Russian trade with Costa Rica in 2012
February 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 Costa Rica in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Costa Rica
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Costa Rica totaled $178,041,147, up 43.17% ($53,680,633) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in 2012 were $13,058,957, down 42.77% ($9,761,391) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in 2012 totaled $164,982,190, up 62.48% ($63,442,024) from 2011.
Russia’s trade deficit with Costa Rica in 2012 was $151,923,233, a 92.99% increase ($73,203,415) over 2011.
Costa Rica was Russia’s 103rd largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 111th in 2011), accounting for 0.0211% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0151% in 2011).
Costa Rica was Russia’s 132nd largest export market in 2012 (down from 125th in 2011), accounting for 0.0025% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0044% in 2011).
Costa Rica was Russia’s 75th largest supplier in 2012 (up from 81st in 2011), accounting for 0.0520% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0332% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Costa Rica
The major share of Russian exports to Costa Rica in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 92.28% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (92.40% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.78% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (6.84% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.85% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (0.51% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $126,022.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $8,936,159;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $804,218;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $57,560;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $41,783.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Fertilizers | 11,759,644 | 90.05 | 20,695,803 | -43.18 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 139,874 | 1.07 | 197,434 | -29.15 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 151,074 | 1.16 | 192,857 | -21.67 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 242,160 | 1.85 | 116,138 | 108.51 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 258 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 687 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 751,306 | 5.75 | 1,555,524 | -51.70 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 781 | 0.01 | 1,137 | -31.31 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 984 | 0.01 | 164 | 500.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,366 | 0.01 | 3,264 | -58.15 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,430 | 0.01 | 7,356 | -80.56 |
| 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 | 10,338 | 0.08 | 803 | 1,187.42 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,698 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 47 225 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Costa Rica
The major share of Russian imports from Costa Rica in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 68.91% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (74.84% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 29.57% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (23.78% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.21% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (1.19% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $35,478,552;
- 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 $24,498,687;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $2,187,828;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $705,424.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 10,312,760 | 6.25 | 8,124,932 | 26.93 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 72,334 | 0.04 | 38,838 | 86.25 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 101,120,969 | 61.29 | 65,642,417 | 54.05 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,534,653 | 0.93 | 1,516,391 | 1.20 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,657 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 32 | 0.00 | 1,868 | -98.29 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 9,202 | 0.01 | 11,569 | -20.46 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 623,899 | 0.38 | 616,949 | 1.13 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 682 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 11,806 | 0.01 | 41,344 | -71.44 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 38,965 | 0.02 | 23,340 | 66.95 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,413 | 0.00 | 11,581 | -79.16 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 91 | 0.00 | 471 | -80.68 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,245 | 0.00 | 257 | 1,162.65 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,169 | 0.00 | 12 | 9,641.67 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 182,213 | 0.11 | 21,428 | 750.35 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 76,453 | 0.05 | 36,358 | 110.28 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 17,336 | 0.01 | 158 | 10,872.15 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 17,841 | 0.01 | 1,037 | 1,620.44 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 159,705 | 0.10 | 95,165 | 67.82 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 206,733 | 0.13 | 102,801 | 101.10 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,173 | 0.00 | 18,513 | -88.26 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,198 | 0.00 | 7,234 | -28.14 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 472 | 0.00 | 33 | 1,330.30 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,789,560 | 1.08 | 1,084,136 | 65.07 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 472,780 | 0.29 | 332,306 | 42.27 |
| 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 | 45,184,833 | 27.39 | 20,686,146 | 118.43 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 11,911 | 0.01 | 291 | 3,993.13 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,121,603 | 1.89 | 3,123,849 | -0.07 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 24 | 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 | 15 | 0.00 | 29 | -48.28 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 143 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |