Russian trade with Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Sri Lanka
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Sri Lanka was $493,654,710, down 5.36% ($27,977,996) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2012 were $96,851,633, down 26.68% ($35,250,777) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2012 totaled $396,803,077, up 1.87% ($7,272,781) from 2011.
Russia’s trade deficit with Sri Lanka in 2012 was $299,951,444, a 16.52% increase ($42,523,558) over 2011.
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 80th largest trading partner in 2012 (just as in 2011), accounting for 0.0586% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0634% in 2011).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 100th largest export market in 2012 (down from 91st in 2011), accounting for 0.0185% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0256% in 2011).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 61st largest supplier in 2012 (down from 58th in 2011), accounting for 0.1251% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1274% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian exports to Sri Lanka in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 52.95% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (4.84% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 22.90% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (16.27% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 15.98% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (70.21% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.84% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (8.50% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $44,887,304;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $4,504,678;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $405,894;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $329,942.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka 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 $81,778,268;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $3,444,103.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 103,632 | 0.11 | 19,318 | 436.45 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 24,836 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 15,478,718 | 15.98 | 10,974,040 | 41.05 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 81,778,268 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,665,606 | 2.75 | 2,825,778 | -5.67 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 19,068,093 | 19.69 | 18,662,199 | 2.17 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 114,435 | 0.12 | 3,800 | 2,911.45 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 334,609 | 0.35 | 4,667 | 7,069.68 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 12,000 | 0.01 | 232,360 | -94.84 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 22,515 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,556,275 | 7.80 | 11,000,378 | -31.31 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 311 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 73,312 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 65,490 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 51,272,148 | 52.94 | 6,384,844 | 703.03 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,178 | 0.01 | 2,866 | 115.56 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 270 | 0.00 | 2,242 | -87.96 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 148,998 | 0.15 | 57,571 | 158.81 |
| 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 | 10,020 | 0.01 | 12,223 | -18.02 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 8,250 | 0.01 | 782 | 954.99 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,950 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 25,050 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian imports from Sri Lanka in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 65.66% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (72.86% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 26.94% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (21.26% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.60% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (4.29% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.11% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (0.90% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $12,042,642;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $10,892,925;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $4,218,866.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $22,551,420.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 163,724 | 0.04 | 290,136 | -43.57 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 21,936 | 0.01 | 30,036 | -26.97 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 65,881 | 0.02 | 621,244 | -89.40 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 259,617,445 | 65.43 | 282,168,865 | -7.99 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,476 | 0.00 | 2,279 | 52.52 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 123,791 | 0.03 | 135,755 | -8.81 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 300,969 | 0.08 | 361,721 | -16.80 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 29,359 | 0.01 | 11,100 | 164.50 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 95,924 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 221,223 | 0.06 | 76,239 | 190.17 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 107,073 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 18,304 | 0.00 | 5,499 | 232.86 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 10,032 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 8,472,017 | 2.14 | 7,463,208 | 13.52 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 354,671 | 0.09 | 78,660 | 350.89 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 13,369,335 | 3.37 | 9,150,469 | 46.11 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 308,254 | 0.08 | 322,221 | -4.33 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 912 | 0.00 | 1,261 | -27.68 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 64,541 | 0.02 | 8,395 | 668.80 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 86 | 0.00 | 146 | -41.10 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,296,409 | 0.33 | 1,694,781 | -23.51 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 25,760 | 0.01 | 22,303 | 15.50 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 2,787,424 | 0.70 | 1,875,218 | 48.65 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 75,688 | 0.02 | 152,835 | -50.48 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 4,343 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 58,775,473 | 14.81 | 46,732,831 | 25.77 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 42,984,817 | 10.83 | 32,091,892 | 33.94 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 43,419 | 0.01 | 100,976 | -57.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 56,762 | 0.01 | 20,595 | 175.61 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,118,555 | 0.53 | 1,829,169 | 15.82 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 38,028 | 0.01 | 24,213 | 57.06 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 41 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 297,058 | 0.07 | 277,047 | 7.22 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 158 | 0.00 | 58 | 172.41 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 82,699 | 0.02 | 111,807 | -26.03 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 28,972 | 0.01 | 15,713 | 84.38 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 33,190 | 0.01 | 17,409 | 90.65 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,044 | 0.00 | 8,117 | -87.14 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 150,796 | 0.04 | 118,977 | 26.74 |
| 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 | 3,877,256 | 0.98 | 2,847,903 | 36.14 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 361,348 | 0.09 | 491,434 | -26.47 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 30,432 | 0.01 | 44,456 | -31.55 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 234 | 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 | 34,525 | 0.01 | 6,353 | 443.44 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 440,083 | 0.11 | 216,328 | 103.43 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,534 | 0.00 | 6,663 | -16.94 |