Russian trade in goods with Lebanon in Q1 2021
May 17, 2021
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 Lebanon in the first quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Lebanon
In the 1st quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Lebanon totaled $126,360,524, up 293.95% ($94,285,266) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Lebanon in the 1st quarter of 2021 totaled $124,521,456, up 318.05% ($94,735,487) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Lebanon in the 1st quarter of 2021 were $1,839,068, down 19.67% ($450,221) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Lebanon in the 1st quarter of 2021 was $122,682,388, a 346.17% increase ($95,185,708) over the 1st quarter of 2020.
Lebanon was Russia’s 78th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2021 (up from 106th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0818% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0226% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Lebanon was Russia’s 63rd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2021 (up from 90th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1350% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0335% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Lebanon was Russia’s 125th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 119th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0030% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0043% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Lebanon
The major share of Russian exports to Lebanon in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 73.27% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (38.46% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 22.05% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (47.20% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.43% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (11.11% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.63% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (1.98% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Lebanon in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 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 $79,782,650;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $10,122,172;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $2,950,621;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $742,538;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $592,680.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Lebanon in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $602,010.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 213,992 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 48,608 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 14,827,533 | 11.91 | 4,705,361 | 215.12 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 39,370 | 0.03 | 30,469 | 29.21 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 10,800 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 11,399,803 | 9.15 | 8,449,182 | 34.92 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,755 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 141,923 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 9,858 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 194,705 | 0.16 | 42,404 | 359.17 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 646,630 | 0.52 | 406,219 | 59.18 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 343,507 | 0.28 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 91,237,025 | 73.27 | 11,454,375 | 696.53 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 355,782 | 0.29 | 44,088 | 706.98 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 33,776 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 71,775 | 0.06 | 304,593 | -76.44 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 644,896 | 0.52 | 52,216 | 1,135.05 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 73,787 | 0.06 | 4,440 | 1,561.87 |
| 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 | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 779,849 | 0.63 | 37,311 | 1,990.13 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 61,365 | 0.05 | 11 | 557,763.64 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,274 | 0.00 | 148,151 | -98.47 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,101,639 | 1.69 | 1,785,095 | 17.73 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 923,515 | 0.74 | 1,525,525 | -39.46 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 74 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 328 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 43,482 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 769 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 144,952 | 0.12 | 243,031 | -40.36 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,380 | 0.00 | 31,499 | -86.09 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 124,891 | 0.10 | 14 | 891,978.57 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 28,801 | 0.02 | 35 | 82,188.57 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 25,873 | 0.02 | 250 | 10,249.20 |
| 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 | 7,760 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 84,601 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 119,143 | 0.10 | 26,279 | 353.38 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,698 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 195,763 | 0.16 | 70 166 | 179.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Lebanon
The major share of Russian imports from Lebanon in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 63.73% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (61.67% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 24.33% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (8.62% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.73% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (6.55% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.79% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (9.80% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.60% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (3.73% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (8.81% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $225,037;
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - an increase of $24,727;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $16,802;
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - an increase of $13,269.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $210,792;
- 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 $201,609;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $191,389;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $53,149;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $44,503;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $31,098;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $6,165.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 41,785 | 2.27 | 40,062 | 4.30 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,186 | 0.28 | 36,284 | -85.71 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,226 | 0.12 | 1,930 | 15.34 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,122,800 | 61.05 | 1,333,592 | -15.81 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,159 | 0.28 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 302,071 | 16.43 | 77,034 | 292.13 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 19,446 | 1.06 | 2,644 | 635.48 |
| 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 | 1,197 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 7,700 | 0.42 | 8,483 | -9.23 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 111,822 | 6.08 | 109,164 | 2.43 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 109 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 4,836 | -100.00 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 27,061 | 1.47 | 13,792 | 96.21 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 105,410 | 5.73 | 149,913 | -29.69 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 3,711 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 678 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3,674 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 6,165 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 21,363 | 1.16 | 74,512 | -71.33 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 4,684 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 201,609 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 158 | 0.01 | 124 | 27.42 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 69 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 32,894 | 1.79 | 224,283 | -85.33 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 24,727 | 1.34 | 0 | ∞ |