Russian trade with Afghanistan in 2011
January 02, 2016
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 Afghanistan in 2011: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Afghanistan
In 2011, Russia’s trade with Afghanistan totaled $985,425,219, up 72.49% ($414,127,751) from 2010.
Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2011 totaled $954,399,710, up 73.75% ($405,111,001) from 2010.
Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2011 totaled $31,025,509, up 40.97% ($9,016,750) from 2010.
Russia’s trade surplus with Afghanistan in 2011 was $923,374,201, a 75.12% increase ($396,094,251) over 2010.
Afghanistan was Russia’s 69th largest trading partner in 2011 (down from 68th in 2010), accounting for 0.1198% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0913% in 2010).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 58th largest export market in 2011 (up from 61st in 2010), accounting for 0.1847% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1383% in 2010).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 104th largest supplier in 2011 (down from 102nd in 2010), accounting for 0.0101% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0096% in 2010).
Russia’s Exports to Afghanistan
The major share of Russian exports to Afghanistan in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 67.30% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (72.32% in 2010);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.28% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (10.57% in 2010);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.05% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (6.11% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.12% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (5.17% in 2010);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.64% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (2.22% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.76% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (1.28% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2011 over 2010 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 $245,080,883;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $20,902,826.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $10,158,890;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $5,482,059.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 51,260 | 0.01 | 25,082 | 104.37 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 52,329 | 0.01 | 78,084 | -32.98 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,805,987 | 0.29 | 5,056,931 | -44.51 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,405,750 | 0.25 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 8,806,905 | 0.92 | 6,763,144 | 30.22 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,456,996 | 0.15 | 158,556 | 818.92 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 18,884 | 0.00 | 11,588 | 62.96 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 4,574 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 49,500 | 0.01 | 102,600 | -51.75 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 22,869 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 642,302,382 | 67.30 | 397,221,499 | 61.70 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 11,346 | 0.00 | 8,370 | 35.56 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 283,501 | 0.03 | 176,483 | 60.64 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 455 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 4,306,948 | 0.45 | 2,638,532 | 63.23 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 546,434 | 0.06 | 2,075,640 | -73.67 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 404,126 | 0.04 | 62,720 | 544.33 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 26,549 | 0.00 | 93,636 | -71.65 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,633,997 | 0.17 | 1,949,928 | -16.20 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,000 | 0.00 | 182 | 449.45 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 78,940,266 | 8.27 | 58,037,440 | 36.02 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 40,400 | 0.00 | 27,962 | 44.48 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 279 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 2,449 | 0.00 | 16 | 15,206.25 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 211 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 5,394 | 0.00 | 4,911 | 9.84 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,588 | 0.00 | 194 | 718.56 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 6,443 | 0.00 | 722 | 792.38 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 75,511 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 351 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 39,559 | 0.00 | 8,757 | 351.74 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 51,242 | 0.01 | 613,525 | -91.65 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 27,689,224 | 2.90 | 33,171,283 | -16.53 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 499,687 | 0.05 | 212,242 | 135.43 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 300 | 0.00 | 8,674 | -96.54 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 9,161 | 0.00 | 137,194 | -93.32 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 889,507 | 0.09 | 11,465 | 7,658.46 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 24,518 | 0.00 | 10,845 | 126.08 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,575,064 | 0.79 | 6,909,270 | 9.64 |
| 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 | 2,024,727 | 0.21 | 1,218,096 | 66.22 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 9,406,359 | 0.99 | 19,565,249 | -51.92 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 6,600 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,267,088 | 0.13 | 681,056 | 86.05 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 21,384 | 0.00 | 70 | 30,448.57 |
| 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 | 32,332 | 0.00 | 37,012 | -12.64 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 20,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 938 | 0.00 | 395 | 137.47 |
| SS | Classified | 160,653,581 | 16.83 | 12 133 072 | 1,224.10 |
Russia’s Imports from Afghanistan
The major share of Russian imports from Afghanistan in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 84.08% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (85.71% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.92% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (1.74% in 2010);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.36% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (0.76% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $10,904,555;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,126,436;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $377,417.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $3,767,414;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - a decrease of $115,599.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 10,904,555 | 35.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 14,904,009 | 48.04 | 18,671,423 | -20.18 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 276,290 | 0.89 | 193,170 | 43.03 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 8,499 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 1,443 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,850 | -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 | 422 | -100.00 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 12,854 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 5,745 | 0.02 | 1,072 | 435.91 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 254 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 377,417 | 1.22 | 0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 45,683 | 0.15 | 161,282 | -71.68 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 3,038 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 3,198 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 127 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 511 | -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 | 108,469 | 0.35 | 47,979 | 126.08 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,213 | 0.00 | 4 | 30,225.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,488,869 | 4.80 | 362,433 | 310.80 |
| 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 | 20,099 | 0.06 | 11,752 | 71.03 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 16,415 | 0.05 | 7,777 | 111.07 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 9,538 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 2,863,871 | 9.23 | 2 522 987 | 13.51 |