Russian trade with Slovenia 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 Slovenia in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Slovenia
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Slovenia totaled $1,660,618,366, up 6.23% ($97,346,174) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Slovenia in 2013 were $233,211,749, down 25.63% ($80,373,375) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Slovenia in 2013 totaled $1,427,406,617, up 14.22% ($177,719,549) from 2012.
Russia’s trade deficit with Slovenia in 2013 was $1,194,194,868, a 27.57% increase ($258,092,924) over 2012.
Slovenia was Russia’s 57th largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 59th in 2012), accounting for 0.1972% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1857% in 2012).
Slovenia was Russia’s 83rd largest export market in 2013 (down from 73rd in 2012), accounting for 0.0442% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0598% in 2012).
Slovenia was Russia’s 35th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 40th in 2012), accounting for 0.4532% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.3939% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Slovenia
The major share of Russian exports to Slovenia in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 62.48% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (70.20% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 25.88% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (20.75% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.39% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (2.57% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.49% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (3.36% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.31% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (1.63% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.21% of Russia’s total exports to Slovenia (1.11% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Slovenia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $10,172,424;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $3,487,675;
- Lead and articles thereof (HS code 78) - an increase of $2,114,170;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,529,904;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,308,550;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,238,311;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $853,609;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $801,743;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $715,942.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Slovenia 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 $74,357,270;
- Nickel and articles thereof (HS code 75) - a decrease of $14,740,290;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $7,436,939;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $2,467,890;
- 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 $1,501,706;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $1,401,901.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 7,436,939 | -100.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 10,172,424 | 4.36 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 12,642 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 25,441 | 0.01 | 13,580 | 87.34 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 1,400 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 43,843 | 0.02 | 20,182 | 117.24 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,748 | 0.00 | 575,345 | -99.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,961 | 0.00 | 11,308 | -38.44 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 61,509 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 145,707,205 | 62.48 | 220,064,475 | -33.79 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 934,386 | 0.40 | 709,869 | 31.63 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4,393,340 | 1.88 | 5,795,241 | -24.19 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,430,363 | 0.61 | 121,813 | 1,074.23 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 956 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,537 | 0.00 | 449 | 242.32 |
| 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 | 586 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 173 | 0.00 | 15,972 | -98.92 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 143,209 | 0.06 | 2,611,099 | -94.52 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,236,290 | 0.53 | 1,276,842 | -3.18 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 87,016 | 0.04 | 17,614 | 394.02 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4,001,769 | 1.72 | 4,244,624 | -5.72 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 36,808 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,356,318 | 0.58 | 866,494 | 56.53 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 250 | 0.00 | 189 | 32.28 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 27,932 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 14,908 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 242 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 28 | 0.00 | 621 | -95.49 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 14,932 | 0.01 | 24,616 | -39.34 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 40,947 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 21,968,426 | 9.42 | 20,730,115 | 5.97 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,254,010 | 0.97 | 724,106 | 211.28 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3,664,582 | 1.57 | 2,810,973 | 30.37 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 20,773,030 | 8.91 | 35,513,320 | -41.51 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,097,609 | 3.04 | 3,609,934 | 96.61 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 2,152,680 | 0.92 | 38,510 | 5,489.92 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,445,016 | 1.05 | 1,643,273 | 48.79 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,251,212 | 0.54 | 535,270 | 133.75 |
| 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 | 295,929 | 0.13 | 173,720 | 70.35 |
| 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 | 1,218,449 | 0.52 | 2,720,155 | -55.21 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 863 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 57,169 | 0.02 | 64,440 | -11.28 |
| 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 | 405,825 | 0.17 | 1,046,090 | -61.21 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 6,630 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 25,456 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 2,531 | 0.00 | 1,115 | 127.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Slovenia
The major share of Russian imports from Slovenia in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 53.69% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (55.40% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 30.98% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (30.82% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.33% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (4.99% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.66% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (2.94% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.86% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (1.85% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.77% of Russia’s total imports from Slovenia (1.69% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Slovenia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $62,849,304;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $33,942,787;
- 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 $23,320,429;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $11,396,609;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $11,159,464;
- 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 $8,121,418;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $7,036,332;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $7,001,708;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $6,596,296;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $5,293,819.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Slovenia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $7,375,688.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 415,118 | 0.03 | 905,776 | -54.17 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 441,810 | 0.03 | 68,963 | 540.65 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 255,356 | 0.02 | 369,769 | -30.94 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 262,365 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 40,646 | 0.00 | 7,992 | 408.58 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 116,503 | 0.01 | 18,983 | 513.72 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 141,589 | 0.01 | 246,148 | -42.48 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 268,841 | 0.02 | 156,417 | 71.87 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,738,693 | 0.12 | 1,076,701 | 61.48 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 106,262 | 0.01 | 212,449 | -49.98 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 328,433 | 0.02 | 451,846 | -27.31 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 15,977,854 | 1.12 | 13,120,696 | 21.78 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 206,485 | 0.01 | 122,386 | 68.72 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 24,872,335 | 1.74 | 13,712,871 | 81.38 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 4,459,013 | 0.31 | 3,740,396 | 19.21 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 2,804,863 | 0.20 | 2,264,301 | 23.87 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,925,689 | 0.13 | 1,512,929 | 27.28 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 403,492 | 0.03 | 475,873 | -15.21 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 6,548,420 | 0.46 | 5,942,298 | 10.20 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 58,924,079 | 4.13 | 47,527,470 | 23.98 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 564,391,295 | 39.54 | 501,541,991 | 12.53 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 96,529 | 0.01 | 55,799 | 72.99 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 66,190,069 | 4.64 | 73,565,757 | -10.03 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 16,011,128 | 1.12 | 18,278,780 | -12.41 |
| 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 | 1,836,723 | 0.13 | 1,317,879 | 39.37 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,415,446 | 0.10 | 1,567,451 | -9.70 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 32,302 | 0.00 | 171,956 | -81.21 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 18,802,073 | 1.32 | 12,205,777 | 54.04 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 16,922,140 | 1.19 | 15,121,817 | 11.91 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 15,201,490 | 1.06 | 15,021,557 | 1.20 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 259,221 | 0.02 | 309,949 | -16.37 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 10,419 | 0.00 | 10,020 | 3.98 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,370,126 | 0.17 | 5,292,158 | -55.21 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 74 | 0.00 | 310 | -76.13 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 19,516,752 | 1.37 | 12,515,044 | 55.95 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,380,059 | 0.24 | 3,293,068 | 2.64 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 2,566 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 559,617 | 0.04 | 435,351 | 28.54 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 100,540 | 0.01 | 52,796 | 90.43 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 12,687,421 | 0.89 | 12,412,357 | 2.22 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 473 | 0.00 | 2,947 | -83.95 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 144,280 | 0.01 | 150,011 | -3.82 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 613,976 | 0.04 | 419,469 | 46.37 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 195,896 | 0.01 | 162,938 | 20.23 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,490,256 | 0.17 | 2,371,427 | 5.01 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,778,905 | 0.19 | 3,548,035 | -21.68 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 916,798 | 0.06 | 103,505 | 785.75 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 6,008,152 | 0.42 | 3,454,144 | 73.94 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 14,572 | 0.00 | 11,227 | 29.79 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 122 | 0.00 | 350 | -65.14 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 6,413 | 0.00 | 4,439 | 44.47 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6,163,180 | 0.43 | 4,977,248 | 23.83 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 400,360 | 0.03 | 551,957 | -27.47 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,004,342 | 0.14 | 2,105,330 | -4.80 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 8,399,126 | 0.59 | 3,105,307 | 170.48 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 30,116,374 | 2.11 | 28,723,190 | 4.85 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,132,267 | 0.08 | 928,144 | 21.99 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 95,009 | 0.01 | 62,989 | 50.83 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,178,891 | 0.36 | 7,008,163 | -26.10 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 44,034 | 0.00 | 70,325 | -37.38 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 104,270 | 0.01 | 42,854 | 143.31 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 8,696,397 | 0.61 | 7,024,973 | 23.79 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 22,378,798 | 1.57 | 15,342,466 | 45.86 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 214,696,104 | 15.04 | 180,753,317 | 18.78 |
| 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 | 214,902,479 | 15.06 | 191,582,050 | 12.17 |
| 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 | 2,793 | 0.00 | 279,886 | -99.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 4,918,682 | 0.34 | 3,941,444 | 24.79 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 176,297 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,750,098 | 0.54 | 8,387,475 | -7.60 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 5,762 | 0.00 | 9,471 | -39.16 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 4,762 | 0.00 | 210 | 2,167.62 |
| 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 | 23,055,524 | 1.62 | 14,934,106 | 54.38 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,612,133 | 0.11 | 1,479,392 | 8.97 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,691,929 | 0.19 | 2,436,981 | 10.46 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 5,904 | 0.00 | 12,456 | -52.60 |
| SS | Classified | 118,635 | 0.01 | 153 533 | -22.73 |