Russian trade with North Korea in 2012
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with North Korea
In 2012, Russia’s trade with North Korea was $68,645,206, down 39.63% ($45,055,299) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2012 were $58,428,252, down 41.09% ($40,762,362) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2012 were $10,216,954, down 29.59% ($4,292,937) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with North Korea in 2012 was $48,211,298, a 43.07% decrease ($36,469,425) over 2011.
North Korea was Russia’s 126th largest trading partner in 2012 (down from 115th in 2011), accounting for 0.0082% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0138% in 2011).
North Korea was Russia’s 110th largest export market in 2012 (down from 98th in 2011), accounting for 0.0111% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0192% in 2011).
North Korea was Russia’s 118th largest supplier in 2012 (up from 121st in 2011), accounting for 0.0032% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0047% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to North Korea
The major share of Russian exports to North Korea in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 42.15% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (40.62% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 21.18% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (10.42% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.55% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (9.55% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.37% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (22.50% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.83% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (3.36% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.93% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (6.30% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $5,970,360;
- 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 $5,030,527;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $1,471,399;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $571,749;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $485,046;
- 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 (HS code 34) - an increase of $175,298.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to North Korea 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 $14,923,780;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $14,305,556;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $3,815,818;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $3,667,905;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $3,314,909;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $2,877,076;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $2,269,695;
- 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 $2,192,406;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,502,262;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $860,000;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $750,805;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $742,998;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $725,955;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $716,997;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $701,913;
- 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 $443,864;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $369,862;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - a decrease of $288,985;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $277,032.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 2,269,695 | -100.00 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 529 | 0.00 | 391 | 35.29 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 18 | 0.00 | 58 | -68.97 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 35 | 0.00 | 76 | -53.95 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 22 | 0.00 | 153 | -85.62 |
10 | Cereals | 636,992 | 1.09 | 14,942,548 | -95.74 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 6,191,292 | 10.60 | 4,719,893 | 31.17 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 75,600 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 725,356 | 1.24 | 240,310 | 201.84 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2,205 | 0.00 | 2,544 | -13.33 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 110 | 0.00 | 569 | -80.67 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 21,640 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 107 | 0.00 | 14,934 | -99.28 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 65 | 0.00 | 441 | -85.26 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 286 | 0.00 | 27,572 | -98.96 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 158,209 | 0.27 | 98,975 | 59.85 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,318,412 | 2.26 | 2,069,217 | -36.28 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 9,828 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 23,297,783 | 39.87 | 38,221,563 | -39.05 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 136,182 | 0.23 | 9,094 | 1,397.49 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 369,862 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 237,964 | 0.41 | 361,393 | -34.15 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 725,955 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 118,625 | 0.20 | 47,575 | 149.34 |
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 | 389,856 | 0.67 | 214,558 | 81.70 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 14,277 | 0.02 | 408 | 3,399.26 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 28,093 | 0.05 | 730,006 | -96.15 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 643,856 | 1.10 | 72,107 | 792.92 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 85,122 | 0.15 | 802,119 | -89.39 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 408 | 0.00 | 2,975 | -86.29 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,002,635 | 1.72 | 3,879,711 | -74.16 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 96,104 | 0.16 | 839,102 | -88.55 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 26,645 | 0.05 | 1,528,907 | -98.26 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 525 | 0.00 | 361 | 45.43 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | -100.00 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 3,235 | 0.01 | 1,024 | 215.92 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 5,021 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 288,985 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 34,236 | 0.06 | 64,653 | -47.05 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 593 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 7,012 | 0.01 | 153,200 | -95.42 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,166 | 0.01 | 6,015 | 2.51 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 14,851 | 0.03 | 38,996 | -61.92 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 9,221 | 0.02 | 21,643 | -57.40 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,540 | 0.01 | 10,084 | -54.98 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 613 | 0.00 | 1,058 | -42.06 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 518,363 | 0.89 | 4,186,268 | -87.62 |
69 | Ceramic products | 124 | 0.00 | 118 | 5.08 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 5,321 | 0.01 | 3,643 | 46.06 |
72 | Iron and steel | 177,340 | 0.30 | 3,993,158 | -95.56 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 12,077,500 | 20.67 | 6,107,140 | 97.76 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 69,845 | 0.12 | 65,223 | 7.09 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 9,996 | 0.02 | 42,810 | -76.65 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 4 | 0.00 | 25 | -84.00 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 112 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 25,944 | 0.04 | 96,334 | -73.07 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 12,101 | 0.02 | 30,039 | -59.72 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,117,534 | 1.91 | 1,394,566 | -19.87 |
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 | 8,347,613 | 14.29 | 3,317,086 | 151.66 |
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 | 443,864 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 73,543 | 0.13 | 3,388,452 | -97.83 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 860,000 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 129,510 | 0.22 | 68,859 | 88.08 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 67 | 0.00 | 146 | -54.11 |
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 | 208,957 | 0.36 | 2,401,363 | -91.30 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 814 | 0.00 | 3,064 | -73.43 |
SS | Classified | 350,000 | 0.60 | 9 000 | 3,788.89 |
Russia’s Imports from North Korea
The major share of Russian imports from North Korea in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 29.78% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (15.21% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 19.36% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (21.24% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 19.21% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (31.74% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 17.58% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (20.89% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.16% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (3.10% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.27% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (1.10% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $763,301;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - an increase of $383,362;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $310,683;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $235,131;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $198,244;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $93,054;
- 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 $89,604;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $38,830.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $1,335,739;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $1,234,015;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $1,231,105;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $735,397;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $307,521;
- 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 $272,122;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $215,693;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - a decrease of $190,999;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $159,632;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $137,923;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $119,597;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $80,404;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $74,752;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $55,869;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $49,147;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $48,992;
- Knitted or crocheted fabrics (HS code 60) - a decrease of $37,670;
- 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 $34,713.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
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 | 649 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 617 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 11,220 | 0.11 | 12,638 | -11.22 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,360 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 1,333 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 10,988 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,796,422 | 17.58 | 3,030,437 | -40.72 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 180,600 | 1.77 | 90,996 | 98.47 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 136,656 | 1.34 | 43,602 | 213.42 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 8,465 | 0.08 | 8,700 | -2.70 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 55,869 | -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 | 2,650 | 0.03 | 4,976 | -46.74 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 826,644 | 8.09 | 2,057,749 | -59.83 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 432,656 | 4.23 | 740,177 | -41.55 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 390,397 | 3.82 | 79,714 | 389.75 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 21,675 | 0.21 | 16,666 | 30.06 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4 | 0.00 | 1,245 | -99.68 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 19,871 | 0.19 | 157,794 | -87.41 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,689 | 0.08 | 346 | 2,122.25 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 80,404 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 235,131 | 2.30 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 4,307 | 0.04 | 362 | 1,089.78 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,615 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 4,411 | 0.04 | 5 | 88,120.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 196 | 0.00 | 354 | -44.63 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 37,670 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 30,313 | 0.30 | 57,819 | -47.57 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,729,760 | 26.72 | 1,966,459 | 38.82 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 17,590 | 0.17 | 32,265 | -45.48 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 20,851 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 29,377 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 49,217 | 0.48 | 10,387 | 373.83 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 5,995 | 0.06 | 9,032 | -33.62 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,241 | 0.01 | 187 | 563.64 |
72 | Iron and steel | 198,698 | 1.94 | 454 | 43,666.08 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 154,459 | 1.51 | 274,056 | -43.64 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 4,132 | 0.04 | 53,279 | -92.24 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 30,634 | 0.30 | 105,386 | -70.93 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 37,329 | 0.37 | 15,957 | 133.93 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 861,488 | 8.43 | 1,596,885 | -46.05 |
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 | 857,829 | 8.40 | 1,129,951 | -24.08 |
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 | 17,289 | 0.17 | 52,002 | -66.75 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 198,807 | 1.95 | 247,799 | -19.77 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 1,335,739 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 27,440 | 0.27 | 243,133 | -88.71 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 70 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 786,895 | 7.70 | 403,533 | 95.00 |
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 | 9,215 | 0.09 | 30,260 | -69.55 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 63,121 | 0.62 | 222,753 | -71.66 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 22,660 | 0.22 | 213,659 | -89.39 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 56 180 | -100.00 |