Russian trade with Lebanon in 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Lebanon
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Lebanon was $327,930,576, down 37.63% ($197,813,042) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2020 were $315,024,547, down 38.31% ($195,653,317) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2020 were $12,906,029, down 14.34% ($2,159,725) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Lebanon in 2020 was $302,118,518, a 39.04% decrease ($193,493,592) over 2019.
Lebanon was Russia’s 84th largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 80th in 2019), accounting for 0.0578% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0789% in 2019).
Lebanon was Russia’s 72nd largest export market in 2020 (down from 70th in 2019), accounting for 0.0936% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1208% in 2019).
Lebanon was Russia’s 116th largest supplier in 2020 (just as in 2019), accounting for 0.0056% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0062% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Lebanon
The major share of Russian exports to Lebanon in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 57.69% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (60.24% in 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 30.19% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (29.75% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.20% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (4.76% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.84% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (1.01% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.35% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (2.70% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.37% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (1.42% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $8,367,222;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $7,463,889;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $2,171,868;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $1,444,421;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $1,355,723;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $1,336,862.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Lebanon 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 $128,071,130;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $65,985,085;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $8,948,315;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $5,997,038;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $5,743,840;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $2,896,137;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $1,459,740.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 656,208 | 0.21 | 2,880 | 22,685.00 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 18,766 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,067,917 | 0.34 | 1,217,820 | -12.31 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 48,608 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 37,032,005 | 11.76 | 103,017,090 | -64.05 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 30,469 | 0.01 | 22,564 | 35.03 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 20,800 | 0.01 | 16,654 | 24.89 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 50,576,743 | 16.05 | 42,209,521 | 19.82 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,477,460 | 0.47 | 33,039 | 4,371.87 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,270,821 | 0.40 | 2,730,561 | -53.46 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 36,045 | 0.01 | 9,459 | 281.07 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 32,769 | 0.01 | 200,096 | -83.62 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 354,304 | 0.11 | 835,089 | -57.57 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,950,310 | 0.62 | 613,448 | 217.93 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 538,900 | 0.17 | 981,995 | -45.12 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,171,868 | 0.69 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 179,579,971 | 57.01 | 307,651,101 | -41.63 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 839,217 | 0.27 | 702,144 | 19.52 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 120,094 | 0.04 | 325,787 | -63.14 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 473,715 | 0.15 | 276,293 | 71.45 |
31 | Fertilizers | 525,984 | 0.17 | 886,526 | -40.67 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 5 | 0.00 | 47,082 | -99.99 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 247,516 | 0.08 | 25,228 | 881.12 |
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 | 58 | 0.00 | 9,003 | -99.36 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 76,610 | 0.02 | 138,352 | -44.63 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 9,555,122 | 3.03 | 2,091,233 | 356.91 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 116,901 | 0.04 | 434,273 | -73.08 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 151,106 | 0.05 | 229,666 | -34.21 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 49 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 8,536,752 | 2.71 | 14,533,790 | -41.26 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 405,853 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,209,203 | 1.65 | 8,105,340 | -35.73 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,634,261 | 0.84 | 1,278,538 | 106.04 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5,348 | -100.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 158 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 4,578 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 8,363 | 0.00 | 37,383 | -77.63 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 22,335 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 613 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 580 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 12,807 | 0.00 | 63,361 | -79.79 |
72 | Iron and steel | 3,727,441 | 1.18 | 12,675,756 | -70.59 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 39,613 | 0.01 | 242,344 | -83.65 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,049 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 54 | 0.00 | 2,090 | -97.42 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 470,447 | 0.15 | 870,108 | -45.93 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 451 | 0.00 | 5,287 | -91.47 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 383,084 | 0.12 | 258,404 | 48.25 |
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 | 88,411 | 0.03 | 560,200 | -84.22 |
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 | 2,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 493,917 | 0.16 | 6,237,757 | -92.08 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 9,269 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 189,616 | 0.06 | 183,655 | 3.25 |
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 | 105 | 0.00 | 79,501 | -99.87 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,238 | 0.00 | 8,113 | -60.09 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 5,160 | -100.00 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 2,110 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 4,248,813 | 1.35 | 377 910 | 1,024.29 |
Russia’s Imports from Lebanon
The major share of Russian imports from Lebanon in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 65.36% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (67.09% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.75% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (17.84% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.68% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (3.89% in 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.39% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (4.42% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.05% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (3.22% in 2019);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 3.48% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (3.11% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.63% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (0.03% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $243,264;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $209,899;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $191,158;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $61,812;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $41,097.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $1,389,328;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $532,250;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $361,633;
- 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 $287,688;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $194,439;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $153,309;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $109,139.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
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03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 14,000 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 63,348 | 0.49 | 1,536 | 4,024.22 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 242,849 | 1.88 | 396,158 | -38.70 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 16,349 | 0.13 | 7,541 | 116.80 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 3,550 | -100.00 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 4,449 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 1,403 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,788 | 0.02 | 510 | 446.67 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 3,070 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 61,390 | 0.48 | 255,829 | -76.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 714 | 0.01 | 2,496 | -71.39 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 36,446 | 0.28 | 44,058 | -17.28 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 7,998,008 | 61.97 | 9,387,336 | -14.80 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 425,009 | 3.29 | 786,642 | -45.97 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 87,521 | 0.68 | 107,298 | -18.43 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 22,026 | 0.17 | 21,951 | 0.34 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,239,420 | 9.60 | 1,771,670 | -30.04 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 109 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4,836 | 0.04 | 100 | 4,736.00 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 51,949 | 0.40 | 53,641 | -3.15 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 49,052 | 0.38 | 52,874 | -7.23 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 473,016 | 3.67 | 431,919 | 9.51 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,033 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 4,334 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 17,658 | 0.14 | 18,400 | -4.03 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,166 | 0.05 | 5,834 | 5.69 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 514,537 | 3.99 | 623,676 | -17.50 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 23,569 | 0.18 | 12,566 | 87.56 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 829 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 5,269 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 448,921 | 3.48 | 469,117 | -4.31 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 194 | 0.00 | 88 | 120.45 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 209,899 | 1.63 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 4,363 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 250,645 | 1.94 | 59,487 | 321.34 |
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 | 7,096 | 0.05 | 294,784 | -97.59 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 475,739 | 3.69 | 232,475 | 104.64 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 5,770 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 153,440 | 1.19 | 0 | ∞ |