Russian trade with Iraq 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 Iraq in 2015: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Iraq
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Iraq totaled $1,807,042,224, up 2.76% ($48,516,004) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2015 totaled $1,806,918,478, up 2.75% ($48,405,870) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2015 totaled $123,746, up 809.09% ($110,134) from 2014.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iraq in 2015 was $1,806,794,732, a 2.75% increase ($48,295,736) over 2014.
Iraq was Russia’s 45th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 52nd in 2014), accounting for 0.3434% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2246% in 2014).
Iraq was Russia’s 39th largest export market in 2015 (down from 38th in 2014), accounting for 0.5259% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.3539% in 2014).
Iraq was Russia’s 164th largest supplier in 2015 (up from 193rd in 2014), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0000% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Iraq
The major share of Russian exports to Iraq in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.24% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (7.30% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.81% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (1.80% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.33% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (2.57% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.59% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (2.27% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $27,687,773;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $24,233,624;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $7,731,190;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - an increase of $6,135,674;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $5,640,622.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $28,947,167;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $21,857,088.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 57,420 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 9,117 | 0.00 | 28,956,284 | -99.97 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 524,348 | 0.03 | 26,713 | 1,862.89 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 50,000 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 9,385 | 0.00 | 3,613,332 | -99.74 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 3,078 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 59,653 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 248,512 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 432,388 | 0.02 | 563,129 | -23.22 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 9,338,430 | 0.52 | 6,748,482 | 38.38 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 39,880 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 11,717,686 | 0.65 | 10,742,814 | 9.07 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 783 | 0.00 | 2,870 | -72.72 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 1,691 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,878 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 234,644 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 34,125 | 0.00 | 139,316 | -75.51 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 171,164 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 503,493 | 0.03 | 728,982 | -30.93 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 381 | 0.00 | 67,895 | -99.44 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 9,709,564 | 0.54 | 3,573,890 | 171.68 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,141 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 686,336 | 0.04 | 806,593 | -14.91 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,911,116 | 0.11 | 580,620 | 229.15 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,328,707 | 0.07 | 737,448 | 80.18 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 18,516 | 0.00 | 1,028,846 | -98.20 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 23,160,645 | 1.28 | 45,017,733 | -48.55 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 892,197 | 0.05 | 2,804 | 31,718.72 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 10 | 0.00 | 90,486 | -99.99 |
| 52 | Cotton | 10,060 | 0.00 | 1,286 | 682.27 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 174 | 0.00 | 1,228 | -85.83 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 2,920 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 294 | 0.00 | 91 | 223.08 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 27,195 | 0.00 | 52,164 | -47.87 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 476,885 | 0.03 | 220,628 | 116.15 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 44,741 | 0.00 | 255,763 | -82.51 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 144,486 | 0.01 | 449,666 | -67.87 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 160,895 | 0.01 | 212,941 | -24.44 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 37,873 | 0.00 | 2,884 | 1,213.21 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 8,468 | 0.00 | 12,692 | -33.28 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 234 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 5,262,375 | 0.29 | 1,429,146 | 268.22 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 42,857 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 179,504 | 0.01 | 113,535 | 58.10 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 20,024,010 | 1.11 | 12,292,820 | 62.89 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 9,146,688 | 0.51 | 11,938,448 | -23.38 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,804,191 | 0.16 | 6,201,836 | -54.78 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 70,746 | 0.00 | 159,724 | -55.71 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,256 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 108 | 0.00 | 3,177 | -96.60 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 7,208 | 0.00 | 3,604 | 100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 336,038 | 0.02 | 783,645 | -57.12 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 286,384 | 0.02 | 185,020 | 54.79 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 52,331,245 | 2.90 | 28,097,621 | 86.25 |
| 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 | 48,000,134 | 2.66 | 20,312,361 | 136.31 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 47,294,671 | 2.62 | 41,654,049 | 13.54 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 13,750 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 37,476,579 | 2.07 | 38,313,498 | -2.18 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 551 | 0.00 | 3,963 | -86.10 |
| 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 | 883,615 | 0.05 | 331,000 | 166.95 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 65,354 | 0.00 | 78,518 | -16.77 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,285 | 0.00 | 101,685 | -90.87 |
| SS | Classified | 1,520,923,418 | 84.17 | 1 491 561 376 | 1.97 |
Russia’s Imports from Iraq
The major share of Russian imports from Iraq in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 24.71% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (78.39% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.37% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.00% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.48% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (5.18% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $16,229;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $5,410;
- 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 $4,568;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $400.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,194;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $515.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 5,410 | 4.37 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 133 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 113 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 400 | 0.32 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 200 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 200 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 190 | 0.15 | 705 | -73.05 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,312 | 1.87 | 3,506 | -34.06 |
| 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 | 9,027 | 7.29 | 4,459 | 102.44 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 300 | 0.24 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 18,935 | 15.30 | 2,706 | 599.74 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 303 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 350 | 0.28 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 86,422 | 69.84 | 1 687 | 5,022.82 |