Russian trade with Croatia in 2015
May 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 Croatia in 2015: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Croatia
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Croatia was $1,226,568,580, down 36.95% ($718,675,254) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Croatia in 2015 were $988,458,461, down 35.10% ($534,690,759) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Croatia in 2015 were $238,110,119, down 43.59% ($183,984,495) from 2014.
Russia’s trade surplus with Croatia in 2015 was $750,348,342, a 31.85% decrease ($350,706,264) over 2014.
Croatia was Russia’s 56th largest trading partner in 2015 (down from 49th in 2014), accounting for 0.2331% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2485% in 2014).
Croatia was Russia’s 50th largest export market in 2015 (down from 42nd in 2014), accounting for 0.2877% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.3065% in 2014).
Croatia was Russia’s 62nd largest supplier in 2015 (down from 58th in 2014), accounting for 0.1303% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1476% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Croatia
The major share of Russian exports to Croatia in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 94.90% of Russia’s total exports to Croatia (95.46% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.85% of Russia’s total exports to Croatia (1.23% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.87% of Russia’s total exports to Croatia (1.43% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Croatia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $9,031,366.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Croatia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $515,907,549;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $12,583,284;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $10,207,390;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $6,517,793.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 193,175 | 0.02 | 78,567 | 145.87 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 27,985 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 15,539 | 0.00 | 165,413 | -90.61 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 25,410 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 5,002,408 | 0.51 | 11,520,201 | -56.58 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 59,676 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 373 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 938,034,132 | 94.90 | 1,453,941,681 | -35.48 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 566,803 | 0.06 | 181,533 | 212.23 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 108,257 | 0.01 | 27,750 | 290.12 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,908 | 0.00 | 220,751 | -95.51 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 26,579,432 | 2.69 | 17,548,066 | 51.47 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,074 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 9,889 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2,520 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 2,706 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 307,458 | 0.03 | 153,200 | 100.69 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 569,600 | 0.06 | 635,700 | -10.40 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 12,108 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,753 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 157 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 632,341 | 0.06 | 1,773,312 | -64.34 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 757,869 | 0.08 | 1,837,997 | -58.77 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,168 | 0.00 | 3,566 | -67.25 |
| 52 | Cotton | 20,933 | 0.00 | 416 | 4,931.97 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 15,252 | 0.00 | 11,657 | 30.84 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 22,545 | 0.00 | 109,718 | -79.45 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 342 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,039 | 0.00 | 1,146 | -9.34 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 242,118 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 291,440 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 14 | 0.00 | 4,340 | -99.68 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 970 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 216,266 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 512,522 | 0.05 | 199,426 | 157.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 28 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 153,851 | 0.02 | 28,089 | 447.73 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 448,818 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 881,827 | 0.09 | 1,860,861 | -52.61 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 422,561 | 0.04 | 137,337 | 207.68 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,549 | 0.00 | 18,184 | -91.48 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 3,660 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,221,016 | 0.73 | 19,804,300 | -63.54 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 14,056 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 42,329 | 0.00 | 3,209 | 1,219.07 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 904,902 | 0.09 | 783,840 | 15.44 |
| 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 | 1,170,182 | 0.12 | 713,093 | 64.10 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 83 | -100.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 4,555 | 0.00 | 10,211,945 | -99.96 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 598,957 | 0.06 | 409,298 | 46.34 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 22 | 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 | 413,254 | 0.04 | 174,473 | 136.86 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 205 | 0.00 | 2,857 | -92.82 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,674 | 0.00 | 1,182 | 41.62 |
| SS | Classified | 2,027,217 | 0.21 | 481 564 | 320.97 |
Russia’s Imports from Croatia
The major share of Russian imports from Croatia in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 55.89% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (43.38% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 19.88% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (32.02% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 12.04% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (9.63% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.01% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (6.53% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.43% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (3.18% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.15% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (0.70% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.54% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (2.74% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Croatia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Croatia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $40,739,235;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $36,368,639;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $30,062,500;
- 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 $16,284,802;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $10,868,819;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $10,171,025;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $7,852,975;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $6,369,697;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $5,759,903;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $4,697,276;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $4,473,723;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $1,426,009;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $1,198,937;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $1,183,958;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $1,092,329;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $1,018,104;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $758,268;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - a decrease of $727,844.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 202,976 | -100.00 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 15,316 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 394 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 68,164 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 758,268 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 461,318 | 0.19 | 349,721 | 31.91 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 7,563,666 | 3.18 | 13,933,363 | -45.72 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 33,449 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 94,984 | 0.04 | 214,798 | -55.78 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 47,770 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 37 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 703,419 | 0.30 | 1,721,523 | -59.14 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 129,633 | 0.05 | 201,875 | -35.79 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 4,917,172 | 2.07 | 9,614,448 | -48.86 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 187,850 | 0.08 | 63,161 | 197.41 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 84,586 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 171,340 | 0.07 | 344,765 | -50.30 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,728,383 | 1.15 | 2,931,250 | -6.92 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 37 | 0.00 | 9,578 | -99.61 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 84 | 0.00 | 151 | -44.37 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2,275,864 | 0.96 | 3,701,873 | -38.52 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 101,378,910 | 42.58 | 142,118,145 | -28.67 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 586,689 | 0.25 | 318,896 | 83.98 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 25,002,400 | 10.50 | 32,855,375 | -23.90 |
| 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 | 154,544 | 0.06 | 220,506 | -29.91 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 224,036 | 0.09 | 122,661 | 82.65 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,117,862 | 1.31 | 3,266,494 | -4.55 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 347,682 | 0.15 | 515,947 | -32.61 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 200,061 | 0.08 | 329,111 | -39.21 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 500,459 | 0.21 | 632,257 | -20.85 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 711,682 | 0.30 | 673,909 | 5.61 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 71,781 | 0.03 | 10,242,806 | -99.30 |
| 52 | Cotton | 500,501 | 0.21 | 252,869 | 97.93 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 6,507 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 449 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 853 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 17,859 | 0.01 | 39,262 | -54.51 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 285,240 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 24,759,382 | 10.40 | 35,628,201 | -30.51 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,227,588 | 0.94 | 2,675,879 | -16.75 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 22,363 | 0.01 | 14,600 | 53.17 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 882,107 | 0.37 | 1,429,753 | -38.30 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 248,927 | 0.10 | 323,810 | -23.13 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 203 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,432,986 | 0.60 | 791,191 | 81.12 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 37,161 | 0.02 | 183,731 | -79.77 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 24,019 | 0.01 | 1,222,956 | -98.04 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 720 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,601,886 | 1.51 | 9,361,789 | -61.53 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 13,592 | 0.01 | 50,839 | -73.26 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,674,934 | 0.70 | 2,767,263 | -39.47 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 246 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 183,975 | 0.08 | 534,439 | -65.58 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 318,273 | 0.13 | 693,064 | -54.08 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 27,403,544 | 11.51 | 57,466,044 | -52.31 |
| 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 | 8,988,381 | 3.77 | 25,273,183 | -64.44 |
| 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 | 1,096 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 763,195 | 0.32 | 1,407,961 | -45.79 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 2,268,963 | 0.95 | 38,637,602 | -94.13 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,912,505 | 3.32 | 12,386,228 | -36.12 |
| 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 | 1,044,577 | 0.44 | 2,228,535 | -53.13 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 28,604 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,166,808 | 0.91 | 2,894,652 | -25.14 |