Russian trade with Uruguay 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 Uruguay in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Uruguay
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Uruguay totaled $623,633,704, up 56.86% ($226,053,862) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Uruguay in 2012 totaled $200,677,527, up 401.79% ($160,685,453) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Uruguay in 2012 totaled $422,956,177, up 18.28% ($65,368,409) from 2011.
Russia’s trade deficit with Uruguay in 2012 was $222,278,650, a 30.01% decrease ($95,317,044) over 2011.
Uruguay was Russia’s 76th largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 86th in 2011), accounting for 0.0741% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0483% in 2011).
Uruguay was Russia’s 85th largest export market in 2012 (up from 117th in 2011), accounting for 0.0382% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0077% in 2011).
Uruguay was Russia’s 59th largest supplier in 2012 (up from 60th in 2011), accounting for 0.1333% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1170% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Uruguay
The major share of Russian exports to Uruguay in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 68.06% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (0.00% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 30.08% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (87.14% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.00% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (5.00% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.67% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (3.60% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.12% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (3.67% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Uruguay 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 $136,590,793;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $26,661,736.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Uruguay 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 $1,425,749;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $704,000.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 26,578 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 10,521 | 0.01 | 104,081 | -89.89 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 136,590,793 | 68.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,611,000 | 2.80 | 6,315,000 | -11.15 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 790,928 | 0.39 | 1,219,516 | -35.14 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 248 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 53,758,223 | 26.79 | 27,096,487 | 98.40 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 194,200 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,108 | 0.00 | 218,562 | -98.12 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,013,177 | 1.00 | 1,997,231 | 0.80 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 508 | 0.00 | 558 | -8.96 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 131,544 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 77,587 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,342,331 | 0.67 | 1,439,750 | -6.77 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,441 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 229 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,084 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 227,422 | 0.11 | 2,129 | 10,582.10 |
| 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 | 17,992 | 0.01 | 22,353 | -19.51 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,425,749 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,405 | 0.00 | 17,706 | -86.42 |
| 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 | 1,160 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Uruguay
The major share of Russian imports from Uruguay in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.21% of Russia’s total imports from Uruguay (99.83% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Uruguay in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - an increase of $24,110,913;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $22,198,519;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $9,926,332;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $4,984,696;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - an increase of $2,157,208;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $1,910,909;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $1,329,439.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Uruguay in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 12,215 | 0.00 | 12,000 | 1.79 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 315,814,372 | 74.67 | 314,484,933 | 0.42 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 688,687 | 0.16 | 1,881,004 | -63.39 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 46,674,977 | 11.04 | 22,564,064 | 106.86 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,252,546 | 0.30 | 859,353 | 45.75 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 22,172 | 0.01 | 6,762 | 227.89 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 10,702,406 | 2.53 | 11,768,335 | -9.06 |
| 10 | Cereals | 8,655,960 | 2.05 | 3,671,264 | 135.78 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 22,203,580 | 5.25 | 5,061 | 438,619.23 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 30,561 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 2,703,689 | 0.64 | 792,780 | 241.04 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 122,509 | 0.03 | 139,616 | -12.25 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 357,109 | 0.08 | 349,361 | 2.22 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 10,366,843 | 2.45 | 440,511 | 2,253.37 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 5,512 | 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 | 32,280 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,435,446 | 0.58 | 278,238 | 775.31 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 13,227 | 0.00 | 355 | 3,625.92 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,301 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 908 | 0.00 | 12,227 | -92.57 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 35,509 | 0.01 | 58,008 | -38.79 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 40,838 | -100.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 27,125 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,019 | 0.00 | 2,644 | 127.65 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 622,285 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 4,274 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 542 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 9,750 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 197 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 43,058 | 0.01 | 25,773 | 67.07 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 895 | 0.00 | 355 | 152.11 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 7,544 | 0.00 | 769 | 881.01 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,516 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,849 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 79,322 | 0.02 | 98,078 | -19.12 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 5,471 | 0.00 | 84 | 6,413.10 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 8,882 | 0.00 | 26,088 | -65.95 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 81 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 363 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 36 | 0.00 | 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 | 383 | 0.00 | 109 | 251.38 |
| 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 | 1,185 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 577 | 0.00 | 778 | -25.84 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 39,985 | 0.01 | 23,574 | 69.61 |
| 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 | 19 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2,340 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,476 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |