Russian trade with Georgia in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Georgia
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Georgia totaled $786,023,311, up 14.49% ($99,465,148) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Georgia in 2014 were $517,668,936, down 3.47% ($18,621,809) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Georgia in 2014 totaled $268,354,375, up 78.58% ($118,086,957) from 2013.
Russia’s trade surplus with Georgia in 2014 was $249,314,561, a 35.41% decrease ($136,708,766) over 2013.
Georgia was Russia’s 76th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 78th in 2013), accounting for 0.1004% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0815% in 2013).
Georgia was Russia’s 71st largest export market in 2014 (down from 67th in 2013), accounting for 0.1042% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1017% in 2013).
Georgia was Russia’s 66th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 75th in 2013), accounting for 0.0938% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0477% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Georgia
The major share of Russian exports to Georgia in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 54.23% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (46.79% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 19.63% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (29.52% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.78% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (7.27% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.27% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (5.27% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.45% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (7.19% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.33% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (0.84% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Georgia in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $17,789,935;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $15,389,362;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $4,933,599;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $4,705,869;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $4,395,901;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $3,493,038;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $3,409,696;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $2,341,429;
- 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 $1,986,582;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $1,826,625.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Georgia in 2014 over 2013 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 $57,040,247;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $27,450,816;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $3,566,590;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $1,579,385.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 20,292 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 166,709 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 391,871 | 0.08 | 287,342 | 36.38 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 6,134,164 | 1.18 | 5,673,484 | 8.12 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 13,500 | 0.00 | 520 | 2,496.15 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 23,839 | 0.00 | 21,564 | 10.55 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 80,282 | 0.02 | 43,106 | 86.24 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,700 | 0.00 | 1,443 | 17.81 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,342,430 | 0.45 | 1,990,858 | 17.66 |
10 | Cereals | 154,394,856 | 29.83 | 136,604,921 | 13.02 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 7,221,178 | 1.39 | 3,728,140 | 93.69 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 441,493 | 0.09 | 186,291 | 136.99 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 5,948 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 29 | 0.00 | 138 | -78.99 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 18,882,266 | 3.65 | 18,165,495 | 3.95 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 4,532,006 | 0.88 | 4,905,974 | -7.62 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 4,099,471 | 0.79 | 3,426,052 | 19.66 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 16,971,369 | 3.28 | 18,550,754 | -8.51 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 16,554,709 | 3.20 | 12,158,808 | 36.15 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,976,879 | 0.38 | 1,130,262 | 74.90 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 25,819,504 | 4.99 | 25,239,482 | 2.30 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 7,086,995 | 1.37 | 6,763,030 | 4.79 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 5,982,808 | 1.16 | 4,739,250 | 26.24 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 7,611,343 | 1.47 | 7,329,459 | 3.85 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 563,976 | 0.11 | 203,887 | 176.61 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 101,065,930 | 19.52 | 158,106,177 | -36.08 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,871,004 | 1.13 | 937,405 | 526.30 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 221,637 | 0.04 | 152,593 | 45.25 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 13,855,296 | 2.68 | 9,149,427 | 51.43 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,457,680 | 0.28 | 22,500 | 6,378.58 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,044,147 | 0.59 | 2,801,397 | 8.67 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 7,553,017 | 1.46 | 7,154,251 | 5.57 |
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 | 8,118,453 | 1.57 | 8,486,145 | -4.33 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 332,561 | 0.06 | 300,663 | 10.61 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 845,708 | 0.16 | 1,124,969 | -24.82 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,019 | 0.00 | 19,159 | -94.68 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,544,313 | 0.49 | 2,540,663 | 0.14 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,586,226 | 0.69 | 2,060,622 | 74.04 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,185,270 | 0.62 | 4,242,029 | -24.91 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 103,770 | 0.02 | 65,808 | 57.69 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,790,086 | 0.54 | 963,461 | 189.59 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 20,560 | 0.00 | 57 | 35,970.18 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 49,517 | 0.01 | 62,424 | -20.68 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,238,975 | 0.63 | 2,592,247 | 24.95 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 774,904 | 0.15 | 860,291 | -9.93 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 521 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 28,955 | 0.01 | 34,819 | -16.84 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 674 | 0.00 | 3,180 | -78.81 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 45,288 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 544 | 0.00 | 227 | 139.65 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 167,010 | 0.03 | 22,173 | 653.21 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,985 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 2,588 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 38,469 | 0.01 | 393,984 | -90.24 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 1,226 | 0.00 | 169 | 625.44 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 687,386 | 0.13 | 536,601 | 28.10 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 521,500 | 0.10 | 355,684 | 46.62 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 36,412 | 0.01 | 25,368 | 43.54 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,692,184 | 0.33 | 2,066,366 | -18.11 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 48,560 | 0.01 | 23,064 | 110.54 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 5,242 | 0.00 | 10,507 | -50.11 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 814 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 3,885,354 | 0.75 | 3,144,711 | 23.55 |
69 | Ceramic products | 403,065 | 0.08 | 265,085 | 52.05 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 10,440,542 | 2.02 | 7,030,846 | 48.50 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 62,088 | 0.01 | 23,902 | 159.76 |
72 | Iron and steel | 2,272,047 | 0.44 | 5,838,637 | -61.09 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,939,755 | 0.37 | 3,257,934 | -40.46 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,022,654 | 0.20 | 112,817 | 806.47 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1,200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 830,435 | 0.16 | 28,281,251 | -97.06 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 29,400 | 0.01 | 67,352 | -56.35 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 1,315 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 11,332 | 0.00 | 18,569 | -38.97 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 76,642 | 0.01 | 33,083 | 131.67 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 406,817 | 0.08 | 261,552 | 55.54 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 929,287 | 0.18 | 701,200 | 32.53 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 10,725,160 | 2.07 | 8,383,731 | 27.93 |
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 | 9,366,766 | 1.81 | 8,778,954 | 6.70 |
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 | 3,997,119 | 0.77 | 2,010,537 | 98.81 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 6,358,000 | 1.23 | 6,803,047 | -6.54 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 15,396,051 | 2.97 | 6,689 | 230,069.70 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,159,604 | 0.42 | 2,264,058 | -4.61 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,877 | 0.00 | 6,396 | -70.65 |
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 | 891,951 | 0.17 | 721,453 | 23.63 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 339,529 | 0.07 | 252,974 | 34.21 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,836,715 | 0.55 | 1,705,494 | 66.33 |
SS | Classified | 73,572 | 0.01 | 7 386 | 896.10 |
Russia’s Imports from Georgia
The major share of Russian imports from Georgia in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 85.19% of Russia’s total imports from Georgia (70.76% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.07% of Russia’s total imports from Georgia (15.98% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.43% of Russia’s total imports from Georgia (9.62% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.89% of Russia’s total imports from Georgia (1.75% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Georgia in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $108,170,047;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $10,213,990;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $2,650,509;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,683,894;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $1,491,780;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,358,257;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $875,316.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Georgia in 2014 over 2013 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 $7,532,525.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 5,700 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 44,683 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 144,150 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 19,400,820 | 7.23 | 9,186,830 | 111.18 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,963,924 | 1.10 | 313,415 | 845.69 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 265 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,221 | 0.00 | 2,371 | 35.85 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 14,550 | -100.00 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 711 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 47,818 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 14,011 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,887,580 | 0.70 | 1,012,264 | 86.47 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 680,580 | 0.25 | 557,262 | 22.13 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 203,414,470 | 75.80 | 95,244,423 | 113.57 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 164,409 | 0.06 | 92,584 | 77.58 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 1,614,475 | 0.60 | 2,082,035 | -22.46 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,741,254 | 1.77 | 12,273,779 | -61.37 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,688,958 | 0.63 | 1,225,125 | 37.86 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 62,000 | 0.02 | 681,000 | -90.90 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 252,800 | 0.09 | 476,960 | -47.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 31,787 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 342,652 | 0.13 | 195,381 | 75.38 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,495 | 0.00 | 49,287 | -92.91 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 425 | 0.00 | 4,560 | -90.68 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,750 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 26 | 0.00 | 230 | -88.70 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 58,530 | 0.02 | 83,182 | -29.64 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 699,936 | 0.26 | 686,111 | 2.01 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 663,736 | 0.25 | 671,619 | -1.17 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 24 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,558 | 0.00 | 6,140 | -58.34 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 40,849 | 0.02 | 144,140 | -71.66 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 6,403 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 532 | 0.00 | 3,421 | -84.45 |
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 | 74 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 19,928,648 | 7.43 | 18,570,391 | 7.31 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 7,083,884 | 2.64 | 5,399,990 | 31.18 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 860 | 0.00 | 41,437 | -97.92 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 301 | 0.00 | 400 | -24.75 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,030 | 0.00 | 118 | 772.88 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 601 | 0.00 | 795 | -24.40 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 314,791 | 0.12 | 390,227 | -19.33 |
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 | 407,167 | 0.15 | 770,792 | -47.18 |
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 | 118,412 | 0.04 | 4,169 | 2,740.30 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,066 | 0.00 | 3,109 | -65.71 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,491,780 | 0.56 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 17,982 | 0.01 | 42,644 | -57.83 |
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 | 3,963 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 30,170 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,942 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,843 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |