Russian trade with Slovenia in 2019
February 14, 2020
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 Slovenia in 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Slovenia
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Slovenia totaled $1,512,188,019, up 12.99% ($173,873,182) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Slovenia in 2019 totaled $489,420,868, up 29.74% ($112,180,673) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Slovenia in 2019 totaled $1,022,767,151, up 6.42% ($61,692,509) from 2018.
Russia’s trade deficit with Slovenia in 2019 was $533,346,283, a 8.65% decrease ($50,488,164) over 2018.
Slovenia was Russia’s 60th largest trading partner in 2019 (up from 62nd in 2018), accounting for 0.2269% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1945% in 2018).
Slovenia was Russia’s 71st largest export market in 2019 (up from 79th in 2018), accounting for 0.1158% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0838% in 2018).
Slovenia was Russia’s 38th largest supplier in 2019 (just as in 2018), accounting for 0.4195% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.4036% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Slovenia
The major share of Russian exports to Slovenia in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 88.75% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (89.66% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.64% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (4.12% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.26% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (1.22% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.08% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (1.24% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.04% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (2.44% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Slovenia 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 $96,102,163;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $11,433,729;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3,064,266;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,976,513;
- 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 $1,670,745.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Slovenia in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $3,553,301.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 814,356 | 0.17 | 959,203 | -15.10 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 59 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 77,047 | 0.02 | 98,225 | -21.56 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 204,869 | 0.04 | 113,308 | 80.81 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 22,756 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 9,631 | 0.00 | 12,193 | -21.01 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 429 | 0.00 | 113 | 279.65 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,025 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 145,421 | 0.03 | 237,208 | -38.69 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 5,703 | 0.00 | 5,558 | 2.61 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 177 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,565 | 0.00 | 6,418 | 2.29 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 434,344,703 | 88.75 | 338,242,540 | 28.41 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,916,359 | 0.80 | 2,245,614 | 74.40 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 7,759,538 | 1.59 | 4,695,272 | 65.26 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,816,976 | 1.19 | 3,840,463 | 51.47 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 11,433,729 | 2.34 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 184,001 | 0.04 | 66,642 | 176.10 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,290 | 0.00 | 5,290 | 75.61 |
| 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 | 28,851 | 0.01 | 52,372 | -44.91 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 199,714 | 0.04 | 90,393 | 120.94 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 280,325 | 0.06 | 606,138 | -53.75 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 325,997 | 0.07 | 1,018,343 | -67.99 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,551,564 | 0.52 | 2,916,391 | -12.51 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 359,669 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 258 | 0.00 | 448 | -42.41 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,831,781 | 0.78 | 3,742,268 | 2.39 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 707,097 | 0.14 | 261,385 | 170.52 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 411,656 | 0.08 | 612,960 | -32.84 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 359,240 | 0.07 | 52,459 | 584.80 |
| 52 | Cotton | 452 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,657 | 0.00 | 3,331 | -50.26 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 20,081 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 103,485 | 0.02 | 36,714 | 181.87 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 2,598 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 60 | 0.00 | 5,296 | -98.87 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,507 | 0.00 | 11,505 | -86.90 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5,672 | 0.00 | 36,015 | -84.25 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 15,639 | 0.00 | 49 | 31,816.33 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 80 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,334,187 | 0.27 | 735,266 | 81.46 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 683,198 | 0.14 | 377,011 | 81.21 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 1,794 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 384,636 | 0.08 | 656,618 | -41.42 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 58,716 | 0.01 | 4,736 | 1,139.78 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,662,946 | 0.34 | 1,121,365 | 48.30 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 867,629 | 0.18 | 1,404,182 | -38.21 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 117,747 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 616,945 | 0.13 | 4,170,246 | -85.21 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 456 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,920,569 | 0.39 | 2,389,974 | -19.64 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 370 | 0.00 | 1,415 | -73.85 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,597,551 | 0.53 | 2,750,899 | -5.57 |
| 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 | 2,587,348 | 0.53 | 1,146,168 | 125.74 |
| 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 | 397,327 | 0.08 | 520,306 | -23.64 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 68,744 | 0.01 | 126,558 | -45.68 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 272,635 | 0.06 | 5,206 | 5,136.94 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 250,220 | 0.05 | 61,121 | 309.38 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,015 | 0.00 | 3,319 | -69.42 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 637 | 0.00 | 3,010 | -78.84 |
| 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 | 1,061,517 | 0.22 | 1,456,208 | -27.10 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 614,038 | 0.13 | 33,110 | 1,754.54 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 99,168 | 0.02 | 129,641 | -23.51 |
| SS | Classified | 1,340 | 0.00 | 28 840 | -95.35 |
Russia’s Imports from Slovenia
The major share of Russian imports from Slovenia in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 57.42% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (56.47% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 28.71% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (27.51% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.37% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (6.90% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.04% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (3.17% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.58% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (2.60% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.31% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (1.61% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Slovenia in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $37,014,882;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $25,207,117;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $14,675,086;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $6,099,372;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $5,224,090.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Slovenia in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $13,195,028;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $5,685,133;
- 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 $4,054,324.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 2,758 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,733 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 11,634 | 0.00 | 14,792 | -21.35 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 243,681 | 0.02 | 186,986 | 30.32 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 621,658 | 0.06 | 194,334 | 219.89 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 38,093 | 0.00 | 20,957 | 81.77 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 421,179 | 0.04 | 302,915 | 39.04 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2,082,525 | 0.20 | 1,649,776 | 26.23 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 339,059 | 0.03 | 52,227 | 549.20 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,749 | 0.00 | 553 | 216.27 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 8,626,271 | 0.84 | 8,290,920 | 4.04 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 97,047 | 0.01 | 138,278 | -29.82 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 8,343,014 | 0.82 | 8,356,009 | -0.16 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 4,236,852 | 0.41 | 4,070,538 | 4.09 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,317,914 | 0.13 | 1,728,061 | -23.73 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 442,397 | 0.04 | 362,695 | 21.97 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 40,197 | 0.00 | 6,591 | 509.88 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 264,706 | 0.03 | 808,474 | -67.26 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 89,189,091 | 8.72 | 83,089,719 | 7.34 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 398,800,047 | 38.99 | 361,785,165 | 10.23 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 29,849,177 | 2.92 | 24,625,087 | 21.21 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 13,607,220 | 1.33 | 16,221,491 | -16.12 |
| 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 | 2,614,936 | 0.26 | 2,920,862 | -10.47 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,700,130 | 0.17 | 1,504,393 | 13.01 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 25,362,384 | 2.48 | 23,132,785 | 9.64 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 17,563,635 | 1.72 | 17,523,055 | 0.23 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 8,347,189 | 0.82 | 11,148,871 | -25.13 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 104,596 | 0.01 | 37,490 | 179.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,934,135 | 0.19 | 1,492,239 | 29.61 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 876,902 | 0.09 | 741,187 | 18.31 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 7,017 | 0.00 | 6,616 | 6.06 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 292 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 27,124,807 | 2.65 | 26,508,837 | 2.32 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,114,984 | 0.30 | 3,184,556 | -2.18 |
| 50 | Silk | 1,071 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 522 | 0.00 | 12,168 | -95.71 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 1,115,392 | 0.11 | 1,450,247 | -23.09 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 157,010 | 0.02 | 261,243 | -39.90 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 7,351,363 | 0.72 | 8,572,465 | -14.24 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 2,284 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 25,299 | 0.00 | 41,981 | -39.74 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 529,459 | 0.05 | 489,140 | 8.24 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 20,690 | 0.00 | 28,157 | -26.52 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,132,823 | 0.11 | 1,027,651 | 10.23 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,190,196 | 0.21 | 2,797,669 | -21.71 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 182,028 | 0.02 | 189,350 | -3.87 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 689,040 | 0.07 | 580,696 | 18.66 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 7,546 | 0.00 | 2,369 | 218.53 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 111 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 5,138,366 | 0.50 | 7,376,541 | -30.34 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 128,387 | 0.01 | 78,897 | 62.73 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,168,476 | 0.11 | 1,237,691 | -5.59 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 91,443 | 0.01 | 24,062 | 280.03 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 21,181,319 | 2.07 | 34,376,347 | -38.38 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 11,721,128 | 1.15 | 8,800,386 | 33.19 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 891,906 | 0.09 | 855,166 | 4.30 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 105,487 | 0.01 | 172,444 | -38.83 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,638,699 | 0.16 | 3,214,229 | -49.02 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 82,639 | 0.01 | 50,215 | 64.57 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 147,894 | 0.01 | 155,883 | -5.12 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,788,999 | 0.47 | 3,885,120 | 23.27 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 14,354,725 | 1.40 | 14,787,153 | -2.92 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 137,562,962 | 13.45 | 112,355,845 | 22.44 |
| 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 | 130,171,019 | 12.73 | 134,225,343 | -3.02 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,606,801 | 0.55 | 11,291,934 | -50.35 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 900,870 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 20,313,727 | 1.99 | 5,638,641 | 260.26 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3,623 | 0.00 | 10,642 | -65.96 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 10,934 | 0.00 | 25,355 | -56.88 |
| 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 | 4,500,129 | 0.44 | 4,237,763 | 6.19 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 996,599 | 0.10 | 838,145 | 18.91 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,377,118 | 0.13 | 900,158 | 52.99 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 132 | 0.00 | 1,539 | -91.42 |
| SS | Classified | 52,554 | 0.01 | 71 920 | -26.93 |