Russian trade with Saudi Arabia in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Saudi Arabia
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Saudi Arabia totaled $1,164,555,546, up 8.06% ($86,829,037) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in 2014 totaled $897,544,794, up 13.74% ($108,441,514) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2014 were $267,010,752, down 7.49% ($21,612,477) from 2013.
Russia’s trade surplus with Saudi Arabia in 2014 was $630,534,042, a 25.99% increase ($130,053,991) over 2013.
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 66th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 68th in 2013), accounting for 0.1487% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1280% in 2013).
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 60th largest export market in 2014 (up from 61st in 2013), accounting for 0.1806% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1497% in 2013).
Saudi Arabia was Russia’s 67th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 68th in 2013), accounting for 0.0934% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0916% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Saudi Arabia
The major share of Russian exports to Saudi Arabia in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 40.24% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (43.56% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 30.97% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (36.94% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 18.25% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (9.84% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.95% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (4.94% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.54% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (3.00% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.80% of Russia’s total exports to Saudi Arabia (1.44% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia 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 $86,195,647;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $24,626,205;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $20,606,153;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $8,678,782;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $6,806,556;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $2,928,345;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $2,902,207.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Saudi Arabia in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $21,173,296;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $9,939,402;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $7,138,792;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $3,862,620.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
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 | 24,628 | 0.00 | 2,495 | 887.09 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 709,342 | 0.08 | 276,055 | 156.96 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 451,756 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 49,051 | 0.01 | 50,304 | -2.49 |
10 | Cereals | 342,508,949 | 38.16 | 317,882,744 | 7.75 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 199,700 | 0.02 | 215,820 | -7.47 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 17,669,500 | 1.97 | 24,808,292 | -28.78 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 145 | 0.00 | 4,050 | -96.42 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 12,420 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 134 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 318 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 17,737 | 0.00 | 14,190 | 25.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 993 | 0.00 | 214 | 364.02 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 14,582 | 0.00 | 19,539 | -25.37 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 163,823,273 | 18.25 | 77,627,626 | 111.04 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,266,052 | 0.36 | 2,157,588 | 51.38 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2,928,345 | 0.33 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,912,106 | 0.21 | 1,268,495 | 50.74 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,925,888 | 0.21 | 4,360,260 | -55.83 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,161 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 420 | 0.00 | 221 | 90.05 |
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 | 27 | 0.00 | 53,053 | -99.95 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 128 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 39,251,004 | 4.37 | 30,572,222 | 28.39 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 818,234 | 0.09 | 158,965 | 414.73 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,307,658 | 0.37 | 405,451 | 715.80 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 123 | 0.00 | 2,575 | -95.22 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,511 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 18,856,715 | 2.10 | 12,050,159 | 56.49 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 12,897,978 | 1.44 | 11,612,716 | 11.07 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 13,189 | 0.00 | 199 | 6,527.64 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 78,879 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,431,462 | 0.16 | 1,227,175 | 16.65 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 78,995 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 15,148 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 13,091 | 0.00 | 1,672 | 682.95 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 184,373 | 0.02 | 125,836 | 46.52 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 450 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4,442 | 0.00 | 1,850 | 140.11 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 2,789 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 897 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 30,316 | 0.00 | 346 | 8,661.85 |
72 | Iron and steel | 242,503,034 | 27.02 | 263,676,330 | -8.03 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 21,781,623 | 2.43 | 1,175,470 | 1,753.01 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 18 | 0.00 | 1,481,386 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 13,603,112 | 1.52 | 15,150,705 | -10.21 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 650 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 64,588 | 0.01 | 10,003,990 | -99.35 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 195 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,359,548 | 0.37 | 7,222,168 | -53.48 |
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 | 3,546,063 | 0.40 | 2,468,995 | 43.62 |
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 | 9,931 | 0.00 | 171,165 | -94.20 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 908,701 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 254,061 | 0.03 | 593,115 | -57.16 |
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 | 145,760 | 0.02 | 79,981 | 82.24 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,470 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 144,927 | 0.02 | 754,135 | -80.78 |
SS | Classified | 95,848 | 0.01 | 41 084 | 133.30 |
Russia’s Imports from Saudi Arabia
The major share of Russian imports from Saudi Arabia in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 93.02% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (94.84% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.76% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (2.31% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.08% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (0.65% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.34% of Russia’s total imports from Saudi Arabia (1.47% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $18,570,835;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,904,808;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $984,891.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Saudi Arabia in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $26,863,266;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $15,364,462;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $1,800,197;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,641,546.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 98,299 | 0.04 | 76,937 | 27.77 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 244,784 | 0.09 | 116,113 | 110.82 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 2,579 | -100.00 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 62,663 | 0.02 | 210,757 | -70.27 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 14,550 | 0.01 | 874 | 1,564.76 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 26,031 | 0.01 | 1,223 | 2,028.45 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 18,454 | 0.01 | 251 | 7,252.19 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 28,075 | 0.01 | 11,451 | 145.18 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 1,978 | -100.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 58,976 | 0.02 | 219,479 | -73.13 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 279,180 | 0.10 | 1,620 | 17,133.33 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 22,263,329 | 8.34 | 49,126,595 | -54.68 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10,575,596 | 3.96 | 25,940,058 | -59.23 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,515,977 | 2.44 | 8,316,174 | -21.65 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 91,030 | 0.03 | 114,414 | -20.44 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 638,672 | 0.24 | 613,684 | 4.07 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 208,202,121 | 77.98 | 189,631,286 | 9.79 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 79,500 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 49,913 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,168,868 | 0.44 | 1,390,664 | -15.95 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,309 | 0.00 | 1,554 | 48.58 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 7,366,142 | 2.76 | 6,657,263 | 10.65 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 947 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 3,677 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 85,676 | 0.03 | 59,391 | 44.26 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 746 | 0.00 | 13,013 | -94.27 |
72 | Iron and steel | 158 | 0.00 | 565 | -72.04 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 132,148 | 0.05 | 1,773,694 | -92.55 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,333 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,453,319 | 1.29 | 2,468,428 | 39.90 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 828 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,373,554 | 2.01 | 1,468,746 | 265.86 |
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 | 129,568 | 0.05 | 359,323 | -63.94 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 38,124 | 0.01 | 39,776 | -4.15 |
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 | 440 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,765 | 0.00 | 5,323 | 8.30 |