Russian trade with Turkmenistan in 2012
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Turkmenistan
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Turkmenistan totaled $1,394,331,595, up 7.45% ($96,681,494) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in 2012 totaled $1,210,564,330, up 4.81% ($55,500,913) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in 2012 totaled $183,767,265, up 28.88% ($41,180,581) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with Turkmenistan in 2012 was $1,026,797,065, a 1.41% increase ($14,320,332) over 2011.
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 62nd largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 63rd in 2011), accounting for 0.1656% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1578% in 2011).
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 53rd largest export market in 2012 (just as in 2011), accounting for 0.2307% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.2235% in 2011).
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 71st largest supplier in 2012 (up from 76th in 2011), accounting for 0.0579% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0466% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Turkmenistan
The major share of Russian exports to Turkmenistan in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 45.07% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (27.56% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 22.91% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (39.05% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 11.15% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (8.94% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.87% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (6.07% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.16% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (4.80% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $120,227,237;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $104,998,722;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $43,384,486;
- 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) - an increase of $41,268,884;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $20,864,381;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $19,179,476;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $7,993,393;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $5,682,415;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $5,293,222;
- 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) - an increase of $5,205,895;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $4,202,401;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $4,071,773.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $235,216,606;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $6,104,223;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $4,050,646;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $3,808,850.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 52,884 | 0.00 | 43,446 | 21.72 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 721 | 0.00 | 4,253 | -83.05 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,164,722 | 0.10 | 700,527 | 66.26 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 8,515,827 | 0.70 | 6,606,255 | 28.91 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 106,016 | 0.01 | 59,794 | 77.30 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 494,221 | 0.04 | 500,003 | -1.16 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 40,727 | 0.00 | 1,486 | 2,640.71 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 168,881 | 0.01 | 168,934 | -0.03 |
10 | Cereals | 27,589,987 | 2.28 | 6,725,606 | 310.22 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 4,348,012 | 0.36 | 8,156,862 | -46.70 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 19,305 | 0.00 | 24,622 | -21.59 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 32 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 21,443,251 | 1.77 | 15,760,836 | 36.05 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 4,427,829 | 0.37 | 3,199,680 | 38.38 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 7,927,574 | 0.65 | 10,607,336 | -25.26 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 14,617,776 | 1.21 | 15,229,391 | -4.02 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 12,299,372 | 1.02 | 9,728,416 | 26.43 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,324,612 | 0.19 | 2,517,497 | -7.66 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 13,671,217 | 1.13 | 9,468,816 | 44.38 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 12,091,318 | 1.00 | 12,188,388 | -0.80 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 387,150 | 0.03 | 157,981 | 145.06 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,340,130 | 0.28 | 1,424,825 | 134.42 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,413,368 | 0.53 | 5,025,016 | 27.63 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,830,408 | 0.40 | 4,050,384 | 19.26 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 983,430 | 0.08 | 2,728,349 | -63.96 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 1,263,226 | 0.10 | 1,346,510 | -6.19 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,309,652 | 0.93 | 6,016,430 | 87.98 |
31 | Fertilizers | 4,681,419 | 0.39 | 5,030,819 | -6.95 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,522,153 | 0.21 | 2,582,264 | -2.33 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 7,745,201 | 0.64 | 5,086,821 | 52.26 |
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 | 6,446,796 | 0.53 | 6,475,534 | -0.44 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 82,279 | 0.01 | 252,185 | -67.37 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 1,152,451 | 0.10 | 1,418,631 | -18.76 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 48,514 | 0.00 | 185,733 | -73.88 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 11,931,067 | 0.99 | 10,757,774 | 10.91 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 11,314,791 | 0.93 | 8,694,592 | 30.14 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 23,656,512 | 1.95 | 19,584,739 | 20.79 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 524 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 199,386 | 0.02 | 237,178 | -15.93 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 55,947,873 | 4.62 | 47,954,480 | 16.67 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 668 | -100.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 1,486 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,429,316 | 0.45 | 6,524,053 | -16.78 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,072,785 | 0.09 | 905,719 | 18.45 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 351,740 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 1,683,900 | 0.14 | 19,385 | 8,586.61 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 187,755 | 0.02 | 580 | 32,271.55 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 48,783 | 0.00 | 32,834 | 48.57 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 295,382 | 0.02 | 330,105 | -10.52 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,925,561 | 0.16 | 1,699,661 | 13.29 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 199 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,044 | 0.00 | 37,190 | -97.19 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,900,655 | 0.16 | 2,888,189 | -34.19 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 37,741 | 0.00 | 41,919 | -9.97 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,483,008 | 0.12 | 906,221 | 63.65 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 586,566 | 0.05 | 163,005 | 259.85 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 353,877 | 0.03 | 166,704 | 112.28 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 56,580 | 0.00 | 48,323 | 17.09 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 16,655 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 4,519,952 | 0.37 | 8,570,598 | -47.26 |
69 | Ceramic products | 853,635 | 0.07 | 534,036 | 59.85 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 5,389,192 | 0.45 | 3,291,883 | 63.71 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 290,246 | 0.02 | 208,022 | 39.53 |
72 | Iron and steel | 169,526,363 | 14.00 | 64,527,641 | 162.72 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 366,130,957 | 30.24 | 245,903,720 | 48.89 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 68,542 | 0.01 | 790,934 | -91.33 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,241,777 | 0.43 | 2,391,098 | 119.22 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 2,629 | 0.00 | 12,975 | -79.74 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 268 | 0.00 | 104 | 157.69 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 33 | 0.00 | 242 | -86.36 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 839 | 0.00 | 30,192 | -97.22 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,013,181 | 0.25 | 2,365,269 | 27.39 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,619,831 | 0.13 | 2,334,647 | -30.62 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 102,843,969 | 8.50 | 83,664,493 | 22.92 |
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 | 42,400,585 | 3.50 | 42,656,110 | -0.60 |
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 | 9,543,448 | 0.79 | 4,337,553 | 120.02 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 81,733,350 | 6.75 | 38,348,864 | 113.13 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 19,348,252 | 1.60 | 254,564,858 | -92.40 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 21,432,516 | 1.77 | 27,536,739 | -22.17 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 125,727 | 0.01 | 131,049 | -4.06 |
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 | 45,623,173 | 3.77 | 4,354,289 | 947.78 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 433,211 | 0.04 | 152,304 | 184.44 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 685,070 | 0.06 | 60,976 | 1,023.51 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 13,130 | 0.00 | 1,749 | 650.71 |
SS | Classified | 29,084,199 | 2.40 | 123 472 692 | -76.44 |
Russia’s Imports from Turkmenistan
The major share of Russian imports from Turkmenistan in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 55.44% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (34.64% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 29.12% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (45.35% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 9.25% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (17.09% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.62% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (1.67% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.50% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (1.17% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $52,258,571;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $5,091,787;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $1,913,460;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,823,679;
- Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric (HS code 51) - an increase of $1,442,139;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $1,049,014;
- 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 $892,597.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $11,921,193;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $7,364,273;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $1,648,580;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $911,432;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $832,662;
- Knitted or crocheted fabrics (HS code 60) - a decrease of $627,363;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $615,603.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
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 | 58,755 | 0.03 | 342,591 | -82.85 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 614,030 | 0.33 | 1,229,633 | -50.06 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 95,485 | -100.00 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 237,158 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 9,199 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 17,005,025 | 9.25 | 24,369,298 | -30.22 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 899,829 | 0.49 | 664,654 | 35.38 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 100,988,754 | 54.95 | 48,730,183 | 107.24 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 180 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 120 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,770 | 0.00 | 15,651 | -88.69 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 1,203 | -100.00 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 7,336 | -100.00 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 4,231,008 | 2.30 | 2,788,869 | 51.71 |
52 | Cotton | 22,883,588 | 12.45 | 34,804,781 | -34.25 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 175 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,158,648 | 0.63 | 1,991,310 | -41.81 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 2,049,547 | 1.12 | 1,855,742 | 10.44 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 51,852 | 0.03 | 53,517 | -3.11 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 284,125 | 0.15 | 911,488 | -68.83 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 499,744 | 0.27 | 2,148,324 | -76.74 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,868,538 | 1.56 | 2,521,802 | 13.75 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 19,494,636 | 10.61 | 17,581,176 | 10.88 |
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 | 80 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 83,512 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 10,263 | 0.01 | 41,829 | -75.46 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,136 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 35 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,389,070 | 3.48 | 1,297,283 | 392.50 |
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 | 1,035,334 | 0.56 | 142,737 | 625.34 |
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 | 928 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,858,794 | 1.01 | 35,115 | 5,193.45 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,049,014 | 0.57 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 715 | 0.00 | 912,147 | -99.92 |
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 | 1,918 | 0.00 | 36,230 | -94.71 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 14 | 0.00 | 865 | -98.38 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 7 200 | -100.00 |