Russian trade with Georgia in 2015

Russia’s Trade with Georgia

In 2015, Russia’s trade with Georgia was $694,653,710, down 11.62% ($91,369,601) from 2014.

Russia’s exports to Georgia in 2015 totaled $531,265,496, up 2.63% ($13,596,560) from 2014.

Russia’s imports from Georgia in 2015 were $163,388,214, down 39.11% ($104,966,161) from 2014.

Russia’s trade surplus with Georgia in 2015 was $367,877,282, a 47.56% increase ($118,562,721) over 2014.

Georgia was Russia’s 71st largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 76th in 2014), accounting for 0.1320% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1004% in 2014).

Georgia was Russia’s 65th largest export market in 2015 (up from 71st in 2014), accounting for 0.1546% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1042% in 2014).

Georgia was Russia’s 70th largest supplier in 2015 (down from 66th in 2014), accounting for 0.0894% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0938% in 2014).

Russia’s Exports to Georgia

The major share of Russian exports to Georgia in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:

• Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 44.34% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (54.23% in 2014);
• Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 30.51% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (19.63% in 2014);
• Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.01% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (9.78% in 2014);
• Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 7.64% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (9.27% in 2014);
• Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.03% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (1.45% in 2014);
• Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.68% of Russia’s total exports to Georgia (1.33% in 2014).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Georgia 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) - an increase of $60,204,157;
• Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $14,303,755;
• Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $8,123,975;
• 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) - an increase of $6,047,706;
• Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $5,695,235;
• Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $4,981,106;
• Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $3,540,061;
• Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $2,110,314;
• Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,601,554.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Georgia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:

• Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $52,427,201;
• Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $15,382,738;
• Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $8,765,387;
• Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $3,306,966;
• 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 $2,901,413;
• Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $2,743,907;
• Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $2,555,701;
• Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $2,117,587;
• Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $2,105,733;
• Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $1,854,703.

Russia’s Imports from Georgia

The major share of Russian imports from Georgia in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:

• Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 77.58% of Russia’s total imports from Georgia (85.19% in 2014);
• Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.93% of Russia’s total imports from Georgia (10.07% in 2014);
• Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.00% of Russia’s total imports from Georgia (2.43% in 2014);
• Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.10% of Russia’s total imports from Georgia (0.89% in 2014).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Georgia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:

• Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $5,746,720;
• Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $3,623,919;
• Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $818,989;
• Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $744,785;
• Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $667,366;
• Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $563,319;
• Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $562,706.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Georgia in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:

• Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $108,184,269;
• Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $6,742,950;
• Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $1,491,780;
• Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,292,028;
• 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 $561,255.