Russian trade with Sri Lanka in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sri Lanka
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Sri Lanka was $545,191,705, down 25.57% ($187,313,731) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2014 were $139,517,807, down 57.73% ($190,534,377) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2014 totaled $405,673,898, up 0.80% ($3,220,646) from 2013.
Russia’s trade deficit with Sri Lanka in 2014 was $266,156,091, a 267.61% increase ($193,755,023) over 2013.
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 83rd largest trading partner in 2014 (down from 77th in 2013), accounting for 0.0696% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0870% in 2013).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 92nd largest export market in 2014 (down from 77th in 2013), accounting for 0.0281% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0626% in 2013).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 59th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 63rd in 2013), accounting for 0.1419% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1278% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian exports to Sri Lanka in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 50.71% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (15.34% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.75% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (19.46% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 15.59% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (4.23% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.91% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (0.90% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.63% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (2.65% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.37% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (1.55% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka 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 $14,204,138;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $8,587,362;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $5,929,713;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $5,914,161;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $3,362,549;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,309,742;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $742,344;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $601,899.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $42,071,322;
- 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 $2,658,488;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,264,414.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5,098 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,377,568 | 1.70 | 1,067,826 | 122.66 |
10 | Cereals | 18,727,116 | 13.42 | 12,812,955 | 46.16 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 601,899 | 0.43 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 44,121 | 0.03 | 67,425 | -34.56 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 15,010,991 | 10.76 | 9,081,278 | 65.30 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 55,738,172 | 39.95 | 41,534,034 | 34.20 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 53 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 11,225,937 | 8.05 | 2,638,575 | 325.45 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 24,574 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 518 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 98,694 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,079,710 | 0.77 | 337,366 | 220.04 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 6,381 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 5,577 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 26,191 | 0.02 | 89,865 | -70.86 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 12,005,309 | 8.60 | 8,642,760 | 38.91 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 437 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 604 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 18,761 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 13,012 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 21,967,849 | 15.75 | 64,039,171 | -65.70 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 500 | 0.00 | 44,926 | -98.89 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 800 | 0.00 | 62,183 | -98.71 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 85,487 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,760 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 504,985 | 0.36 | 162,967 | 209.87 |
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 | 4,247 | 0.00 | 2,662,735 | -99.84 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 12,032 | 0.01 | 2,276,446 | -99.47 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 437 | -100.00 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,400 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 820 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 42,250 | 0.03 | 184 416 189 | -99.98 |
Russia’s Imports from Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian imports from Sri Lanka in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 60.73% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (62.90% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 33.21% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (31.13% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.06% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (4.21% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.66% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (1.17% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $4,660,215;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $3,073,267;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $2,193,704;
- Headgear and parts thereof (HS code 65) - an increase of $1,561,103.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $6,648,343;
- 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 $1,477,277.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
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 | 230,874 | 0.06 | 157,027 | 47.03 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 38,297 | 0.01 | 21,648 | 76.91 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 271,966 | 0.07 | 88,525 | 207.22 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 244,742,938 | 60.33 | 251,391,281 | -2.64 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 5,556 | 0.00 | 5,556 | 0.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 92,663 | 0.02 | 126,012 | -26.46 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 727,362 | 0.18 | 365,610 | 98.94 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 54,957 | 0.01 | 43,265 | 27.02 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,283 | 0.00 | 34,186 | -93.32 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 205,170 | 0.05 | 115,860 | 77.08 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 778,680 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 171,105 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 12,228 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 17,099 | 0.00 | 12,994 | 31.59 |
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 | 1,949 | 0.00 | 2,096 | -7.01 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,768,309 | 0.93 | 3,183,704 | 18.36 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 25,653 | 0.01 | 116,368 | -77.96 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 16,702,472 | 4.12 | 13,629,205 | 22.55 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 513,681 | 0.13 | 427,631 | 20.12 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 69,722 | 0.02 | 120,269 | -42.03 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 152 | -100.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 6,784 | 0.00 | 10,867 | -37.57 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 210,325 | 0.05 | 191,159 | 10.03 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 17,229 | 0.00 | 15,269 | 12.84 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 4,570,520 | 1.13 | 4,379,657 | 4.36 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 871,118 | 0.21 | 62,817 | 1,286.76 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 10,541 | 0.00 | 36 | 29,180.56 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 72,735,016 | 17.93 | 68,074,801 | 6.85 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 52,149,490 | 12.86 | 49,955,786 | 4.39 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 132,393 | 0.03 | 85,077 | 55.62 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 32,839 | 0.01 | 67,910 | -51.64 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4,185,312 | 1.03 | 2,624,209 | 59.49 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 25,278 | 0.01 | 34,824 | -27.41 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 16,226 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 295,022 | 0.07 | 530,806 | -44.42 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,794 | 0.00 | 8,512 | -78.92 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 93,643 | 0.02 | 171,908 | -45.53 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 85,927 | 0.02 | 62,587 | 37.29 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 76 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,035 | 0.00 | 737 | 40.43 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 121,537 | 0.03 | 375,458 | -67.63 |
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 | 1,810,510 | 0.45 | 3,287,787 | -44.93 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 727,153 | 0.18 | 1,035,090 | -29.75 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 258 | 0.00 | 10,942 | -97.64 |
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 | 67,537 | 0.02 | 69,824 | -3.28 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 24,069 | 0.01 | 587,602 | -95.90 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 11,391 | 0.00 | 5,601 | 103.37 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 463 | -100.00 |