Russian trade with Iraq 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 Iraq in 2011: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Iraq
In 2011, Russia’s trade with Iraq was $99,645,010, down 7.34% ($7,897,932) from 2010.
Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2011 were $99,548,309, down 7.43% ($7,994,633) from 2010.
Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2011 totaled $96,701, up ∞% ($96,701) from 2010.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iraq in 2011 was $99,451,608, a 7.52% decrease ($8,091,334) over 2010.
Iraq was Russia’s 117th largest trading partner in 2011 (down from 108th in 2010), accounting for 0.0121% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0172% in 2010).
Iraq was Russia’s 97th largest export market in 2011 (down from 92nd in 2010), accounting for 0.0193% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0271% in 2010).
Iraq was Russia’s 176th largest supplier in 2011 (there were no Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2010), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports.
Russia’s Exports to Iraq
The major share of Russian exports to Iraq in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 54.80% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (75.17% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 14.03% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (7.63% in 2010);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 11.19% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.04% in 2010);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.69% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (6.57% in 2010);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 9.33% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (9.09% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iraq 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 $11,097,701;
- 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) - an increase of $4,866,417;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,035,299;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $2,499,389;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $691,910.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $27,294,847;
- 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 (HS code 86) - a decrease of $2,993,205;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $688,426;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $375,524;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $348,897.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 180,148 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 53,039,096 | 53.28 | 80,333,943 | -33.98 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 63,504 | 0.06 | 166,700 | -61.91 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 204,794 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 221,888 | 0.22 | 196,661 | 12.83 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 839,860 | 0.84 | 147,950 | 467.66 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 11,137,323 | 11.19 | 39,622 | 28,008.94 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 20,398 | 0.02 | 3,834 | 432.03 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 733 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 3,800 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 252,155 | 0.25 | 252,610 | -0.18 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 19,569 | 0.02 | 1,837 | 965.27 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 98,877 | 0.10 | 23,286 | 324.62 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 9,466,910 | 9.51 | 6,967,521 | 35.87 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 174,654 | 0.18 | 98,658 | 77.03 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,428 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 15,771 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 7,529 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 539 | 0.00 | 376,063 | -99.86 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 201 | 0.00 | 47,300 | -99.58 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,243 | 0.00 | 269 | 362.08 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 10,500 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 277 | 0.00 | 2,015 | -86.25 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 356,002 | 0.36 | 116,030 | 206.82 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 27,166 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4,236 | 0.00 | 403 | 951.12 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 3,093,203 | 3.11 | 2,824,607 | 9.51 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,164,685 | 6.19 | 6,513,582 | -5.36 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,680 | 0.00 | 9,020 | -70.29 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 219,997 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 18,710 | 0.02 | 35,321 | -47.03 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 10,179 | 0.01 | 174,100 | -94.15 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 8,119,728 | 8.16 | 4,084,429 | 98.80 |
| 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 | 5,003,838 | 5.03 | 137,421 | 3,541.25 |
| 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 | 2,993,205 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 93,312 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 753,495 | 0.76 | 992,035 | -24.05 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 357 | 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 | 2,161 | 0.00 | 1,368 | 57.97 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 63,500 | 0.06 | 751,926 | -91.56 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 145 | 0.00 | 1,158 | -87.48 |
| SS | Classified | 103,786 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Iraq
The major share of Russian imports from Iraq in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 66.57% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.00% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 33.39% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.00% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $64,373;
- 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) - an increase of $32,288.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 64,373 | 66.57 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 40 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 32,288 | 33.39 | 0 | ∞ |