Russian trade with Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Nicaragua
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Nicaragua was $90,651,990, down 3.99% ($3,770,213) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Nicaragua in 2012 totaled $67,444,620, up 51.25% ($22,853,104) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Nicaragua in 2012 were $23,207,370, down 53.43% ($26,623,317) from 2011.
Russia’s trade balance with Nicaragua went from a deficit of $5,239,171 in 2011, to a surplus of $44,237,250 in 2012.
Nicaragua was Russia’s 117th largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 118th in 2011), accounting for 0.0108% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0115% in 2011).
Nicaragua was Russia’s 108th largest export market in 2012 (up from 114th in 2011), accounting for 0.0129% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0086% in 2011).
Nicaragua was Russia’s 105th largest supplier in 2012 (down from 95th in 2011), accounting for 0.0073% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0163% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Nicaragua
The major share of Russian exports to Nicaragua in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 49.62% of Russia’s total exports to Nicaragua (65.91% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 35.24% of Russia’s total exports to Nicaragua (19.03% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.32% of Russia’s total exports to Nicaragua (9.94% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.73% of Russia’s total exports to Nicaragua (0.74% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.24% of Russia’s total exports to Nicaragua (1.78% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Nicaragua in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $15,280,574;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $4,870,415;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $3,629,166;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $524,196;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $350,576.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Nicaragua in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $725,826;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $720,172;
- 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 $508,541.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 23,766,152 | 35.24 | 8,485,578 | 180.08 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 85,147 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 168,650 | 0.25 | 42,161 | 300.01 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 7,966,234 | 11.81 | 4,337,068 | 83.68 |
| 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 | 2,819 | 0.00 | 318 | 786.48 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 22,304 | 0.03 | 12,618 | 76.76 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 47,891 | 0.07 | 31,944 | 49.92 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 11,980 | 0.02 | 5,082 | 135.73 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 86,662 | 0.13 | 2,300 | 3,667.91 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 865 | 0.00 | 314 | 175.48 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 8,440 | 0.01 | 2,197 | 284.16 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,560 | 0.00 | 250 | 524.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 423,469 | 0.63 | 72,893 | 480.95 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 734,464 | 1.09 | 210,268 | 249.30 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,286 | 0.01 | 8,535 | -49.78 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 40,150 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 891 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 6,779 | 0.01 | 25 | 27,016.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 725,826 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 36,098 | 0.05 | 19,256 | 87.46 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 400 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 121,118 | 0.18 | 46,678 | 159.48 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 277 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 848 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 434,042 | 0.64 | 497,635 | -12.78 |
| 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 | 562,642 | 0.83 | 569,140 | -1.14 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 31,055,264 | 46.05 | 26,184,849 | 18.60 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,416,581 | 2.10 | 2,136,753 | -33.70 |
| 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 | 478,501 | 0.71 | 987,042 | -51.52 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 256 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 172 636 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Nicaragua
The major share of Russian imports from Nicaragua in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 86.50% of Russia’s total imports from Nicaragua (99.62% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.85% of Russia’s total imports from Nicaragua (0.09% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.51% of Russia’s total imports from Nicaragua (0.28% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Nicaragua 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) - an increase of $2,470,925;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $447,283;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $332,161;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $100,240;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $98,103.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Nicaragua in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $22,933,984;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $5,141,288;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $2,078,051.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 154 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 6,497,530 | 28.00 | 11,638,818 | -44.17 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 728,339 | 3.14 | 628,099 | 15.96 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,890 | 0.01 | 157 | 1,103.82 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 53,363 | 0.23 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 6,418,138 | 27.66 | 5,970,855 | 7.49 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,704,982 | 24.58 | 7,783,033 | -26.70 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 22,933,984 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 669,213 | 2.88 | 684,274 | -2.20 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 497 | 0.00 | 1,321 | -62.38 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,983 | 0.01 | 114 | 1,639.47 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 147 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 30,165 | 0.13 | 1,018 | 2,863.16 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,906 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 103,377 | 0.45 | 5,274 | 1,860.13 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 41,671 | 0.18 | 25,728 | 61.97 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 437,541 | 1.89 | 105,380 | 315.20 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,339 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 10 | 0.00 | 25 | -60.00 |
| 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 | 2,517,331 | 10.85 | 46,406 | 5,324.58 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 555 | -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 | 1,000 | 0.00 | 401 | 149.38 |