Russian trade with Iraq in 2014
April 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 Iraq in 2014: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Iraq
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Iraq totaled $1,758,526,220, up 364.53% ($1,379,969,827) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2014 totaled $1,758,512,608, up 366.63% ($1,381,660,949) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2014 were $13,612, down 99.20% ($1,691,122) from 2013.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iraq in 2014 was $1,758,498,996, a 368.75% increase ($1,383,352,071) over 2013.
Iraq was Russia’s 52nd largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 87th in 2013), accounting for 0.2246% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0449% in 2013).
Iraq was Russia’s 38th largest export market in 2014 (up from 74th in 2013), accounting for 0.3539% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0715% in 2013).
Iraq was Russia’s 193rd largest supplier in 2014 (down from 146th in 2013), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0005% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Iraq
The major share of Russian exports to Iraq in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 7.30% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (10.72% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.57% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (9.07% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.27% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (8.40% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.80% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (24.18% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.61% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (1.28% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.39% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (1.17% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $40,840,182;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $27,985,282;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $12,035,278;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $11,137,102;
- 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 $7,117,581;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $5,927,228.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $58,386,094.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 55,980 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 28,956,284 | 1.65 | 25,866,690 | 11.94 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 26,713 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 50,000 | 0.00 | 618,100 | -91.91 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 3,613,332 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 563,129 | 0.03 | 255,981 | 119.99 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 6,748,482 | 0.38 | 4,866,284 | 38.68 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 39,880 | 0.00 | 300 | 13,193.33 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 10,742,814 | 0.61 | 4,815,586 | 123.08 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,870 | 0.00 | 162,680 | -98.24 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,691 | 0.00 | 43,430 | -96.11 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 2,860,000 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 139,316 | 0.01 | 30,983 | 349.65 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 171,164 | 0.01 | 27,787 | 515.99 |
| 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 | 728,982 | 0.04 | 115,990 | 528.49 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 67,895 | 0.00 | 11,062 | 513.77 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 3,573,890 | 0.20 | 562,168 | 535.73 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 806,593 | 0.05 | 279,186 | 188.91 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 580,620 | 0.03 | 100,950 | 475.16 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 737,448 | 0.04 | 229,628 | 221.15 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,028,846 | 0.06 | 4,403 | 23,266.93 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 45,017,733 | 2.56 | 33,880,631 | 32.87 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,804 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 90,486 | 0.01 | 281,258 | -67.83 |
| 52 | Cotton | 1,286 | 0.00 | 1,054 | 22.01 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,228 | 0.00 | 1,197 | 2.59 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 2,920 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 91 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 52,164 | 0.00 | 17,458 | 198.80 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 220,628 | 0.01 | 78,258 | 181.92 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 255,763 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 449,666 | 0.03 | 510 | 88,069.80 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 212,941 | 0.01 | 73,085 | 191.36 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,884 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 12,692 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 234 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,429,146 | 0.08 | 482,138 | 196.42 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 42,857 | 0.00 | 11,402 | 275.87 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 113,535 | 0.01 | 209,132 | -45.71 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 12,292,820 | 0.70 | 17,511,835 | -29.80 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 11,938,448 | 0.68 | 70,324,542 | -83.02 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6,201,836 | 0.35 | 2,911,818 | 112.99 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 159,724 | 0.01 | 37,304 | 328.17 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 1,256 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 900 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 3,177 | 0.00 | 3,907 | -18.68 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3,604 | 0.00 | 1,134 | 217.81 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 783,645 | 0.04 | 225,042 | 248.22 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 185,020 | 0.01 | 93,873 | 97.10 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 28,097,621 | 1.60 | 16,062,343 | 74.93 |
| 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 | 20,312,361 | 1.16 | 13,194,780 | 53.94 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 41,654,049 | 2.37 | 813,867 | 5,018.04 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 38,313,498 | 2.18 | 10,328,216 | 270.96 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3,963 | 0.00 | 3,501 | 13.20 |
| 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 | 331,000 | 0.02 | 276,136 | 19.87 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 78,518 | 0.00 | 33,260 | 136.07 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 101,685 | 0.01 | 3,260 | 3,019.17 |
| SS | Classified | 1,491,561,376 | 84.82 | 169 082 630 | 782.15 |
Russia’s Imports from Iraq
The major share of Russian imports from Iraq in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 78.39% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (99.91% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.18% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.09% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - an increase of $303;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $133;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $113.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,545,944;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $97,641;
- 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 $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) - a decrease of $3,523;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $434;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $425.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 133 | 0.98 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 113 | 0.83 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 434 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 705 | 5.18 | 1,130 | -37.61 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,506 | 25.76 | 1,549,450 | -99.77 |
| 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 | 4,459 | 32.76 | 7,982 | -44.14 |
| 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 | 45,391 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,706 | 19.88 | 100,347 | -97.30 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 303 | 2.23 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 1,687 | 12.39 | 0 | ∞ |