Russian trade with Abkhazia in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Abkhazia
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Abkhazia totaled $311,450,369, up 6.59% ($19,245,875) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Abkhazia in 2013 totaled $243,244,108, up 3.76% ($8,823,383) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Abkhazia in 2013 totaled $68,206,261, up 18.04% ($10,422,492) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Abkhazia in 2013 was $175,037,847, a 0.91% decrease ($1,599,109) over 2012.
Abkhazia was Russia’s 92nd largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 86th in 2012), accounting for 0.0370% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0347% in 2012).
Abkhazia was Russia’s 82nd largest export market in 2013 (down from 81st in 2012), accounting for 0.0461% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0447% in 2012).
Abkhazia was Russia’s 89th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 92nd in 2012), accounting for 0.0217% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0182% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Abkhazia
The major share of Russian exports to Abkhazia in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 34.30% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (32.63% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 19.72% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (22.55% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 12.18% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (14.32% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.03% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (10.61% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.62% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (10.00% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.50% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (4.08% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Abkhazia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $4,067,625;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $2,821,864;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,965,897;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $1,727,028;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $1,455,080;
- 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 $1,407,889;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,323,347;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - an increase of $1,312,215;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,300,626;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $1,151,240;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $955,204;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $796,679;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $760,339.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Abkhazia in 2013 over 2012 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 $3,732,128;
- 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 $3,123,243;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,797,633;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,297,975;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $1,149,669;
- 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) - a decrease of $920,194.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 192,568 | -100.00 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,755,503 | 1.13 | 3,350,657 | -17.76 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 59,060 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 9,528,459 | 3.92 | 8,216,244 | 15.97 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 221,498 | 0.09 | 183,806 | 20.51 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 84,631 | 0.03 | 70,051 | 20.81 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 3,414,783 | 1.40 | 2,114,157 | 61.52 |
10 | Cereals | 282,052 | 0.12 | 377,076 | -25.20 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 10,917,907 | 4.49 | 8,096,043 | 34.85 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,428 | 0.00 | 808 | 324.26 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 196 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,930,190 | 0.79 | 1,816,465 | 6.26 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 9,020,341 | 3.71 | 8,942,648 | 0.87 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,797,249 | 0.74 | 2,235,811 | -19.62 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 4,898,695 | 2.01 | 4,301,709 | 13.88 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 5,303,914 | 2.18 | 3,848,834 | 37.81 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,310,575 | 0.95 | 2,058,581 | 12.24 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,446,900 | 1.42 | 3,307,276 | 4.22 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 13,774,245 | 5.66 | 13,510,723 | 1.95 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 450,262 | 0.19 | 589,067 | -23.56 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 13,232,155 | 5.44 | 13,281,539 | -0.37 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 270,092 | 0.11 | 1,419,761 | -80.98 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 47,704,228 | 19.61 | 51,436,356 | -7.26 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 108,825 | 0.04 | 200,337 | -45.68 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 110,297 | 0.05 | 61,796 | 78.49 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10,490,795 | 4.31 | 8,524,898 | 23.06 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,058,416 | 0.44 | 1,053,159 | 0.50 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,021,956 | 0.83 | 1,977,355 | 2.26 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,086,481 | 0.86 | 1,682,891 | 23.98 |
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 | 3,564,669 | 1.47 | 3,065,955 | 16.27 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 133,406 | 0.05 | 80,172 | 66.40 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 306,736 | 0.13 | 1,024,040 | -70.05 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 16,248 | 0.01 | 15,436 | 5.26 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 627,791 | 0.26 | 371,400 | 69.03 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,545,893 | 2.28 | 6,110,206 | -9.24 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 751,767 | 0.31 | 711,059 | 5.72 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 52,304 | 0.02 | 49,312 | 6.07 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 6,360,377 | 2.61 | 6,266,385 | 1.50 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 73,893 | 0.03 | 64,432 | 14.68 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 1,286 | 0.00 | 213 | 503.76 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,622,918 | 1.49 | 2,826,239 | 28.19 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 885,473 | 0.36 | 399,474 | 121.66 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 39,516 | 0.02 | 132,692 | -70.22 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 23,130 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 171,298 | 0.07 | 145,630 | 17.63 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 259,315 | 0.11 | 101,718 | 154.94 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 70,833 | 0.03 | 102 | 69,344.12 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 148,163 | 0.06 | 155,076 | -4.46 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 343 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 45,849 | 0.02 | 43,291 | 5.91 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 433,922 | 0.18 | 132,579 | 227.29 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 979,092 | 0.40 | 735,825 | 33.06 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 59,755 | 0.02 | 93,084 | -35.81 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 49,576 | 0.02 | 344,054 | -85.59 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 24,294 | 0.01 | 11,969 | 102.97 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,867,916 | 1.18 | 1,140,888 | 151.38 |
69 | Ceramic products | 2,060,687 | 0.85 | 2,738,919 | -24.76 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 2,764,115 | 1.14 | 2,003,776 | 37.95 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,757,618 | 0.72 | 606,378 | 189.86 |
72 | Iron and steel | 12,271,092 | 5.04 | 13,569,067 | -9.57 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 11,488,071 | 4.72 | 7,420,446 | 54.82 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 286,698 | 0.12 | 27,890 | 927.96 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 405,446 | 0.17 | 585,258 | -30.72 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 2,182 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 10,098 | 0.00 | 9,568 | 5.54 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 525,323 | 0.22 | 1,148,201 | -54.25 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 849,562 | 0.35 | 682,829 | 24.42 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 10,833,761 | 4.45 | 9,510,414 | 13.91 |
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 | 9,530,118 | 3.92 | 12,653,361 | -24.68 |
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 | 920,194 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,951,327 | 2.45 | 6,310,834 | -5.70 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 957,004 | 0.39 | 1,800 | 53,066.89 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,365,945 | 0.97 | 4,163,578 | -43.18 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 21,996 | 0.01 | 582 | 3,679.38 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,396 | 0.00 | 6,971 | -79.97 |
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 | 4,875,025 | 2.00 | 3,467,136 | 40.61 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 450,599 | 0.19 | 572,153 | -21.25 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,288,107 | 0.53 | 861,837 | 49.46 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 23,372 | 0.01 | 57,941 | -59.66 |
SS | Classified | 125,973 | 0.05 | 229 386 | -45.08 |
Russia’s Imports from Abkhazia
The major share of Russian imports from Abkhazia in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 91.30% of Russia’s total imports from Abkhazia (82.63% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.08% of Russia’s total imports from Abkhazia (4.65% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.29% of Russia’s total imports from Abkhazia (11.95% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Abkhazia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $10,035,725;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $3,696,897;
- 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 $3,319,824;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $334,325;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $297,052.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Abkhazia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $4,665,888;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,261,172;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $293,951;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $272,313.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 121,333 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 92,570 | 0.14 | 116,677 | -20.66 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 56,010 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 5,614 | -100.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 18,540,612 | 27.18 | 14,843,715 | 24.91 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 71,465 | 0.10 | 16,762 | 326.35 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 71,073 | 0.10 | 97,962 | -27.45 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 12,189 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 978,351 | 1.43 | 644,026 | 51.91 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 41,903,365 | 61.44 | 31,867,640 | 31.49 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 438,461 | 0.64 | 141,409 | 210.07 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,241,546 | 3.29 | 6,907,434 | -67.55 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 115,225 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 208,347 | 0.31 | 26,125 | 697.50 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 293,951 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 57,960 | 0.08 | 2,319,132 | -97.50 |
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 | 2,626 | 0.00 | 9,771 | -73.12 |
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 | 3,403,360 | 4.99 | 83,536 | 3,974.12 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 272,313 | -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 | 19,182 | 0.03 | 10,288 | 86.45 |