Russian trade with Ireland in 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ireland
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Ireland was $1,826,799,613, down 11.02% ($226,214,830) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2020 were $277,110,017, down 36.56% ($159,670,650) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2020 were $1,549,689,596, down 4.12% ($66,544,180) from 2019.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ireland in 2020 was $1,272,579,579, a 7.90% increase ($93,126,470) over 2019.
Ireland was Russia’s 50th largest trading partner in 2020 (just as in 2019), accounting for 0.3217% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3080% in 2019).
Ireland was Russia’s 75th largest export market in 2020 (down from 72nd in 2019), accounting for 0.0824% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1033% in 2019).
Ireland was Russia’s 30th largest supplier in 2020 (up from 31st in 2019), accounting for 0.6696% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.6630% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Ireland
The major share of Russian exports to Ireland in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 56.39% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (70.71% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 26.57% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (14.60% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.41% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (3.19% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.39% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (1.54% in 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.06% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (3.60% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.64% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (0.71% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $10,141,610;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,642,268.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2020 over 2019 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 $152,583,885;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $8,433,740;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $4,203,961;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $2,190,063;
- 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 $940,904.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 5,113 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 2,190,063 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 24 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 636,066 | 0.23 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 792 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 776 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 1,507 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 8,500 | 0.00 | 4,450 | 91.01 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 268,848 | 0.10 | 331,251 | -18.84 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 4,780,980 | 1.73 | 13,214,720 | -63.82 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 9,771 | 0.00 | 16,280 | -39.98 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 156,240,454 | 56.38 | 308,824,339 | -49.41 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,052,400 | 0.38 | 1,600,925 | -34.26 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 155,655 | 0.06 | 247,975 | -37.23 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 23,524 | 0.01 | 48,461 | -51.46 |
31 | Fertilizers | 71,188,123 | 25.69 | 61,046,513 | 16.61 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 28,184 | 0.01 | 4,708 | 498.64 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 8,575 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 385,973 | 0.14 | 478,976 | -19.42 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 117 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,275 | 0.00 | 2,421 | -47.34 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 11,565 | 0.00 | 40,012 | -71.10 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 193,479 | 0.07 | 261,826 | -26.10 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 581,847 | 0.21 | 53,046 | 996.87 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,029 | 0.00 | 273 | 1,009.52 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 8,471,261 | 3.06 | 12,675,222 | -33.17 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 266,677 | 0.10 | 66,903 | 298.60 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 709,129 | 0.26 | 1,207,320 | -41.26 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,369 | 0.00 | 2,997 | -54.32 |
52 | Cotton | 78 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 27 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,909 | 0.00 | 30 | 16,263.33 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 319 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,036 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,387 | 0.00 | 2,044 | 16.78 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,761 | 0.00 | 5,637 | -68.76 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 30,858 | 0.01 | 2,035 | 1,416.36 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 861 | 0.00 | 804 | 7.09 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 366,675 | 0.13 | 280,928 | 30.52 |
69 | Ceramic products | 33,788 | 0.01 | 32,297 | 4.62 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 991,888 | 0.36 | 743,710 | 33.37 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 531,616 | 0.19 | 1,472,520 | -63.90 |
72 | Iron and steel | 4,313,339 | 1.56 | 2,671,071 | 61.48 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 8,622 | 0.00 | 55,814 | -84.55 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 223,813 | 0.08 | 363,163 | -38.37 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,151 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 65 | 0.00 | 6,957 | -99.07 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,523 | 0.00 | 76 | 7,167.11 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 810,550 | 0.29 | 571,182 | 41.91 |
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 | 4,056,094 | 1.46 | 4,326,982 | -6.26 |
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 | 200 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 7,259 | 0.00 | 15,578 | -53.40 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,965 | 0.00 | 3,388 | -42.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,742,733 | 0.63 | 1,811,678 | -3.81 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 196 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 614 | 0.00 | 7,634 | -91.96 |
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 | 30,399 | 0.01 | 45,110 | -32.61 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 35,021 | 0.01 | 392,296 | -91.07 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 16,765 | 0.01 | 10,149 | 65.19 |
SS | Classified | 18,857,860 | 6.81 | 21 635 530 | -12.84 |
Russia’s Imports from Ireland
The major share of Russian imports from Ireland in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 67.40% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (66.76% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 19.89% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (21.12% in 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.44% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (9.93% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $24,227,457;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $12,651,162;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $8,228,862.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $33,513,361;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $20,702,214;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $15,153,097;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $9,889,718;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $9,234,866;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $5,388,887.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 162,826 | 0.01 | 358,028 | -54.52 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 260,246 | -100.00 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 3,328 | -100.00 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 673 | 0.00 | 4,405 | -84.72 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 20,489 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 3,024 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 409,710 | 0.03 | 735,620 | -44.30 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,704,509 | 0.11 | 1,744,923 | -2.32 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 338,867 | 0.02 | 237,811 | 42.49 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 10,626,071 | 0.69 | 9,341,546 | 13.75 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 603,888 | 0.04 | 417,189 | 44.75 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 48,214,385 | 3.11 | 35,563,223 | 35.57 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 4,233,757 | 0.27 | 5,440,988 | -22.19 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 22,352,897 | 1.44 | 24,058,181 | -7.09 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 71,034,992 | 4.58 | 80,924,710 | -12.22 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 2,031,230 | 0.13 | 1,471,287 | 38.06 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 33,038 | 0.00 | 13,076 | 152.66 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,825 | 0.00 | 610,514 | -99.70 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 124,780,596 | 8.05 | 158,293,957 | -21.17 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 47,156,690 | 3.04 | 22,929,233 | 105.66 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 715,899,158 | 46.20 | 731,052,255 | -2.07 |
31 | Fertilizers | 111,449 | 0.01 | 145,687 | -23.50 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,925,693 | 0.25 | 6,031,988 | -34.92 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 118,307,852 | 7.63 | 119,410,120 | -0.92 |
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 | 1,155,847 | 0.07 | 1,502,037 | -23.05 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 7,486,268 | 0.48 | 6,316,200 | 18.52 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 4,729,317 | 0.31 | 7,747,397 | -38.96 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 13,966,930 | 0.90 | 19,355,817 | -27.84 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,257,055 | 0.40 | 5,376,140 | 16.39 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 716,405 | 0.05 | 906,602 | -20.98 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 7,879 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,388 | 0.00 | 55,001 | -95.66 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 70,011 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 272,359 | 0.02 | 637,316 | -57.26 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 11,057,521 | 0.71 | 2,828,659 | 290.91 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 69,374 | 0.00 | 127,049 | -45.40 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 4,155 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 30,613 | 0.00 | 1,397 | 2,091.34 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,640 | 0.00 | 4,524 | 2.56 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 165,752 | 0.01 | 308,298 | -46.24 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 883 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 202,178 | 0.01 | 205,487 | -1.61 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 454 | 0.00 | 246 | 84.55 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,691 | 0.00 | 1,514 | 275.89 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 253 | 0.00 | 222,754 | -99.89 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1,388 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 749 | 0.00 | 4,981 | -84.96 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 171,742 | 0.01 | 244,449 | -29.74 |
69 | Ceramic products | 3,081 | 0.00 | 1,290 | 138.84 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 178,576 | 0.01 | 209,254 | -14.66 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,424,921 | 0.09 | 1,685,244 | -15.45 |
72 | Iron and steel | 18,883 | 0.00 | 13,836 | 36.48 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,230,409 | 0.08 | 1,406,348 | -12.51 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 923,075 | 0.06 | 1,091,011 | -15.39 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 543,714 | 0.04 | 604,748 | -10.09 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 311,166 | 0.02 | 196,925 | 58.01 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 2,303 | 0.00 | 3,411 | -32.48 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 197,356 | 0.01 | 251,599 | -21.56 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,604,176 | 0.23 | 6,319,694 | -42.97 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,293,471 | 0.15 | 1,582,864 | 44.89 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 59,750,607 | 3.86 | 68,985,473 | -13.39 |
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 | 35,996,346 | 2.32 | 37,324,716 | -3.56 |
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 | 13,738 | 0.00 | 45,478 | -69.79 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 418,468 | 0.03 | 2,256,999 | -81.46 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 11,981 | 0.00 | 12,333 | -2.85 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 211,983,955 | 13.68 | 232,686,169 | -8.90 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 794 | 0.00 | 209 | 279.90 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 630 | 0.00 | 603 | 4.48 |
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 | 181,145 | 0.01 | 400,133 | -54.73 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,660,326 | 0.37 | 8,473,806 | -33.20 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,692,961 | 0.43 | 7,681,477 | -12.87 |
SS | Classified | 500 | 0.00 | 19 516 | -97.44 |