Russian trade with Brazil in 2012
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Brazil
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Brazil was $5,663,080,406, down 13.06% ($850,878,246) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2012 totaled $2,304,476,653, up 8.45% ($179,564,160) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2012 were $3,358,603,753, down 23.48% ($1,030,442,406) from 2011.
Russia’s trade deficit with Brazil in 2012 was $1,054,127,100, a 53.44% decrease ($1,210,006,566) over 2011.
Brazil was Russia’s 27th largest trading partner in 2012 (down from 26th in 2011), accounting for 0.6726% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.7920% in 2011).
Brazil was Russia’s 35th largest export market in 2012 (just as in 2011), accounting for 0.4392% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.4112% in 2011).
Brazil was Russia’s 22nd largest supplier in 2012 (down from 17th in 2011), accounting for 1.0586% of Russia’s total imports (down from 1.4355% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Brazil
The major share of Russian exports to Brazil in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 74.66% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (79.94% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 14.47% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (14.16% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.68% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (2.74% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.00% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (1.13% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $53,142,998;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $52,824,184;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $28,732,013;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $11,222,377.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $26,167,113.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 25,663 | 0.00 | 11,491 | 123.33 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 388,544 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 11,905,836 | 0.52 | 683,459 | 1,642.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 61,421 | 0.00 | 290,048 | -78.82 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 32,932 | 0.00 | 97,555 | -66.24 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 87,468,913 | 3.80 | 58,736,900 | 48.92 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 245,966,926 | 10.67 | 242,144,490 | 1.58 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 8,162,246 | 0.35 | 11,013,660 | -25.89 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 6,025,150 | 0.26 | 5,881,987 | 2.43 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,307 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,667,068,877 | 72.34 | 1,613,925,879 | 3.29 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 8,194 | 0.00 | 18,523 | -55.76 |
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 | 2,713 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 9,886 | 0.00 | 148 | 6,579.73 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 192,678 | 0.01 | 528,240 | -63.52 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 921,823 | 0.04 | 3,188,218 | -71.09 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 38,017,878 | 1.65 | 64,184,991 | -40.77 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 3,939 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 284,964 | 0.01 | 113,946 | 150.09 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 2,183,095 | 0.09 | 1,876,237 | 16.35 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 14,979,659 | 0.65 | 14,286,659 | 4.85 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,051 | 0.00 | 121,562 | -98.31 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 258 | 0.00 | 3,309 | -92.20 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 143 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 2,162 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 11,490 | 0.00 | 4,122 | 178.75 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | -100.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 152 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 69,465 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 217 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 510 | 0.00 | 306,186 | -99.83 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 19,048 | 0.00 | 67,147 | -71.63 |
72 | Iron and steel | 103,603,297 | 4.50 | 50,779,113 | 104.03 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,704,085 | 0.07 | 172,627 | 887.15 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 285,361 | 0.01 | 643,096 | -55.63 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,874,648 | 0.08 | 3,776,490 | -50.36 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 35 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 380,851 | 0.02 | 1,124,541 | -66.13 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 31,446 | 0.00 | 1,771,417 | -98.22 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 22,367 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,030,514 | 0.22 | 909,696 | 452.99 |
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 | 15,925,126 | 0.69 | 18,868,973 | -15.60 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 88,049 | 0.00 | 168,300 | -47.68 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 208,034 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,824,215 | 0.08 | 4,011,031 | -54.52 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 819 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 5,155 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 7,336 | -100.00 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,694 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 479 | 0.00 | 360 | 33.06 |
SS | Classified | 89,778,451 | 3.90 | 25 087 603 | 257.86 |
Russia’s Imports from Brazil
The major share of Russian imports from Brazil in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 83.79% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (91.41% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.82% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (3.36% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.75% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (2.57% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.66% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (0.65% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.09% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (0.82% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $138,555,591;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $44,991,298;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $42,411,508;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $36,097,749;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $32,976,324;
- Nickel and articles thereof (HS code 75) - an increase of $31,975,450;
- 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 $17,964,308;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $10,890,612.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $1,298,514,095;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $74,587,622;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $25,769,476;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - a decrease of $14,112,743.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 1,670,301,242 | 49.73 | 1,531,745,651 | 9.05 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 59,955 | 0.00 | 20,222 | 196.48 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 42,760,225 | 1.27 | 56,872,968 | -24.81 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 30,250 | 0.00 | 4,167 | 625.94 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 12,637 | 0.00 | 15,741 | -19.72 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 20,814,824 | 0.62 | 19,709,356 | 5.61 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 104,065,785 | 3.10 | 129,835,261 | -19.85 |
10 | Cereals | 3,383,980 | 0.10 | 1,646,032 | 105.58 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 524,754 | 0.02 | 762,553 | -31.18 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 111,687,171 | 3.33 | 186,274,793 | -40.04 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 215,695 | 0.01 | 18,995 | 1,035.54 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 948,977 | 0.03 | 610,943 | 55.33 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 4,954,158 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 221,648,417 | 6.60 | 1,520,162,512 | -85.42 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 80,495 | 0.00 | 131,011 | -38.56 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 10,032 | 0.00 | 2,749,730 | -99.64 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 74,160,417 | 2.21 | 71,372,241 | 3.91 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 82,514,122 | 2.46 | 84,257,143 | -2.07 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 3,169,904 | 0.09 | 867,775 | 265.29 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 84,218,050 | 2.51 | 39,226,752 | 114.70 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 393,572,474 | 11.72 | 360,596,150 | 9.14 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,831,251 | 0.05 | 3,612,599 | -49.31 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 717,739 | 0.02 | 7,371 | 9,637.34 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 18,298,813 | 0.54 | 334,505 | 5,370.42 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 9,212,772 | 0.27 | 11,771,725 | -21.74 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,512,104 | 0.05 | 1,423,609 | 6.22 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 893,347 | 0.03 | 1,209,822 | -26.16 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,713,682 | 0.05 | 1,718,526 | -0.28 |
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 | 364,936 | 0.01 | 36,253 | 906.64 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,916,455 | 0.06 | 2,858,083 | -32.95 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 718,623 | 0.02 | 509,790 | 40.96 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,526,375 | 0.05 | 1,223,257 | 24.78 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 8,728,415 | 0.26 | 4,064,986 | 114.72 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 10,872,461 | 0.32 | 3,289,789 | 230.49 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 4,394,798 | 0.13 | 4,582,865 | -4.10 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 233,134 | 0.01 | 796,397 | -70.73 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 12,591 | 0.00 | 20,769 | -39.38 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,877,234 | 0.12 | 5,911,460 | -34.41 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 98 | -100.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 281 | 0.00 | 198 | 41.92 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 10,958,954 | 0.33 | 8,025,199 | 36.56 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,870,659 | 0.06 | 3,065,624 | -38.98 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 9,446 | 0.00 | 24,063 | -60.74 |
50 | Silk | 19,947 | 0.00 | 3,864 | 416.23 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 7,152 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 92,162 | 0.00 | 28,567 | 222.62 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,363,926 | 0.04 | 1,490,440 | -8.49 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 39,252 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,620 | 0.00 | 22,745 | -92.88 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 91,215 | 0.00 | 98,385 | -7.29 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 3,688 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 257,460 | 0.01 | 37,577 | 585.15 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 528,277 | 0.02 | 393,216 | 34.35 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 553,256 | 0.02 | 509,304 | 8.63 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 795,675 | 0.02 | 439,490 | 81.05 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 32,983,215 | 0.98 | 33,115,346 | -0.40 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4,505 | 0.00 | 2,124 | 112.10 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6,252,719 | 0.19 | 10,330,059 | -39.47 |
69 | Ceramic products | 172,723 | 0.01 | 1,271,868 | -86.42 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,667,280 | 0.05 | 1,411,559 | 18.12 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,017,981 | 0.03 | 749,907 | 35.75 |
72 | Iron and steel | 53,481,446 | 1.59 | 42,590,834 | 25.57 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,943,724 | 0.09 | 4,568,256 | -35.56 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,607,558 | 0.08 | 3,260,230 | -20.02 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 85,442,954 | 2.54 | 53,467,504 | 59.80 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 366,537 | 0.01 | 48,342 | 658.22 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 8 | 0.00 | 1,573 | -99.49 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 6,108,033 | 0.18 | 2,025,795 | 201.51 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 769,983 | 0.02 | 1,586 | 48,448.74 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 7,685,200 | 0.23 | 6,538,377 | 17.54 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 254,665 | 0.01 | 392,442 | -35.11 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 152,153,150 | 4.53 | 116,055,401 | 31.10 |
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 | 12,400,639 | 0.37 | 9,609,413 | 29.05 |
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 | 5,723 | 0.00 | 3,425 | 67.09 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 57,407,176 | 1.71 | 14,995,668 | 282.83 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,214,932 | 0.21 | 6,961,021 | 3.65 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,094 | 0.00 | 39 | 5,269.23 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 11,532 | 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 | 600,501 | 0.02 | 1,069,400 | -43.85 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 26,174 | 0.00 | 79,924 | -67.25 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 356,420 | 0.01 | 156,290 | 128.05 |
SS | Classified | 29,073,462 | 0.87 | 10 991 358 | 164.51 |