Russian trade with North Korea in 2011
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with North Korea
In 2011, Russia’s trade with North Korea totaled $113,700,505, up 15.41% ($15,183,213) from 2010.
Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2011 totaled $99,190,614, up 20.77% ($17,057,924) from 2010.
Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2011 were $14,509,891, down 11.44% ($1,874,711) from 2010.
Russia’s trade surplus with North Korea in 2011 was $84,680,723, a 28.80% increase ($18,932,635) over 2010.
North Korea was Russia’s 115th largest trading partner in 2011 (down from 109th in 2010), accounting for 0.0138% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0157% in 2010).
North Korea was Russia’s 98th largest export market in 2011 (down from 95th in 2010), accounting for 0.0192% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0207% in 2010).
North Korea was Russia’s 121st largest supplier in 2011 (down from 104th in 2010), accounting for 0.0047% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0072% in 2010).
Russia’s Exports to North Korea
The major share of Russian exports to North Korea in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 40.62% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (34.39% in 2010);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 22.50% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (0.75% in 2010);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.42% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (3.11% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.55% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (6.40% in 2010);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.30% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (8.44% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.36% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (2.44% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $14,932,401;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $10,782,589;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $4,391,484;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $4,304,148;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $4,126,996;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $3,182,960;
- 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 $2,408,574;
- 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 (HS code 94) - an increase of $2,350,597;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,296,288;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $2,269,695;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $1,265,298;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $860,000;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $650,375;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $602,237;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $508,188;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $361,393.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,187,554;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $884,972;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $344,640;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $327,528.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 120,859 | -100.00 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,269,695 | 2.29 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 391 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 10,277 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 58 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 76 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 153 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 14,942,548 | 15.06 | 10,147 | 147,160.75 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 4,719,893 | 4.76 | 415,745 | 1,035.29 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 240,310 | 0.24 | 15,882 | 1,413.10 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2,544 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 569 | 0.00 | 3,509 | -83.78 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 14,934 | 0.02 | 27,200 | -45.10 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 441 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 27,572 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 98,975 | 0.10 | 14,464 | 584.29 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,069,217 | 2.09 | 803,919 | 157.39 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 38,221,563 | 38.53 | 27,438,974 | 39.30 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 9,094 | 0.01 | 353,734 | -97.43 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 369,862 | 0.37 | 156,316 | 136.61 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 361,393 | 0.36 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 725,955 | 0.73 | 568,930 | 27.60 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 47,575 | 0.05 | 22,257 | 113.75 |
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 | 214,558 | 0.22 | 222,193 | -3.44 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 408 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 300 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 730,006 | 0.74 | 79,631 | 816.74 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 72,107 | 0.07 | 399,635 | -81.96 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 802,119 | 0.81 | 199,882 | 301.30 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,975 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,879,711 | 3.91 | 3,371,523 | 15.07 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 839,102 | 0.85 | 1,724,074 | -51.33 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,528,907 | 1.54 | 1,825,643 | -16.25 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 361 | 0.00 | 8,379 | -95.69 |
52 | Cotton | 17 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,024 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 288,985 | 0.29 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 64,653 | 0.07 | 45,444 | 42.27 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 593 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 153,200 | 0.15 | 156 | 98,105.13 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,015 | 0.01 | 81 | 7,325.93 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 38,996 | 0.04 | 262 | 14,783.97 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 21,643 | 0.02 | 32 | 67,534.38 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 10,084 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,058 | 0.00 | 54 | 1,859.26 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 4,186,268 | 4.22 | 59,272 | 6,962.81 |
69 | Ceramic products | 118 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 3,643 | 0.00 | 37,439 | -90.27 |
72 | Iron and steel | 3,993,158 | 4.03 | 810,198 | 392.86 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,107,140 | 6.16 | 1,715,656 | 255.97 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 65,223 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 42,810 | 0.04 | 19,500 | 119.54 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 25 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 112 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 96,334 | 0.10 | 4,689 | 1,954.47 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 30,039 | 0.03 | 3,132 | 859.10 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,394,566 | 1.41 | 2,582,120 | -45.99 |
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 | 3,317,086 | 3.34 | 908,512 | 265.11 |
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 | 443,864 | 0.45 | 546,354 | -18.76 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,388,452 | 3.42 | 1,092,164 | 210.25 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 860,000 | 0.87 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 68,859 | 0.07 | 123,271 | -44.14 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 146 | 0.00 | 77 | 89.61 |
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 | 2,401,363 | 2.42 | 50,766 | 4,630.26 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 63 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,064 | 0.00 | 4,380 | -30.05 |
SS | Classified | 9,000 | 0.01 | 36 335 595 | -99.98 |
Russia’s Imports from North Korea
The major share of Russian imports from North Korea in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 31.74% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (44.86% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 21.24% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (11.15% in 2010);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 20.89% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (28.45% in 2010);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 15.21% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (6.21% in 2010);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.10% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (4.84% in 2010);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.10% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (0.58% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $2,057,749;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $1,786,020;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $185,212;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - an increase of $162,327;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $130,301;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $86,431;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $80,404;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $71,774;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $48,443;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $43,602.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $2,472,135;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $1,619,753;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $424,466;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $381,177;
- Knitted or crocheted fabrics (HS code 60) - a decrease of $370,125;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $240,402;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - a decrease of $180,853;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $167,161;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $142,926;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $122,205;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $118,955;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $89,049;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $85,773;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $67,204;
- Photographic or cinematographic goods (HS code 37) - a decrease of $50,331;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $48,316;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $48,132;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $45,347.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 67 | -100.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 617 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 12,638 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,333 | 0.01 | 19,980 | -93.33 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,030,437 | 20.89 | 4,650,190 | -34.83 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 10,977 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 90,996 | 0.63 | 331,398 | -72.54 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 43,602 | 0.30 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 8,700 | 0.06 | 127,655 | -93.18 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 55,869 | 0.39 | 223,030 | -74.95 |
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 | 4,976 | 0.03 | 41,070 | -87.88 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 3,410 | -100.00 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 820 | -100.00 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 50,331 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,057,749 | 14.18 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 740,177 | 5.10 | 883,103 | -16.18 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 79,714 | 0.55 | 165,487 | -51.83 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 16,666 | 0.11 | 12,840 | 29.80 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,245 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 157,794 | 1.09 | 86,020 | 83.44 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 346 | 0.00 | 8,642 | -96.00 |
52 | Cotton | 80,404 | 0.55 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 48,132 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 362 | 0.00 | 181,215 | -99.80 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,615 | 0.01 | 4,462 | -63.81 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 354 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 37,670 | 0.26 | 407,795 | -90.76 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 57,819 | 0.40 | 180,024 | -67.88 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,966,459 | 13.55 | 180,439 | 989.82 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 32,265 | 0.22 | 10,806 | 198.58 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 2,830 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 29,377 | 0.20 | 1,421 | 1,967.35 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 10,387 | 0.07 | 58,703 | -82.31 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 212 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 9,032 | 0.06 | 54,379 | -83.39 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 187 | 0.00 | 419 | -55.37 |
72 | Iron and steel | 454 | 0.00 | 381,631 | -99.88 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 274,056 | 1.89 | 363,105 | -24.52 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8,918 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 53,279 | 0.37 | 11,406 | 367.11 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 105,386 | 0.73 | 18,955 | 455.98 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 15,957 | 0.11 | 9,002 | 77.26 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,596,885 | 11.01 | 2,021,351 | -21.00 |
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 | 1,129,951 | 7.79 | 3,602,086 | -68.63 |
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 | 52,002 | 0.36 | 11,604 | 348.14 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 247,799 | 1.71 | 117,498 | 110.90 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,335,739 | 9.21 | 1,287,296 | 3.76 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 243,133 | 1.68 | 310,337 | -21.66 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 70 | 0.00 | 362 | -80.66 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 403,533 | 2.78 | 241,206 | 67.30 |
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 | 30,260 | 0.21 | 12,272 | 146.58 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 222,753 | 1.54 | 213,269 | 4.45 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 213,659 | 1.47 | 28,447 | 651.08 |
SS | Classified | 56,180 | 0.39 | 0 | ∞ |