Russian trade with Saudi Arabia in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Saudi Arabia
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Saudi Arabia totaled $1,667,159,568, up 58.05% ($612,302,247) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in 2019 totaled $1,402,941,638, up 83.94% ($640,212,512) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2019 were $264,217,930, down 9.55% ($27,910,265) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Saudi Arabia in 2019 was $1,138,723,708, a 141.97% increase ($668,122,777) over 2018.
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 57th largest trading partner in 2019 (up from 68th in 2018), accounting for 0.2501% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1533% in 2018).
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 49th largest export market in 2019 (up from 62nd in 2018), accounting for 0.3318% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1695% in 2018).
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 68th largest supplier in 2019 (down from 66th in 2018), accounting for 0.1084% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1227% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Saudi Arabia
The major share of Russian exports to Saudi Arabia in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 27.29% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (1.13% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 24.76% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (65.17% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 11.35% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (8.24% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.23% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (4.31% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.20% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (9.56% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.06% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (4.98% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia 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) - an increase of $253,571,370;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $105,505,544;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $101,068,580;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $22,315,289;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $22,169,417;
- 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 $20,041,801;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $14,651,220;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $12,434,345.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $167,832,120;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $40,284,426;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $11,510,197;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $10,754,164;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $9,224,342.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 29,005,156 | 2.07 | 6,835,739 | 324.32 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 11,330 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 3,823,343 | 0.27 | 3,323,094 | 15.05 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 54,978 | 0.00 | 10,829 | 407.69 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 263,980 | 0.02 | 82,669 | 219.32 |
10 | Cereals | 235,847,669 | 16.81 | 403,679,789 | -41.58 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 44,750 | 0.00 | 21,200 | 111.08 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 36,915 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 45,687,392 | 3.26 | 57,197,589 | -20.12 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 160 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 334,196 | 0.02 | 854,733 | -60.90 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 28,236,327 | 2.01 | 24,619,459 | 14.69 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 515,616 | 0.04 | 419,005 | 23.06 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 639 | 0.00 | 22,356 | -97.14 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 8,120 | 0.00 | 7,263 | 11.80 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 24 | -100.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,428,590 | 0.24 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 96,901 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 9,224,342 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 159,094,928 | 11.34 | 53,589,384 | 196.88 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,614,140 | 0.12 | 1,230,896 | 31.14 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 419,714 | 0.03 | 399,279 | 5.12 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,705,080 | 0.19 | 2,119,935 | 27.60 |
31 | Fertilizers | 713,064 | 0.05 | 273,720 | 160.51 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 844 | 0.00 | 1,078 | -21.71 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 298,027 | 0.02 | 256,529 | 16.18 |
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 | 62,231 | 0.00 | 32,388 | 92.14 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,509 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 40,099,220 | 2.86 | 17,783,931 | 125.48 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,811,014 | 0.13 | 304,293 | 495.15 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 11,668,000 | 0.83 | 10,475,382 | 11.38 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 657 | 0.00 | 262 | 150.76 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 192 | 0.00 | 4,832 | -96.03 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 22,811,879 | 1.63 | 8,160,659 | 179.53 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 1,946,937 | 0.14 | 830,118 | 134.54 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 18,232,558 | 1.30 | 28,986,722 | -37.10 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,589 | 0.00 | 1,400 | 13.50 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 87,058 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 662,993 | 0.05 | 401,197 | 65.25 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 3,487 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 5 | 0.00 | 14 | -64.29 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,275,291 | 0.16 | 1,394,775 | 63.13 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 7,655 | 0.00 | 812 | 842.73 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 111,190 | 0.01 | 70,973 | 56.67 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 14,015 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 9,977 | 0.00 | 9,120 | 9.40 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 221 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 10,370 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 25,503 | 0.00 | 1,437 | 1,674.74 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 320 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 168,878 | 0.01 | 1,003 | 16,737.29 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 43,719,293 | 3.12 | 31,284,948 | 39.75 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,053,472 | 0.08 | 41,337,898 | -97.45 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6,892 | 0.00 | 18,718 | -63.18 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 12,911 | 0.00 | 26,904 | -52.01 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 361 | 0.00 | 278 | 29.86 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 70 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 19,469 | 0.00 | 38,646 | -49.62 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 98,519 | 0.01 | 224,548 | -56.13 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 22,051 | 0.00 | 22,311 | -1.17 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,578,741 | 0.18 | 3,028,371 | -14.85 |
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 | 23,342,042 | 1.66 | 3,300,241 | 607.28 |
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 | 17,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 254,757,287 | 18.16 | 1,185,917 | 21,381.88 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 102,206,923 | 7.29 | 1,138,343 | 8,878.57 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,806 | 0.00 | 1,200 | 50.50 |
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 | 497,701 | 0.04 | 44,785 | 1,011.31 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 581,358 | 0.04 | 437,049 | 33.02 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 8,082 | 0.00 | 319 | 2,433.54 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 417 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 361,761,933 | 25.79 | 48 010 100 | 653.51 |
Russia’s Imports from Saudi Arabia
The major share of Russian imports from Saudi Arabia in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 94.09% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (96.67% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.97% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (0.92% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.36% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (1.46% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.13% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (0.42% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.07% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (0.22% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $16,686,846;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $3,287,068;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $2,610,473;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $2,176,810;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $1,300,432;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $912,862.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $33,988,860;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $19,395,666;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,290,538.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 707,524 | 0.27 | 536,381 | 31.91 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 7,525 | 0.00 | 1,263 | 495.80 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6,100 | 0.00 | 49,907 | -87.78 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 3,440 | 0.00 | 2,395 | 43.63 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 5,461 | 0.00 | 3,242 | 68.45 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 5,051 | 0.00 | 4,134 | 22.18 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 107,182 | 0.04 | 46,000 | 133.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 880 | 0.00 | 428 | 105.61 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 140,568 | 0.05 | 174,472 | -19.43 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 38,743 | -100.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 61,352,245 | 23.22 | 80,747,911 | -24.02 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 21,584,100 | 8.17 | 4,897,254 | 340.74 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,814,887 | 2.58 | 5,902,025 | 15.47 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 91,644 | 0.03 | 86,765 | 5.62 |
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 | 225 | 0.00 | 334 | -32.63 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 27,256 | 0.01 | 38,193 | -28.64 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,367,905 | 1.65 | 1,080,837 | 304.12 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 152,716,995 | 57.80 | 186,705,855 | -18.20 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,636,056 | 0.62 | 2,926,594 | -44.10 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 623 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,821,328 | 1.07 | 644,518 | 337.74 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,139 | 0.00 | 80 | 2,573.75 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 3,434,777 | 1.30 | 4,169,253 | -17.62 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 32,332 | 0.01 | 100,574 | -67.85 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 119,466 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 728 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4,397 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 25,991 | 0.01 | 33,593 | -22.63 |
72 | Iron and steel | 42,330 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 276,851 | 0.10 | 60,670 | 356.32 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,300,739 | 0.49 | 307 | 423,593.49 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 37 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 280,481 | 0.11 | 163,985 | 71.04 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 28 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 109,770 | 0.04 | 77,946 | 40.83 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 983,938 | 0.37 | 928,565 | 5.96 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,165,000 | 1.95 | 2,554,527 | 102.19 |
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 | 33,950 | 0.01 | 128,077 | -73.49 |
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 | 6,525 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,548 | 0.00 | 8,451 | -69.85 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 378 | 0.00 | 3,226 | -88.28 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 5,165 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,311 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,744 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |