Russian trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013
March 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina totaled $753,914,028, up 2.72% ($19,933,458) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013 totaled $694,941,506, up 2.68% ($18,151,496) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013 totaled $58,972,522, up 3.12% ($1,781,962) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013 was $635,968,984, a 2.64% increase ($16,369,534) over 2012.
Bosnia and Herzegovina was Russia’s 75th largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 73rd in 2012), accounting for 0.0895% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0872% in 2012).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was Russia’s 64th largest export market in 2013 (down from 61st in 2012), accounting for 0.1318% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1290% in 2012).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was Russia’s 91st largest supplier in 2013 (up from 93rd in 2012), accounting for 0.0187% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0180% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The major share of Russian exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 97.44% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (97.12% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.14% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.30% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina 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) - an increase of $19,804,658.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 13,767 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 22,378 | 0.00 | 6,206 | 260.59 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 24,149 | -100.00 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 7,087 | 0.00 | 8,971 | -21.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 677,123,562 | 97.44 | 657,318,904 | 3.01 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 80,822 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3,798,691 | 0.55 | 3,451,781 | 10.05 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,818 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,852 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 14,990 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 27,427 | 0.00 | 36,998 | -25.87 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 70,794 | 0.01 | 66,215 | 6.92 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,419,419 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 32,876 | 0.00 | 45,460 | -27.68 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 120 | 0.00 | 48,067 | -99.75 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 49,652 | 0.01 | 59,985 | -17.23 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 92,545 | 0.01 | 48,526 | 90.71 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 111,294 | 0.02 | 86,765 | 28.27 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 22,860 | 0.00 | 96,509 | -76.31 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 7,725,925 | 1.11 | 8,512,353 | -9.24 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 132,216 | 0.02 | 284,587 | -53.54 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 119 | 0.00 | 3,116 | -96.18 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 379 | 0.00 | 266 | 42.48 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 57,389 | 0.01 | 1,375 | 4,073.75 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,858,630 | 0.27 | 3,173,294 | -41.43 |
| 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 | 1,898,697 | 0.27 | 3,039,372 | -37.53 |
| 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 | 69,454 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 324,154 | 0.05 | 186,408 | 73.89 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 64,828 | 0.01 | 9,643 | 572.28 |
| 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 | 79,800 | 0.01 | 111,153 | -28.21 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 5,864 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina
The major share of Russian imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 56.41% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (60.50% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 15.56% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (16.27% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 14.38% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (14.68% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.45% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (3.98% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.21% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (0.25% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $3,484,055;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,877,828;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $547,358;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $320,490;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $297,258.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $1,241,769;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $805,671;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $786,126;
- 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 $737,691;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $459,632;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $448,868;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $426,837.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 5,036 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,365,102 | 2.31 | 1,791,939 | -23.82 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 38,738 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 38,186 | 0.06 | 16,769 | 127.72 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 459,632 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 13,240 | 0.02 | 181,247 | -92.70 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,097,195 | 3.56 | 2,834,886 | -26.02 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 70,736 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 30,760,099 | 52.16 | 31,565,770 | -2.55 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 314,481 | 0.53 | 196,244 | 60.25 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 26,569 | 0.05 | 3,913 | 578.99 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 102,797 | 0.17 | 115,313 | -10.85 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,397 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 689,596 | 1.17 | 142,238 | 384.82 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 1,581 | 0.00 | 234 | 575.64 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 20,898 | 0.04 | 1,042 | 1,905.57 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 308 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 9,877 | 0.02 | 3,259 | 203.07 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 778,734 | 1.32 | 458,244 | 69.94 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,127,603 | 3.61 | 1,830,345 | 16.24 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 45,583 | 0.08 | 139,675 | -67.36 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 5,514,797 | 9.35 | 5,963,665 | -7.53 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 475 | 0.00 | 1,427 | -66.71 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 5,194 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 281,759 | 0.48 | 166,620 | 69.10 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 59,481 | 0.10 | 114,992 | -48.27 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 592 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 203 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 151,558 | 0.26 | 15,430 | 882.23 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 55,331 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,811 | 0.01 | 602 | 865.28 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 28,729 | 0.05 | 4,621 | 521.71 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 36,683 | 0.06 | 200,462 | -81.70 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 12,604 | 0.02 | 9,063 | 39.07 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,644,875 | 2.79 | 2,431,001 | -32.34 |
| 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 | 2,127,612 | 3.61 | 3,369,381 | -36.85 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,356,785 | 9.08 | 3,478,957 | 53.98 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 47,651 | 0.08 | 27,768 | 71.60 |
| 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 | 5,134,289 | 8.71 | 1,650,234 | 211.12 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 7,351 | 0.01 | 7,561 | -2.78 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |