Russian trade with the Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic in 2014: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with the Dominican Republic
In 2014, Russia’s trade with the Dominican Republic totaled $126,926,154, up 291.05% ($94,468,261) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic in 2014 totaled $105,991,779, up 830.86% ($94,605,297) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in 2014 were $20,934,375, down 0.65% ($137,036) from 2013.
Russia’s trade balance with the Dominican Republic went from a deficit of $9,684,929 in 2013, to a surplus of $85,057,404 in 2014.
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 109th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 134th in 2013), accounting for 0.0162% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0039% in 2013).
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 95th largest export market in 2014 (up from 137th in 2013), accounting for 0.0213% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0022% in 2013).
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 105th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 107th in 2013), accounting for 0.0073% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0067% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to the Dominican Republic
The major share of Russian exports to the Dominican Republic in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 88.28% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (30.37% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.58% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (60.08% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.58% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (8.47% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $90,104,951;
- 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 $2,606,583;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,028,307;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $866,764;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $501,398.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $362,799;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $322,221.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 756 | 0.00 | 29,030 | -97.40 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 55,916 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 866,764 | 0.82 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 6,570,093 | 6.20 | 3,963,510 | 65.76 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 119,771 | 0.11 | 80,421 | 48.93 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 3,125,873 | 2.95 | 2,097,566 | 49.02 |
| 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 | 377 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 336,456 | 0.32 | 699,255 | -51.88 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,341 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 123,290 | 0.12 | 153,945 | -19.91 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 487,837 | 0.46 | 810,058 | -39.78 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 562 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 130 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,144 | 0.00 | 11,671 | -90.20 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 12 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 501,398 | 0.47 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 93,562,673 | 88.27 | 3,457,722 | 2,605.91 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 720 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,358 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,647 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 15,000 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 150,866 | 0.14 | 2,500 | 5,934.64 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 65,804 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,094 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 78,795 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 894 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 12 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from the Dominican Republic
The major share of Russian imports from the Dominican Republic in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 37.45% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (35.39% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 34.20% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (33.63% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 19.38% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (20.06% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 5.76% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (9.93% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.67% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (0.79% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $650,496;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $411,071;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $369,373;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $72,512.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $631,261;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $602,531;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $253,967;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $206,840.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
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 | 43 | 0.00 | 18 | 138.89 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 64,976 | 0.31 | 39,589 | 64.13 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 423,071 | 2.02 | 677,038 | -37.51 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 12,100 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 46,579 | 0.22 | 23,971 | 94.31 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,582,826 | 7.56 | 932,330 | 69.77 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,940,301 | 9.27 | 2,542,832 | -23.70 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 7,014,740 | 33.51 | 6,970,495 | 0.63 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 35,044 | 0.17 | 45,072 | -22.25 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 2,061 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 109,442 | 0.52 | 68,479 | 59.82 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 28 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,662 | 0.01 | 4,630 | -42.51 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 931 | 0.00 | 1,092 | -14.74 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 108,504 | 0.52 | 35,992 | 201.47 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 919 | 0.00 | 235 | 291.06 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 9,727 | 0.05 | 57,023 | -82.94 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 154,371 | 0.74 | 361,211 | -57.26 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,040,192 | 4.97 | 1,671,453 | -37.77 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,545 | 0.01 | 1,918 | -19.45 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 534,294 | 2.55 | 164,921 | 223.97 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,355 | 0.01 | 337 | 302.08 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 281 | 0.00 | 40 | 602.50 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 938 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 22,334 | 0.11 | 429 | 5,106.06 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 35,314 | 0.17 | 11,612 | 204.12 |
| 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 | 235,942 | 1.13 | 288,324 | -18.17 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,568,328 | 36.15 | 7,157,257 | 5.74 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 624 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |