Russian trade with North Korea in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with North Korea
In 2013, Russia’s trade with North Korea totaled $112,717,067, up 64.20% ($44,071,861) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2013 totaled $103,426,479, up 77.01% ($44,998,227) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2013 were $9,290,588, down 9.07% ($926,366) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with North Korea in 2013 was $94,135,891, a 95.26% increase ($45,924,593) over 2012.
North Korea was Russia’s 113th largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 126th in 2012), accounting for 0.0134% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0082% in 2012).
North Korea was Russia’s 96th largest export market in 2013 (up from 110th in 2012), accounting for 0.0196% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0111% in 2012).
North Korea was Russia’s 123rd largest supplier in 2013 (down from 118th in 2012), accounting for 0.0029% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0032% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to North Korea
The major share of Russian exports to North Korea in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 43.56% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (42.15% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 33.58% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (16.55% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.65% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (1.93% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.47% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (13.37% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.85% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (21.18% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.66% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (2.83% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to North Korea 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 $21,760,802;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $20,288,617;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $9,531,637;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $3,582,802;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $3,285,928;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $1,420,406;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,193,991;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $1,003,159;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $744,722;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $615,447.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $9,263,019;
- 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 $6,275,625;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $2,316,865;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $567,789.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 139,432 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,003,159 | 0.97 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,772 | 0.00 | 529 | 234.97 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | -100.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 35 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 69,203 | 0.07 | 636,992 | -89.14 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,874,427 | 3.75 | 6,191,292 | -37.42 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 47,609 | 0.05 | 75,600 | -37.03 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,340,803 | 1.30 | 725,356 | 84.85 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 20,161 | 0.02 | 2,205 | 814.33 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,665 | 0.00 | 110 | 1,413.64 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 16,183 | 0.02 | 21,640 | -25.22 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 308 | 0.00 | 107 | 187.85 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,741 | 0.00 | 65 | 4,116.92 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,478 | 0.01 | 286 | 1,815.38 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 167,797 | 0.16 | 158,209 | 6.06 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 786 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 223 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,432,220 | 1.38 | 1,318,412 | 8.63 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 32,547 | 0.03 | 9,828 | 231.17 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 43,586,400 | 42.14 | 23,297,783 | 87.08 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,718 | 0.00 | 136,182 | -98.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 211,122 | 0.20 | 237,964 | -11.28 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 31,556 | 0.03 | 118,625 | -73.40 |
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 | 222,968 | 0.22 | 389,856 | -42.81 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 92 | 0.00 | 14,277 | -99.36 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 171,566 | 0.17 | 28,093 | 510.71 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,837,847 | 1.78 | 643,856 | 185.44 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 271,368 | 0.26 | 85,122 | 218.80 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 122,540 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,758 | 0.00 | 408 | 330.88 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,423,041 | 2.34 | 1,002,635 | 141.67 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 3,678,906 | 3.56 | 96,104 | 3,728.05 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 771,367 | 0.75 | 26,645 | 2,794.98 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 256 | 0.00 | 525 | -51.24 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 3,235 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 5,021 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 10,288 | 0.01 | 34,236 | -69.95 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3,551 | 0.00 | 7,012 | -49.36 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4,386 | 0.00 | 6,166 | -28.87 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,680 | 0.01 | 14,851 | -61.75 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,893 | 0.00 | 9,221 | -68.63 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,348 | 0.00 | 4,540 | -70.31 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,206 | 0.00 | 613 | 96.74 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 3,804,291 | 3.68 | 518,363 | 633.90 |
69 | Ceramic products | 9 | 0.00 | 124 | -92.74 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 281 | 0.00 | 5,321 | -94.72 |
72 | Iron and steel | 76,706 | 0.07 | 177,340 | -56.75 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,814,481 | 2.72 | 12,077,500 | -76.70 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 4,222 | 0.00 | 69,845 | -93.96 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 4,530 | 0.00 | 9,996 | -54.68 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 12,371 | 0.01 | 25,944 | -52.32 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 36,124 | 0.03 | 12,101 | 198.52 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 22,878,336 | 22.12 | 1,117,534 | 1,947.22 |
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 | 2,071,988 | 2.00 | 8,347,613 | -75.18 |
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 | 15,308 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 9,605,180 | 9.29 | 73,543 | 12,960.63 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 49,950 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 111,142 | 0.11 | 129,510 | -14.18 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 67 | -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 | 341,950 | 0.33 | 208,957 | 63.65 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,319 | 0.00 | 814 | 62.04 |
SS | Classified | 78,920 | 0.08 | 350 000 | -77.45 |
Russia’s Imports from North Korea
The major share of Russian imports from North Korea in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 45.13% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (29.78% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 23.05% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (19.21% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 10.56% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (19.36% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.70% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (17.58% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.89% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (4.16% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $1,120,500;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - an increase of $494,136;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $269,870;
- 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 $244,579;
- 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 $208,731;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $154,888;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $113,478;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $90,283;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $47,333.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from North Korea 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 $1,645,269;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $532,957;
- 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 $436,690;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $313,838;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $171,626;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $137,038;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $136,656;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $103,552;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $53,320;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $36,612;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $31,653;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $29,147.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 142 | 0.00 | 649 | -78.12 |
10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 11,220 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 1,360 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,644 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 310 | 0.00 | 10,988 | -97.18 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 14,430 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 151,153 | 1.63 | 1,796,422 | -91.59 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 6,363 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 193,843 | 2.09 | 180,600 | 7.33 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 136,656 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 98,748 | 1.06 | 8,465 | 1,066.54 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,287 | 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 | 20,907 | 0.23 | 2,650 | 688.94 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 293,687 | 3.16 | 826,644 | -64.47 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 118,818 | 1.28 | 432,656 | -72.54 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 253,359 | 2.73 | 390,397 | -35.10 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 12,737 | 0.14 | 21,675 | -41.24 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 453 | 0.00 | 4 | 11,225.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 67,204 | 0.72 | 19,871 | 238.20 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 11,826 | 0.13 | 7,689 | 53.80 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 203,478 | 2.19 | 235,131 | -13.46 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 117,785 | 1.27 | 4,307 | 2,634.73 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 224 | 0.00 | 4,411 | -94.92 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 9,441 | 0.10 | 196 | 4,716.84 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 9,242 | 0.10 | 30,313 | -69.51 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,850,260 | 41.44 | 2,729,760 | 41.05 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,695 | 0.03 | 17,590 | -84.68 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 20,851 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 53,075 | 0.57 | 49,217 | 7.84 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 7,434 | 0.08 | 5,995 | 24.00 |
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 | 1,241 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 27,072 | 0.29 | 198,698 | -86.38 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 50,907 | 0.55 | 154,459 | -67.04 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 727 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,233 | 0.02 | 4,132 | -45.96 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,487 | 0.02 | 30,634 | -95.15 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 717 | 0.01 | 37,329 | -98.08 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,131,358 | 12.18 | 861,488 | 31.33 |
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 | 421,139 | 4.53 | 857,829 | -50.91 |
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 | 226,020 | 2.43 | 17,289 | 1,207.31 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 353,695 | 3.81 | 198,807 | 77.91 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,157 | 0.10 | 27,440 | -66.63 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,281,031 | 13.79 | 786,895 | 62.80 |
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 | 253,794 | 2.73 | 9,215 | 2,654.14 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9,801 | 0.11 | 63,121 | -84.47 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 16,895 | 0.18 | 22,660 | -25.44 |