | 76.05 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 700 | -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 | 79,501 | 0.02 | 107,118 | -25.78 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 8,113 | 0.00 | 32,532 | -75.06 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,160 | 0.00 | 62,432 | -91.74 |
SS | Classified | 377,910 | 0.07 | 20 746 | 1,721.60 |
Russia’s Imports from Lebanon
The major share of Russian imports from Lebanon in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 67.09% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (44.88% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 17.84% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (28.73% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.42% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (12.50% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.89% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (3.83% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.22% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (3.53% in 2018);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 3.11% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (5.75% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $5,162,216;
- 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 $286,648;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $52,326.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $795,032;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $396,173;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $229,120;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $192,408;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $155,197;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $137,470.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,536 | 0.01 | 11,580 | -86.74 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 396,158 | 2.63 | 551,355 | -28.15 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 7,541 | 0.05 | 8,415 | -10.39 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 3,401 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,550 | 0.02 | 4,187 | -15.21 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 4,449 | 0.03 | 11,799 | -62.29 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 8,958 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,403 | 0.01 | 20,389 | -93.12 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 510 | 0.00 | 21,097 | -97.58 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 3,070 | 0.02 | 3,928 | -21.84 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 255,829 | 1.70 | 254,600 | 0.48 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,496 | 0.02 | 3,152 | -20.81 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 44,058 | 0.29 | 30,667 | 43.67 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 9,387,336 | 62.31 | 4,225,120 | 122.18 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 786,642 | 5.22 | 1,182,815 | -33.49 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 107,298 | 0.71 | 93,940 | 14.22 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,166 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 21,951 | 0.15 | 21,058 | 4.24 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,771,670 | 11.76 | 2,000,790 | -11.45 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,871 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 100 | 0.00 | 9,359 | -98.93 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 53,641 | 0.36 | 51,461 | 4.24 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 89 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 52,874 | 0.35 | 548 | 9,548.54 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 431,919 | 2.87 | 405,222 | 6.59 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 4,334 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 18,400 | 0.12 | 6,419 | 186.65 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,834 | 0.04 | 44 | 13,159.09 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 623,676 | 4.14 | 1,418,708 | -56.04 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 12,566 | 0.08 | 11,586 | 8.46 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 829 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 469,117 | 3.11 | 661,525 | -29.09 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 88 | 0.00 | 10,860 | -99.19 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 195 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 11,797 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,363 | 0.03 | 97 | 4,397.94 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 59,487 | 0.39 | 62,196 | -4.36 |
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 | 294,784 | 1.96 | 8,136 | 3,523.21 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 232,475 | 1.54 | 369,945 | -37.16 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,770 | 0.04 | 5,412 | 6.61 |