Russian trade with Lebanon 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 Lebanon in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Lebanon
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Lebanon was $202,199,099, down 50.18% ($203,622,207) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2012 were $189,525,261, down 50.98% ($197,086,871) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2012 were $12,673,838, down 34.02% ($6,535,336) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with Lebanon in 2012 was $176,851,423, a 51.86% decrease ($190,551,535) over 2011.
Lebanon was Russia’s 97th largest trading partner in 2012 (down from 85th in 2011), accounting for 0.0240% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0493% in 2011).
Lebanon was Russia’s 87th largest export market in 2012 (down from 74th in 2011), accounting for 0.0361% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0748% in 2011).
Lebanon was Russia’s 113th largest supplier in 2012 (down from 112th in 2011), accounting for 0.0040% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0063% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Lebanon
The major share of Russian exports to Lebanon in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 37.45% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (20.52% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 29.46% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (53.62% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.63% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (14.84% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 14.11% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (10.06% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.36% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (0.51% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $2,714,963;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $1,933,999;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $938,884.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $144,883,090;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $27,730,926;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $6,579,912;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $6,284,747;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $5,837,552;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $3,800,529;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $3,086,599;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $2,415,804;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $1,076,398;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $576,410.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 361,993 | 0.19 | 938,403 | -61.42 |
| 10 | Cereals | 67,010,075 | 35.36 | 70,096,674 | -4.40 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 21,010 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 120,463 | 0.06 | 6,405,210 | -98.12 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 84,826 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 177,583 | 0.09 | 10,939 | 1,523.39 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,448,976 | 1.29 | 514,977 | 375.55 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 778,799 | 0.41 | 838,216 | -7.09 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 445,856 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 65,860 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5,169,636 | 2.73 | 11,749,548 | -56.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 50,670,024 | 26.74 | 195,553,114 | -74.09 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 42,430 | 0.02 | 92,721 | -54.24 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2,714,963 | 1.43 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,294,415 | 0.68 | 355,531 | 264.08 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 380,504 | 0.20 | 1,456,902 | -73.88 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 31,620 | 0.02 | 78,968 | -59.96 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 155 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 22,885,025 | 12.07 | 25,300,829 | -9.55 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 105,688 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,977,845 | 1.57 | 8,815,397 | -66.22 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 871,783 | 0.46 | 4,672,312 | -81.34 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 754 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,327 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 650 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 216 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 16,558 | 0.01 | 295 | 5,512.88 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 29,590,062 | 15.61 | 57,320,988 | -48.38 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,064 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 38,249 | 0.02 | 441 | 8,573.24 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 67,465 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 165,988 | 0.09 | 430,322 | -61.43 |
| 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 | 341,604 | 0.18 | 140,393 | 143.32 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 109,736 | 0.06 | 30,683 | 257.64 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 957,286 | 0.51 | 950,000 | 0.77 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 100,785 | 0.05 | 90,390 | 11.50 |
| 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 | 67,750 | 0.04 | 57,680 | 17.46 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 14,901 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 95,795 | 0.05 | 4 736 | 1,922.70 |
Russia’s Imports from Lebanon
The major share of Russian imports from Lebanon in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 60.42% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (35.05% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 20.11% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (53.66% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.32% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (4.61% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.27% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (2.86% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.66% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (0.98% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Lebanon 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 $872,805;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $861,977;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $376,258;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $137,917;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $112,926;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $100,686;
- Lead and articles thereof (HS code 78) - an increase of $47,324;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $39,682.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2012 over 2011 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 $7,782,979;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $838,939;
- 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) - a decrease of $273,797;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $138,164;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $75,209;
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - a decrease of $47,574.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 512,500 | 4.04 | 1,351,439 | -62.08 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,125,775 | 8.88 | 252,970 | 345.02 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 6,846 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 31,316 | 0.25 | 68,273 | -54.13 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 47,219 | 0.37 | 7,537 | 526.50 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 12,859 | 0.10 | 8,961 | 43.50 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 40,615 | 0.32 | 24,442 | 66.17 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 5,880,235 | 46.40 | 5,018,258 | 17.18 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 282,702 | 2.23 | 144,785 | 95.26 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 31,467 | 0.25 | 1,863 | 1,589.05 |
| 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 | 390 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,258 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 16,691 | 0.13 | 2,384 | 600.13 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,097,160 | 8.66 | 720,902 | 52.19 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,951 | 0.05 | 13,832 | -49.75 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 16,887 | 0.13 | 370 | 4,464.05 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 12,090 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 17,732 | 0.14 | 1,189 | 1,391.34 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 272,565 | 2.15 | 410,729 | -33.64 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 250,529 | 1.98 | 137,603 | 82.07 |
| 50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 5,600 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 2,185 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 2,809 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 101 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 5,838 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 900 | 0.01 | 17,395 | -94.83 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 7,093 | 0.06 | 3,714 | 90.98 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 151,540 | 1.20 | 141,582 | 7.03 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 111 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 42,873 | 0.34 | 15,854 | 170.42 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 175 | 0.00 | 207 | -15.46 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 51,549 | 0.41 | 82,758 | -37.71 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 625 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 19,542 | 0.15 | 25,300 | -22.76 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 18,579 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 24,841 | 0.20 | 1,691 | 1,369.01 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 47,324 | 0.37 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 7,669 | 0.06 | 451 | 1,600.44 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,636 | 0.02 | 513 | 413.84 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 16,798 | 0.13 | 92,007 | -81.74 |
| 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 | 2,349,706 | 18.54 | 10,132,685 | -76.81 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 310 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 182,738 | 1.44 | 82,052 | 122.71 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 856 | 0.01 | 48,430 | -98.23 |
| 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 | 90,803 | 0.72 | 364,600 | -75.10 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 144 | 0.00 | 11,084 | -98.70 |