Russian trade with Jordan 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 Jordan in 2014: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Jordan
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Jordan totaled $542,691,032, up 200.35% ($362,005,570) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Jordan in 2014 totaled $528,952,867, up 210.42% ($358,551,983) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Jordan in 2014 totaled $13,738,165, up 33.58% ($3,453,587) from 2013.
Russia’s trade surplus with Jordan in 2014 was $515,214,702, a 221.78% increase ($355,098,396) over 2013.
Jordan was Russia’s 84th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 100th in 2013), accounting for 0.0693% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0215% in 2013).
Jordan was Russia’s 70th largest export market in 2014 (up from 90th in 2013), accounting for 0.1064% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0323% in 2013).
Jordan was Russia’s 113th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 120th in 2013), accounting for 0.0048% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0033% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Jordan
The major share of Russian exports to Jordan in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 52.53% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (25.24% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 30.83% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (38.87% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 9.05% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (11.96% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.25% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (6.54% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.44% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (1.18% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.35% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (1.06% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Jordan 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) - an increase of $234,869,870;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $98,590,165;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $27,463,080;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $3,693,464.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Jordan in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $5,224,672.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,119 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 448 | 0.00 | 227,610 | -99.80 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 3,094,648 | 0.59 | 2,398,756 | 29.01 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 14,816 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 154,794,278 | 29.26 | 56,204,113 | 175.41 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,996 | 0.00 | 3,916 | -23.49 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 496 | 0.00 | 86,849 | -99.43 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 176 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,634,387 | 0.88 | 940,923 | 392.54 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 4,429 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 577 | 0.00 | 732,176 | -99.92 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 5,414 | 0.00 | 4,836 | 11.95 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,885 | 0.00 | 503 | 274.75 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 10,163 | 0.00 | 10,540 | -3.58 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 4,036 | 0.00 | 5,055 | -20.16 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 408,150 | 0.08 | 266,846 | 52.95 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 112,273 | 0.02 | 5,336,945 | -97.90 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 129 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 277,879,780 | 52.53 | 43,009,910 | 546.08 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 79,174 | 0.01 | 73,907 | 7.13 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 137,434 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,373,088 | 0.26 | 198,760 | 590.83 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 192,170 | 0.04 | 191,436 | 0.38 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 34,830 | 0.01 | 91,630 | -61.99 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 297 | 0.00 | 10,946 | -97.29 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 5,562 | 0.00 | 4,977 | 11.75 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 114,660 | 0.02 | 808,471 | -85.82 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 357,321 | 0.07 | 491,674 | -27.33 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 179,173 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 8,723,164 | 1.65 | 8,179,189 | 6.65 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,061,075 | 0.58 | 2,962,539 | 3.33 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 100,349 | 0.02 | 4,752 | 2,011.72 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 44,124 | 0.01 | 76,699 | -42.47 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 947 | 0.00 | 2,469 | -61.64 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 22,236 | 0.00 | 7,759 | 186.58 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 100 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,010 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 45 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 394 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 130,755 | 0.02 | 406,553 | -67.84 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 47,577,979 | 8.99 | 20,114,899 | 136.53 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 140,643 | 0.03 | 155,915 | -9.80 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 142 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 170,023 | 0.03 | 99,616 | 70.68 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,087 | 0.00 | 11,773 | -65.28 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,042,841 | 0.20 | 387,882 | 168.86 |
| 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 | 207,849 | 0.04 | 564,018 | -63.15 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 176,383 | 0.03 | 830,625 | -78.77 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 402,108 | 0.08 | 30,342 | 1,225.25 |
| 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 | 71,923 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 50 | 0.00 | 5 | 900.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 86 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 23,782,000 | 4.50 | 25 312 515 | -6.05 |
Russia’s Imports from Jordan
The major share of Russian imports from Jordan in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 68.21% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (38.94% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 19.28% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (47.80% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.25% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (5.00% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.63% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (4.21% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.46% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (2.49% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Jordan in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $5,495,767;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $1,446,071;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $338,834;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $268,428;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $146,339;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $106,527;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $90,665;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $87,120;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $75,251;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $57,000;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $51,911.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Jordan in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $3,649,256;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $257,772;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $241,797;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $212,976;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $146,407;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $82,350;
- 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 $57,632.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 650,386 | 4.73 | 4,299,642 | -84.87 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 146,339 | 1.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 5,563 | 0.04 | 3,018 | 84.33 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 52,700 | 0.38 | 49,797 | 5.83 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 12,918 | 0.09 | 8,083 | 59.82 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 146,407 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 181,903 | 1.32 | 94,783 | 91.92 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 57,287 | 0.42 | 5,376 | 965.61 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,500,521 | 10.92 | 54,450 | 2,655.78 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 41,442 | 0.30 | 254,418 | -83.71 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 64,416 | 0.47 | 90,605 | -28.90 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,662,783 | 12.10 | 1,904,580 | -12.70 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,406,037 | 46.63 | 910,270 | 603.75 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 57,000 | 0.41 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 614,257 | 4.47 | 275,423 | 123.02 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 415,122 | 3.02 | 672,894 | -38.31 |
| 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 | 13,873 | 0.10 | 49,780 | -72.13 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 32,940 | 0.24 | 115,290 | -71.43 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 167,689 | 1.22 | 77,024 | 117.71 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 505 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 487 | 0.00 | 670 | -27.31 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 24,269 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 334 | 0.00 | 475 | -29.68 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 337,390 | 2.46 | 230,863 | 46.14 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,188 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 652,759 | 4.75 | 384,331 | 69.84 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 204,960 | 1.49 | 129,709 | 58.02 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 1,918 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 97 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 43,674 | 0.32 | 6,537 | 568.10 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 360,982 | 2.63 | 352,857 | 2.30 |
| 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 | 21 | 0.00 | 57,653 | -99.96 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8,642 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 13,786 | -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 | 695 | 0.01 | 1,912 | -63.65 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 50,076 | 0.36 | 60,911 | -17.79 |