Russian trade with Iran in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Iran
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Iran totaled $1,682,419,647, up 5.05% ($80,882,562) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Iran in 2014 totaled $1,327,169,324, up 13.57% ($158,553,219) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Iran in 2014 were $355,250,323, down 17.94% ($77,670,657) from 2013.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iran in 2014 was $971,919,001, a 32.11% increase ($236,223,876) over 2013.
Iran was Russia’s 54th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 59th in 2013), accounting for 0.2149% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1902% in 2013).
Iran was Russia’s 49th largest export market in 2014 (up from 55th in 2013), accounting for 0.2671% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.2216% in 2013).
Iran was Russia’s 61st largest supplier in 2014 (down from 60th in 2013), accounting for 0.1242% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1374% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Iran
The major share of Russian exports to Iran in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 45.11% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (30.88% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 30.23% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (31.92% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 13.15% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (18.37% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.79% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (10.99% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.11% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (2.29% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.11% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (5.08% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iran in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $228,416,998;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $32,701,375;
- 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 $10,952,156;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $7,647,062.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iran in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $36,007,197;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $31,417,664;
- 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 $25,463,545;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $10,154,886;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $5,201,114;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $5,084,889;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $4,667,833;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $4,356,053.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 117,313 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 66,771 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 50,400 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 532,816,621 | 40.15 | 304,399,623 | 75.04 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 9,400 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 13,386,240 | 1.01 | 5,739,178 | 133.24 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 42,089,737 | 3.17 | 38,246,220 | 10.05 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 23,050 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 233,466 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 96,219 | 0.01 | 133,660 | -28.01 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 857 | 0.00 | 33,102 | -97.41 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 5,306,596 | 0.40 | 1,941,832 | 173.28 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,887,455 | 0.37 | 9,972,344 | -50.99 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6 | 0.00 | 10 | -40.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 27,970,985 | 2.11 | 59,388,649 | -52.90 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 16,544,072 | 1.25 | 5,591,916 | 195.86 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 83,859 | 0.01 | 4,439,912 | -98.11 |
31 | Fertilizers | 3,508,241 | 0.26 | 453,622 | 673.38 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 42,794 | 0.00 | 109,613 | -60.96 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 960 | -100.00 |
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 | 3,590 | 0.00 | 98,173 | -96.34 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,106 | 0.00 | 6,187 | -65.96 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,218,421 | 0.09 | 6,419,535 | -81.02 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,345,499 | 0.48 | 8,989,157 | -29.41 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 258,118 | 0.02 | 682,444 | -62.18 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 12,096 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 242 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 130,183,871 | 9.81 | 166,191,068 | -21.67 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 10,092,286 | 0.76 | 9,644,331 | 4.64 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 26,148,891 | 1.97 | 30,816,724 | -15.15 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 8,054,146 | 0.61 | 7,995,304 | 0.74 |
52 | Cotton | 1 | 0.00 | 32 | -96.88 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 644,682 | 0.05 | 3,206,757 | -79.90 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1 | 0.00 | 3,656 | -99.97 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 113 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 4,958 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 32,009 | 0.00 | 17,425 | 83.70 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,747 | 0.00 | 1,311 | 33.26 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 185 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,562,589 | 0.12 | 1,360,736 | 14.83 |
69 | Ceramic products | 1 | 0.00 | 6,000 | -99.98 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 93,603 | 0.01 | 111,127 | -15.77 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 24,613 | 0.00 | 453 | 5,333.33 |
72 | Iron and steel | 396,560,949 | 29.88 | 363,859,574 | 8.99 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,585,441 | 0.27 | 5,803,302 | -38.22 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,622 | 0.00 | 65,021 | -95.97 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 23,653 | 0.00 | 143,470 | -83.51 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 186,717 | 0.01 | 408,641 | -54.31 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 82 | 0.00 | 345 | -76.23 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 43,974 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 733,839 | 0.06 | 2,503,122 | -70.68 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 84,846 | 0.01 | 148,966 | -43.04 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 15,239,807 | 1.15 | 25,394,693 | -39.99 |
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 | 52,624,734 | 3.97 | 78,088,279 | -32.61 |
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 | 1,415,799 | 0.11 | 2,503,355 | -43.44 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 75,803 | 0.01 | 309,172 | -75.48 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 14,772,046 | 1.11 | 14,238,729 | 3.75 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,937,039 | 0.45 | 7,927,930 | -25.11 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 864 | 0.00 | 2,008 | -56.97 |
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 | 46,894 | 0.00 | 93,175 | -49.67 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 101 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,077 | 0.00 | 29,698 | -89.64 |
SS | Classified | 4,320,282 | 0.33 | 688 458 | 527.53 |
Russia’s Imports from Iran
The major share of Russian imports from Iran in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 69.88% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (69.88% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.58% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (11.67% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 12.29% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (11.80% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.53% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (1.68% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.13% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (1.59% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iran in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $4,098,092;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $2,069,807.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iran in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $56,896,550;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $9,433,736;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $6,916,204;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $3,720,165;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - a decrease of $1,937,113;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,216,159;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,135,074.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 3,301 | 0.00 | 445 | 641.80 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 117,378,981 | 33.04 | 115,309,174 | 1.80 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 103,237,864 | 29.06 | 160,134,414 | -35.53 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,218,719 | 0.62 | 2,761,822 | -19.66 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 20,252 | 0.01 | 87,751 | -76.92 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 387,130 | 0.11 | 488,537 | -20.76 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 355,076 | 0.10 | 185,124 | 91.80 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 264,892 | 0.07 | 156,884 | 68.85 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 21,535 | 0.01 | 16,904 | 27.40 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 126,116 | 0.04 | 126,259 | -0.11 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 23,857,157 | 6.72 | 23,178,338 | 2.93 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 222,374 | 0.06 | 83,409 | 166.61 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 829 | 0.00 | 6,385 | -87.02 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 171,841 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 41,898,989 | 11.79 | 48,815,193 | -14.17 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 380,984 | 0.11 | 547,540 | -30.42 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,392,197 | 0.39 | 1,717,886 | -18.96 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 56,000 | 0.02 | 42,000 | 33.33 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 11,827,238 | 3.33 | 21,260,974 | -44.37 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 13,214,890 | 3.72 | 13,573,619 | -2.64 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 107,302 | 0.03 | 63,726 | 68.38 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 15,053 | 0.00 | 14,970 | 0.55 |
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 | 73,537 | 0.02 | 36,598 | 100.93 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 280,710 | 0.08 | 466,623 | -39.84 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 35 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 19,065,819 | 5.37 | 14,967,727 | 27.38 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 65,593 | 0.02 | 95,935 | -31.63 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 1,157 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,650 | 0.00 | 12,921 | -79.49 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 27,410 | 0.01 | 145,802 | -81.20 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 301 | 0.00 | 17,015 | -98.23 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 794,677 | 0.22 | 759,667 | 4.61 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 355,239 | 0.10 | 574,545 | -38.17 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 270,565 | 0.08 | 357,186 | -24.25 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 146,127 | 0.04 | 263,477 | -44.54 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 2,160,230 | 0.61 | 4,097,343 | -47.28 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 115,621 | 0.03 | 41,822 | 176.46 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 121 | 0.00 | 36 | 236.11 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 19,478 | 0.01 | 93,258 | -79.11 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2 | 0.00 | 537 | -99.63 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,000 | 0.00 | 12,812 | -84.39 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 940,399 | 0.26 | 1,403,898 | -33.02 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 123 | 0.00 | 51,885 | -99.76 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 39 | 0.00 | 6,973 | -99.44 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,068,585 | 0.30 | 1,159,917 | -7.87 |
69 | Ceramic products | 1,044,639 | 0.29 | 962,324 | 8.55 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 3,434,027 | 0.97 | 7,154,192 | -52.00 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 3,079 | 0.00 | 20,592 | -85.05 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,967,022 | 0.55 | 3,183,181 | -38.21 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 191,826 | 0.05 | 311,839 | -38.49 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 41,552 | 0.01 | 32,746 | 26.89 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,405 | 0.00 | 4,805 | -29.14 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 34,030 | 0.01 | 25,444 | 33.74 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,449,838 | 0.41 | 2,584,912 | -43.91 |
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 | 428,017 | 0.12 | 81,099 | 427.77 |
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 | 474,949 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,804,693 | 0.79 | 3,320,360 | -15.53 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 455,000 | 0.13 | 679,170 | -33.01 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 301,139 | 0.08 | 131,165 | 129.59 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 12,158 | 0.00 | 13,327 | -8.77 |
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 | 240,953 | 0.07 | 296,748 | -18.80 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,731 | 0.00 | 3,575 | 88.28 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 280,475 | 0.08 | 363,722 | -22.89 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 3,793 | 0.00 | 21,613 | -82.45 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 116 694 | -100.00 |