Russian trade with Pakistan 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 Pakistan in 2011: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Pakistan
In 2011, Russia’s trade with Pakistan totaled $475,947,711, up 31.43% ($113,824,891) from 2010.
Russia’s exports to Pakistan in 2011 totaled $126,539,454, up 3.80% ($4,637,712) from 2010.
Russia’s imports from Pakistan in 2011 totaled $349,408,257, up 45.45% ($109,187,179) from 2010.
Russia’s trade deficit with Pakistan in 2011 was $222,868,803, a 88.36% increase ($104,549,467) over 2010.
Pakistan was Russia’s 82nd largest trading partner in 2011 (down from 79th in 2010), accounting for 0.0579% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0578% in 2010).
Pakistan was Russia’s 92nd largest export market in 2011 (down from 89th in 2010), accounting for 0.0245% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0307% in 2010).
Pakistan was Russia’s 62nd largest supplier in 2011 (up from 65th in 2010), accounting for 0.1143% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1049% in 2010).
Russia’s Exports to Pakistan
The major share of Russian exports to Pakistan in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 57.92% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (43.94% in 2010);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 25.81% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (27.79% in 2010);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.00% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (6.64% in 2010);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.46% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (0.27% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.28% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (3.44% in 2010);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.02% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (1.36% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $19,632,133;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $2,995,592;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,401,355;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $1,260,010;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $1,232,000;
- 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 $1,125,084;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $545,571;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $381,023.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,743,553;
- 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 $1,674,416;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - a decrease of $1,658,960;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $885,284;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $556,028;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $383,889.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
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 | 3,147,159 | 2.49 | 151,567 | 1,976.41 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 147,352 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 3,612 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,232,000 | 0.97 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 29,772 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 567,157 | 0.45 | 339,854 | 66.88 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 111,140 | 0.09 | 495,029 | -77.55 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 178,259 | 0.14 | 125,888 | 41.60 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,107,974 | 1.67 | 982,890 | 114.47 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,537,513 | 1.22 | 2,422,797 | -36.54 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 285,541 | 0.23 | 33,108 | 762.45 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 68,161,610 | 53.87 | 48,529,477 | 40.45 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 156 | 0.00 | 168 | -7.14 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 342 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 61 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 146,178 | 0.12 | 135,915 | 7.55 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 24,813 | 0.02 | 79,341 | -68.73 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,026,172 | 0.81 | 1,380,500 | -25.67 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 14,020 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 330,143 | 0.26 | 83,538 | 295.20 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 655,375 | 0.52 | 274,352 | 138.88 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 9,134,216 | 7.22 | 7,732,861 | 18.12 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 617 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 492 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,658,960 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 32,824 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 272 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,260,010 | 1.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 249 | 0.00 | 22,920 | -98.91 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 73,265 | 0.06 | 36,291 | 101.88 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 32,096,754 | 25.37 | 31,551,183 | 1.73 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 559,140 | 0.44 | 2,302,693 | -75.72 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 300 | 0.00 | 6,991 | -95.71 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,172 | 0.00 | 19,421 | -88.82 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 956 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 189 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 6,308 | 0.00 | 16 | 39,325.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,032,798 | 0.82 | 1,588,826 | -35.00 |
| 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 | 237,007 | 0.19 | 271,269 | -12.63 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,674,416 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 194,901 | 0.15 | 402,260 | -51.55 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 152,385 | 0.12 | 254,176 | -40.05 |
| 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 | 4,352 | 0.00 | 15,392 | -71.73 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 13 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 2,239,194 | 1.77 | 19 134 320 | -88.30 |
Russia’s Imports from Pakistan
The major share of Russian imports from Pakistan in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 47.09% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (42.51% in 2010);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 40.38% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (38.31% in 2010);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.68% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (3.78% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.43% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (2.11% in 2010);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.03% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (4.07% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $69,098,692;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $18,689,877;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $14,311,727;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $8,770,647;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $6,051,148;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $4,941,999;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $4,205,618;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $3,463,514.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $9,705,679;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $7,564,955;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $5,799,727.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
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 | 69,540,474 | 19.90 | 441,782 | 15,640.90 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 75,308,572 | 21.55 | 74,974,970 | 0.44 |
| 10 | Cereals | 18,428,186 | 5.27 | 25,993,141 | -29.10 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,626 | 0.00 | 7,080 | -48.79 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 648,703 | 0.19 | 424,450 | 52.83 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 13,137 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 3,598 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 81,508 | 0.02 | 189,056 | -56.89 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 65,977 | 0.02 | 79,839 | -17.36 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 25,161 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 415,998 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 36,316 | 0.01 | 3,982 | 812.00 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 75,830 | 0.02 | 9,781,509 | -99.22 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,187 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 7,832,771 | 2.24 | 8,281,283 | -5.42 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 53,667 | 0.02 | 31,050 | 72.84 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,108 | -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 | 214 | 0.00 | 110 | 94.55 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,447,272 | 0.41 | 712,194 | 103.21 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 36,412 | 0.01 | 51,931 | -29.88 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 576,086 | 0.16 | 571,002 | 0.89 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 18,512,129 | 5.30 | 12,460,981 | 48.56 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 15,640 | 0.00 | 165,328 | -90.54 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 7,462 | 0.00 | 7,997 | -6.69 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,518 | 0.00 | 30,233 | -78.44 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 18,343 | 0.01 | 9,935 | 84.63 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 510 | 0.00 | 628 | -18.79 |
| 52 | Cotton | 27,059,409 | 7.74 | 22,853,791 | 18.40 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 735 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 1,178,198 | 0.34 | 6,977,925 | -83.12 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 36,367,373 | 10.41 | 17,677,496 | 105.73 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 409 | 0.00 | 449 | -8.91 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 245,425 | 0.07 | 232,476 | 5.57 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 24,347 | 0.01 | 96,883 | -74.87 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 33 | 0.00 | 9,640 | -99.66 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 1,277,601 | 0.37 | 878,212 | 45.48 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 15,800,422 | 4.52 | 7,029,775 | 124.76 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 38,562,326 | 11.04 | 24,250,599 | 59.02 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 15,338,233 | 4.39 | 10,396,234 | 47.54 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,861,501 | 1.39 | 1,397,987 | 247.75 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 378,428 | 0.11 | 226,929 | 66.76 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 111 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 785,133 | 0.22 | 1,063,272 | -26.16 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 10,350 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 4,562 | -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 | 104,076 | 0.03 | 73,987 | 40.67 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 255,641 | 0.07 | 261,165 | -2.12 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 9,381 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 853 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,851,800 | 0.53 | 1,185,445 | 56.21 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11,147 | 0.00 | 23,352 | -52.27 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 263,798 | 0.08 | 208,006 | 26.82 |
| 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 | 5,020 | 0.00 | 329,667 | -98.48 |
| 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 | 22,387 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,229 | 0.00 | 1,331 | 142.60 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 4,704,464 | 1.35 | 4,525,443 | 3.96 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 29,666 | 0.01 | 23,610 | 25.65 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 6,762 | 0.00 | 1,949 | 246.95 |
| 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 | 865,236 | 0.25 | 664,780 | 30.15 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,225,084 | 1.78 | 5,603,697 | 11.09 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,235 | 0.00 | 974 | 437.47 |