Russian trade with Iraq in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Iraq
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Iraq totaled $378,556,393, up 32.47% ($92,789,499) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2013 totaled $376,851,659, up 31.90% ($91,146,674) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2013 totaled $1,704,734, up 2,653.61% ($1,642,825) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iraq in 2013 was $375,146,925, a 31.33% increase ($89,503,849) over 2012.
Iraq was Russia’s 87th largest trading partner in 2013 (just as in 2012), accounting for 0.0449% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0339% in 2012).
Iraq was Russia’s 74th largest export market in 2013 (up from 76th in 2012), accounting for 0.0715% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0544% in 2012).
Iraq was Russia’s 146th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 177th in 2012), accounting for 0.0005% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0000% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Iraq
The major share of Russian exports to Iraq in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 24.18% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (17.13% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.72% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (6.97% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.07% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (4.14% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.40% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (70.47% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.28% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.55% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.17% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.38% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $26,571,620;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $22,088,997;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $12,346,035;
- 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 $10,874,089;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $9,764,752;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $3,687,856;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $3,249,421;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $2,906,269;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $2,860,000.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $174,049,083.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 55,980 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 25,866,690 | 6.86 | 199,915,773 | -87.06 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 618,100 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 255,981 | 0.07 | 250,968 | 2.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,866,284 | 1.29 | 1,178,428 | 312.95 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 300 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,815,586 | 1.28 | 1,566,165 | 207.48 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 162,680 | 0.04 | 65,882 | 146.93 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 43,430 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,860,000 | 0.76 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 30,983 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 27,787 | 0.01 | 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 | 115,990 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 11,062 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 562,168 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 279,186 | 0.07 | 215,620 | 29.48 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 100,950 | 0.03 | 771,854 | -86.92 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 229,628 | 0.06 | 43,382 | 429.32 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4,403 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 33,880,631 | 8.99 | 11,791,634 | 187.33 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 25,858 | -100.00 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 281,258 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 1,054 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,197 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 17,458 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 78,258 | 0.02 | 189 | 41,306.35 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 510 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 73,085 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 343 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 482,138 | 0.13 | 32,496 | 1,383.68 |
69 | Ceramic products | 11,402 | 0.00 | 755,294 | -98.49 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 209,132 | 0.06 | 37,241 | 461.56 |
72 | Iron and steel | 17,511,835 | 4.65 | 5,165,800 | 239.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 70,324,542 | 18.66 | 43,752,922 | 60.73 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,911,818 | 0.77 | 5,549 | 52,374.64 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 37,304 | 0.01 | 676 | 5,418.34 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 900 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 3,907 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,134 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 225,042 | 0.06 | 8,374 | 2,587.39 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 93,873 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 16,062,343 | 4.26 | 16,649,904 | -3.53 |
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 | 13,194,780 | 3.50 | 2,320,691 | 468.57 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 813,867 | 0.22 | 366,418 | 122.11 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10,328,216 | 2.74 | 563,464 | 1,732.99 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3,501 | 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 | 276,136 | 0.07 | 169,390 | 63.02 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 33,260 | 0.01 | 50,670 | -34.36 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,260 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 169,082,630 | 44.87 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Iraq
The major share of Russian imports from Iraq in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 99.91% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.00% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (100.00% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,549,450;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $100,347;
- 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 $45,391;
- 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 $7,982.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $61,909.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 61,909 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 434 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,130 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,549,450 | 90.89 | 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 | 7,982 | 0.47 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 45,391 | 2.66 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 100,347 | 5.89 | 0 | ∞ |