Russian trade in goods with Qatar in Q4 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Qatar
In the 4th quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Qatar was $22,117,322, down 23.89% ($6,944,028) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Qatar in the 4th quarter of 2020 were $10,946,838, down 47.07% ($9,736,478) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Qatar in the 4th quarter of 2020 totaled $11,170,484, up 33.33% ($2,792,450) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade balance with Qatar went from a surplus of $12,305,282 in the 4th quarter of 2019, to a deficit of $223,646 in the 4th quarter of 2020.
Qatar was Russia’s 125th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2020 (down from 113th in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0136% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0162% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Qatar was Russia’s 121st largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2020 (down from 103rd in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0116% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0185% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Qatar was Russia’s 98th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2020 (up from 101st in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0165% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0123% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Qatar
The major share of Russian exports to Qatar in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 52.97% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (80.81% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 29.58% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (8.67% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.47% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (0.79% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.44% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (3.37% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.68% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (1.61% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.33% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (0.27% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.11% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (3.37% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Qatar in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $1,885,270;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $394,804;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $123,472;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $117,360;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $110,112;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $99,763;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $97,472;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - an increase of $94,080;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $87,539;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $58,363;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $44,216.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Qatar in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $10,508,542;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $685,023;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $350,402;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $315,485;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $244,659;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $186,780;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $104,232;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $73,825;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $73,795;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $71,459;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $62,883;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $49,369;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $49,068;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $34,841.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 6,649 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 96,829 | 0.88 | 283,609 | -65.86 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 55,874 | 0.51 | 300,533 | -81.41 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 23,227 | 0.21 | 97,022 | -76.06 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 930,114 | 8.50 | 820,002 | 13.43 |
10 | Cereals | 3,838,485 | 35.06 | 14,347,027 | -73.25 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 6,694 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 603,506 | 5.51 | 480,034 | 25.72 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 15,148 | 0.14 | 9,126 | 65.99 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,371 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 8,244 | 0.08 | 43,085 | -80.87 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 78,631 | 0.72 | 128,000 | -38.57 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 136,847 | 1.25 | 199,730 | -31.48 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 12,000 | 0.11 | 697,023 | -98.28 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 73,825 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,347 | 0.02 | 51,415 | -95.44 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 51,977 | 0.47 | 39,995 | 29.96 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 439 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 222,029 | 2.03 | 122,266 | 81.60 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,003 | 0.06 | 14,657 | -52.22 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 118,585 | 1.08 | 31,046 | 281.97 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 37 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 461,456 | 4.22 | 66,652 | 592.34 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 25,052 | 0.23 | 96,511 | -74.04 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,420 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 63 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 300 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 9,429 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 143,103 | 1.31 | 45,631 | 213.61 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 75 | 0.00 | 237 | -68.35 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 66 | -100.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,150 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 2,120 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 32 | 0.00 | 15,748 | -99.80 |
69 | Ceramic products | 94,080 | 0.86 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 271,543 | 2.48 | 154,183 | 76.12 |
72 | Iron and steel | 314,434 | 2.87 | 629,919 | -50.08 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 104,518 | 0.95 | 60,302 | 73.32 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,230 | -100.00 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 8,097 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,537 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 59,047 | 0.54 | 684 | 8,532.60 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 437 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 561,097 | 5.13 | 665,329 | -15.67 |
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 | 2,242,267 | 20.48 | 356,997 | 528.09 |
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 | 23,844 | 0.22 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 35,461 | 0.32 | 385,863 | -90.81 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 375,655 | 3.43 | 385,932 | -2.66 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 904 | 0.01 | 83 | 989.16 |
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 | 6,150 | 0.06 | 35,266 | -82.56 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 14,292 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,078 | 0.02 | 4,449 | -53.29 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 4 000 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Qatar
The major share of Russian imports from Qatar in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 66.31% of Russia’s total imports from Qatar (54.40% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 33.38% of Russia’s total imports from Qatar (45.57% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Qatar in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 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 $2,849,130;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $888,733.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Qatar in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $724,871;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $252,598.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 7,406,838 | 66.31 | 4,557,708 | 62.51 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 252,598 | -100.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 3,411,067 | 30.54 | 2,522,334 | 35.23 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 318,045 | 2.85 | 1,042,916 | -69.50 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 93 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 147 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 9,930 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 509 | 0.00 | 772 | -34.07 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 16,068 | 0.14 | 253 | 6,250.99 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,306 | -100.00 |
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 | 7,586 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 348 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |