Russian trade with Sudan 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 Sudan in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Sudan was $153,541,970, down 10.28% ($17,587,214) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in 2012 were $152,958,023, down 10.15% ($17,288,344) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in 2012 were $583,947, down 33.85% ($298,870) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in 2012 was $152,374,076, a 10.03% decrease ($16,989,474) over 2011.
Sudan was Russia’s 105th largest trading partner in 2012 (down from 103rd in 2011), accounting for 0.0182% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0208% in 2011).
Sudan was Russia’s 92nd largest export market in 2012 (down from 87th in 2011), accounting for 0.0291% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0329% in 2011).
Sudan was Russia’s 154th largest supplier in 2012 (down from 149th in 2011), accounting for 0.0002% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0003% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 55.57% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (42.55% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.69% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (19.58% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.84% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (3.64% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $8,927,659;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $4,634,234;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $2,846,014.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan 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 $19,709,497;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,831,820;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,143,063;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $1,003,528.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 62,485,825 | 40.85 | 57,851,591 | 8.01 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 22,282,500 | 14.57 | 13,354,841 | 66.85 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 234,418 | 0.15 | 1,237,946 | -81.06 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 24,748 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 161,334 | 0.11 | 384,533 | -58.04 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 514 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 23,603 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 120 | 0.00 | 2,149 | -94.42 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 650 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 4,023 | 0.00 | 40,466 | -90.06 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 399 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 657 | 0.00 | 14,158 | -95.36 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 33,293 | 0.02 | 315,789 | -89.46 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 65,913 | 0.04 | 59,436 | 10.90 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 261,134 | 0.17 | 342,284 | -23.71 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 100 | 0.00 | 12,341 | -99.19 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,654 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 3,239 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 1,315 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 130 | 0.00 | 897 | -85.51 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 333 | 0.00 | 7 | 4,657.14 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 17,795 | 0.01 | 6,799 | 161.73 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 8,335,335 | 5.45 | 5,489,321 | 51.85 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 283,442 | 0.19 | 529,399 | -46.46 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 38 | 0.00 | 1,168 | -96.75 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 86,057 | 0.06 | 34,075 | 152.55 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 11 | 0.00 | 1,563 | -99.30 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 7,600 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 231,597 | 0.15 | 130,570 | 77.37 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 300 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,555,177 | 2.98 | 5,698,240 | -20.06 |
| 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 | 2,048,352 | 1.34 | 2,469,193 | -17.04 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,214,915 | 0.79 | 20,924,412 | -94.19 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,415,432 | 1.58 | 4,247,252 | -43.13 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 105 | 0.00 | 3,138 | -96.65 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 2 | 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 | 102,413 | 0.07 | 17,067 | 500.06 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 915 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 10 | 0.00 | 9 | 11.11 |
| SS | Classified | 48,109,926 | 31.45 | 57 040 422 | -15.66 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 77.34% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (97.59% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 14.96% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (0.71% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $80,649;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $2,335.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sudan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $410,468.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 15,489 | 2.65 | 17,201 | -9.95 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 373,761 | 64.01 | 784,229 | -52.34 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 62,402 | 10.69 | 60,067 | 3.89 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 80,649 | 13.81 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 6,692 | 1.15 | 6,298 | 6.26 |
| SS | Classified | 44,954 | 7.70 | 15 000 | 199.69 |