Russian trade with Ireland in 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ireland
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Ireland totaled $2,565,095,020, up 40.41% ($738,295,407) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2021 totaled $464,531,957, up 67.63% ($187,421,940) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2021 totaled $2,100,563,063, up 35.55% ($550,873,467) from 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ireland in 2021 was $1,636,031,106, a 28.56% increase ($363,451,527) over 2020.
Ireland was Russia’s 48th largest trading partner in 2021 (up from 50th in 2020), accounting for 0.3268% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3217% in 2020).
Ireland was Russia’s 71st largest export market in 2021 (up from 75th in 2020), accounting for 0.0945% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0824% in 2020).
Ireland was Russia’s 28th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 30th in 2020), accounting for 0.7159% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.6696% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Ireland
The major share of Russian exports to Ireland in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 55.11% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (56.39% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 30.02% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (26.57% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.20% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (3.41% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.51% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (2.06% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.37% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (2.39% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.15% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (1.64% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2021 over 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 $81,403,682;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $55,243,101;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $9,256,783;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $8,530,726;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $8,523,663;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $6,780,262.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 7,775 | 0.00 | 5,113 | 52.06 |
10 | Cereals | 194,400 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 22 | 0.00 | 24 | -8.33 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,047 | 0.00 | 636,066 | -99.84 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 792 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 776 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,357,603 | 0.29 | 8,500 | 15,871.80 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 244,853 | 0.05 | 268,848 | -8.93 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 13,304,643 | 2.86 | 4,780,980 | 178.28 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 10,810 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 9,968 | 0.00 | 9,771 | 2.02 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 237,644,136 | 51.16 | 156,240,454 | 52.10 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 845,340 | 0.18 | 1,052,400 | -19.68 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 214,512 | 0.05 | 155,655 | 37.81 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 23,524 | -100.00 |
31 | Fertilizers | 126,431,224 | 27.22 | 71,188,123 | 77.60 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 147,581 | 0.03 | 28,184 | 423.63 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 13,165 | 0.00 | 8,575 | 53.53 |
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 | 891 | 0.00 | 385,973 | -99.77 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 117 | -100.00 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2,660 | 0.00 | 1,275 | 108.63 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,579 | 0.00 | 11,565 | -77.70 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 643,663 | 0.14 | 193,479 | 232.68 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,163,235 | 0.25 | 581,847 | 99.92 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,691 | 0.00 | 3,029 | -11.16 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 17,001,987 | 3.66 | 8,471,261 | 100.70 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 535,871 | 0.12 | 266,677 | 100.94 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 582,297 | 0.13 | 709,129 | -17.89 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 976 | 0.00 | 1,369 | -28.71 |
52 | Cotton | 19 | 0.00 | 78 | -75.64 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 39 | 0.00 | 27 | 44.44 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 18,273 | 0.00 | 4,909 | 272.23 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 282 | 0.00 | 1,036 | -72.78 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 436 | 0.00 | 2,387 | -81.73 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,187 | 0.00 | 1,761 | 80.98 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 322,422 | 0.07 | 30,858 | 944.86 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 861 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 5,649 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 694,367 | 0.15 | 366,675 | 89.37 |
69 | Ceramic products | 71,703 | 0.02 | 33,788 | 112.21 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 992,651 | 0.21 | 991,888 | 0.08 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,225 | 0.00 | 531,616 | -99.77 |
72 | Iron and steel | 13,570,122 | 2.92 | 4,313,339 | 214.61 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,321 | 0.00 | 8,622 | -49.88 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 162 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 56 | 0.00 | 5 | 1,020.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 677 | 0.00 | 223,813 | -99.70 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 109 | 0.00 | 65 | 67.69 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 5,523 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,590,812 | 1.63 | 810,550 | 836.50 |
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 | 4,526,551 | 0.97 | 4,056,094 | 11.60 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 94,292 | 0.02 | 7,259 | 1,198.97 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 11,750 | 0.00 | 1,965 | 497.96 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,311,240 | 0.50 | 1,742,733 | 32.62 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 428,751 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 4,618 | 0.00 | 614 | 652.12 |
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 | 207,337 | 0.04 | 30,399 | 582.05 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 18,863 | 0.00 | 35,021 | -46.14 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 14,154 | 0.00 | 16,765 | -15.57 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 18 857 860 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Ireland
The major share of Russian imports from Ireland in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 72.90% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (67.40% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.11% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (19.89% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.48% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (10.44% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $309,247,975;
- 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 $64,052,297;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $43,408,334;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $40,659,124;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $28,832,516;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $14,725,837;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $9,751,473;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $7,742,394;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $7,252,232.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $8,875,159.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 3,003,092 | 0.14 | 162,826 | 1,744.36 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,300 | 0.00 | 673 | 93.16 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 18,053 | 0.00 | 20,489 | -11.89 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 106 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 394,292 | 0.02 | 409,710 | -3.76 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,856,086 | 0.09 | 1,704,509 | 8.89 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 344,563 | 0.02 | 338,867 | 1.68 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 13,701,522 | 0.65 | 10,626,071 | 28.94 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 552,008 | 0.03 | 603,888 | -8.59 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 39,339,226 | 1.87 | 48,214,385 | -18.41 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,876,823 | 0.28 | 4,233,757 | 38.81 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 29,605,129 | 1.41 | 22,352,897 | 32.44 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 80,786,465 | 3.85 | 71,034,992 | 13.73 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 2,072,014 | 0.10 | 2,031,230 | 2.01 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,087 | 0.00 | 33,038 | -93.68 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 14,984 | 0.00 | 1,825 | 721.04 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 188,832,893 | 8.99 | 124,780,596 | 51.33 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 87,815,814 | 4.18 | 47,156,690 | 86.22 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,025,147,133 | 48.80 | 715,899,158 | 43.20 |
31 | Fertilizers | 166,839 | 0.01 | 111,449 | 49.70 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,603,925 | 0.31 | 3,925,693 | 68.22 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 161,716,186 | 7.70 | 118,307,852 | 36.69 |
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 | 1,687,101 | 0.08 | 1,155,847 | 45.96 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 12,712,064 | 0.61 | 7,486,268 | 69.81 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 5,165,482 | 0.25 | 4,729,317 | 9.22 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 28,692,767 | 1.37 | 13,966,930 | 105.43 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,041,384 | 0.34 | 6,257,055 | 12.54 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,090,362 | 0.05 | 716,405 | 52.20 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,532 | 0.00 | 2,388 | -35.85 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 86,075 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 431,098 | 0.02 | 272,359 | 58.28 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 18,799,915 | 0.89 | 11,057,521 | 70.02 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 10,012 | 0.00 | 69,374 | -85.57 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 45,975 | 0.00 | 30,613 | 50.18 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 10,652 | 0.00 | 4,640 | 129.57 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 141,600 | 0.01 | 165,752 | -14.57 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,805 | 0.00 | 883 | 104.42 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 288,430 | 0.01 | 202,178 | 42.66 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 542 | 0.00 | 454 | 19.38 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 301 | 0.00 | 5,691 | -94.71 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 267,051 | 0.01 | 253 | 105,453.75 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 21,209 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 39,928 | 0.00 | 749 | 5,230.84 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 153,787 | 0.01 | 171,742 | -10.45 |
69 | Ceramic products | 2,537 | 0.00 | 3,081 | -17.66 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 203,555 | 0.01 | 178,576 | 13.99 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,382,938 | 0.07 | 1,424,921 | -2.95 |
72 | Iron and steel | 12,368 | 0.00 | 18,883 | -34.50 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,250,293 | 0.11 | 1,230,409 | 82.89 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,761,552 | 0.08 | 923,075 | 90.84 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 740,691 | 0.04 | 543,714 | 36.23 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 498,027 | 0.02 | 311,166 | 60.05 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,303 | -100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 171,440 | 0.01 | 197,356 | -13.13 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,567,430 | 0.22 | 3,604,176 | 26.73 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,838,998 | 0.14 | 2,293,471 | 23.79 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 88,583,123 | 4.22 | 59,750,607 | 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 | 38,832,007 | 1.85 | 35,996,346 | 7.88 |
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 | 23,195 | 0.00 | 13,738 | 68.84 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 684,925 | 0.03 | 418,468 | 63.67 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 20,556 | 0.00 | 11,981 | 71.57 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 209,277,275 | 9.96 | 211,983,955 | -1.28 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,007 | 0.00 | 794 | 152.77 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 630 | -100.00 |
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 | 5,271,394 | 0.25 | 181,145 | 2,810.04 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,036,151 | 0.29 | 5,660,326 | 6.64 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,474,293 | 0.31 | 6,692,961 | -3.27 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 8,043 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 500 | -100.00 |