Russian trade with South Ossetia 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 South Ossetia in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with South Ossetia
In 2012, Russia’s trade with South Ossetia was $55,634,075, down 14.96% ($9,787,645) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to South Ossetia in 2012 were $54,542,885, down 14.65% ($9,358,461) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from South Ossetia in 2012 were $1,091,190, down 28.23% ($429,184) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with South Ossetia in 2012 was $53,451,695, a 14.31% decrease ($8,929,277) over 2011.
South Ossetia was Russia’s 128th largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 129th in 2011), accounting for 0.0066% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0080% in 2011).
South Ossetia was Russia’s 111th largest export market in 2012 (down from 108th in 2011), accounting for 0.0104% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0124% in 2011).
South Ossetia was Russia’s 147th largest supplier in 2012 (down from 141st in 2011), accounting for 0.0003% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0005% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to South Ossetia
The major share of Russian exports to South Ossetia in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 29.72% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (36.85% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 28.50% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (17.99% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.20% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (20.80% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.31% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (12.23% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.93% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (7.98% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to South Ossetia 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) - an increase of $2,620,715;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $1,426,722;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $1,415,554;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $719,779;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $341,871.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to South Ossetia in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $3,266,504;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $2,901,941;
- 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 $2,334,355;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,490,383;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $1,197,815;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $702,891;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $639,083;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $555,397;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $542,709;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $482,713;
- 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 $426,954;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $210,786;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - a decrease of $203,375;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $180,730;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $166,001.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 19,495 | 0.04 | 1,217,310 | -98.40 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 55,685 | 0.10 | 162,445 | -65.72 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 26,412 | 0.05 | 120,578 | -78.10 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 71,763 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0 | 0.00 | 555,397 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 10,941 | 0.02 | 493,654 | -97.78 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 1,194 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 541 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 43,867 | 0.08 | 141,793 | -69.06 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,650,051 | 3.03 | 1,308,180 | 26.13 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 132,634 | 0.24 | 201,863 | -34.30 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 33,773 | 0.06 | 51,342 | -34.22 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 424,254 | 0.78 | 604,984 | -29.87 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 20,314 | 0.04 | 86,038 | -76.39 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 15,626 | 0.03 | 61,378 | -74.54 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,820 | 0.01 | 5,103 | -44.74 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 4,232,474 | 7.76 | 7,134,415 | -40.68 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 529,325 | 0.97 | 1,072,034 | -50.62 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,696,371 | 3.11 | 269,649 | 529.10 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 13,849,821 | 25.39 | 11,229,106 | 23.34 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 522 | 0.00 | 15,717 | -96.68 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3,915 | 0.01 | 9,014 | -56.57 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 777,230 | 1.42 | 730,686 | 6.37 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 97,223 | 0.18 | 263,224 | -63.06 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 36,772 | 0.07 | 110,242 | -66.64 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 11,051 | 0.02 | 1,660 | 565.72 |
| 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 | 2,129 | 0.00 | 1,596 | 33.40 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,675 | 0.00 | 7,766 | -78.43 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 46,414 | 0.09 | 627 | 7,302.55 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 4,328 | 0.01 | 44,449 | -90.26 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 23,094 | 0.04 | 126,624 | -81.76 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,769,632 | 5.08 | 3,408,715 | -18.75 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,393,189 | 4.39 | 3,096,080 | -22.70 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 158 | 0.00 | 13,806 | -98.86 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 112,711 | 0.21 | 323,497 | -65.16 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 24 | 0.00 | 154 | -84.42 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 249,241 | 0.46 | 163,282 | 52.64 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 17,344 | 0.03 | 1,352 | 1,182.84 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,028 | 0.00 | 1,872 | 8.33 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 394 | 0.00 | 3,623 | -89.13 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 159 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 40,403 | 0.07 | 36,239 | 11.49 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 114,283 | 0.21 | 57,207 | 99.77 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 274 | 0.00 | 2,564 | -89.31 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 54,052 | 0.10 | 75,123 | -28.05 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 12,718 | 0.02 | 5,155 | 146.71 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,960,088 | 3.59 | 544,534 | 259.96 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 149,540 | 0.27 | 39,758 | 276.13 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 141,545 | 0.26 | 55,699 | 154.12 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 12,734 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,536,188 | 2.82 | 816,409 | 88.16 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,171,872 | 7.65 | 4,058,416 | 2.80 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,920 | 0.00 | 1,439 | 33.43 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 190,046 | 0.35 | 87,291 | 117.72 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 74,237 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 19,364 | 0.04 | 3,571 | 442.26 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 43,400 | 0.08 | 57,042 | -23.92 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 10,392,839 | 19.05 | 10,545,194 | -1.44 |
| 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 | 1,645,288 | 3.02 | 3,979,643 | -58.66 |
| 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 | 93,014 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,288,952 | 6.03 | 6,555,456 | -49.83 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 882,760 | 1.62 | 2,373,143 | -62.80 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 34 | 0.00 | 883 | -96.15 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 203,375 | -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 | 576,338 | 1.06 | 1,003,292 | -42.56 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 27,730 | 0.05 | 459 | 5,941.39 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 314 | 0.00 | 249 | 26.10 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 106 308 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from South Ossetia
The major share of Russian imports from South Ossetia in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 55.20% of Russia’s total imports from South Ossetia (35.05% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 41.05% of Russia’s total imports from South Ossetia (62.43% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.75% of Russia’s total imports from South Ossetia (0.37% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from South Ossetia in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $82,030;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $40,936;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $5,193.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from South Ossetia in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $436,070;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $43,247;
- 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 $30,415;
- 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 $21,950;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $17,773;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $5,605.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 40,936 | 3.75 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 5,605 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 554 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 1,729 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 569,800 | 52.22 | 487,770 | 16.82 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,193 | 0.48 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 27,354 | 2.51 | 45,127 | -39.38 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 447,907 | 41.05 | 883,977 | -49.33 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 21,950 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 43,247 | -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 | 30,415 | -100.00 |