Russian trade with Sudan 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 Sudan in 2015: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Sudan was $139,088,018, down 53.05% ($157,185,181) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in 2015 were $138,085,675, down 53.21% ($157,037,250) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in 2015 were $1,002,343, down 12.86% ($147,931) from 2014.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in 2015 was $137,083,332, a 53.37% decrease ($156,889,319) over 2014.
Sudan was Russia’s 105th largest trading partner in 2015 (down from 92nd in 2014), accounting for 0.0264% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0378% in 2014).
Sudan was Russia’s 90th largest export market in 2015 (down from 79th in 2014), accounting for 0.0402% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0594% in 2014).
Sudan was Russia’s 146th largest supplier in 2015 (up from 150th in 2014), accounting for 0.0005% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0004% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 76.39% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (84.86% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.64% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (6.90% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.73% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (2.58% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.70% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (2.60% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.67% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (1.94% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $9,128,333;
- 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 $922,970.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $154,146,663;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $11,657,429;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $6,722,522;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $4,805,718;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,237,595;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,806,595;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $932,986;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $461,924.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 66,886,909 | 48.44 | 221,033,572 | -69.74 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 38,422,133 | 27.82 | 29,293,800 | 31.16 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 178,848 | 0.13 | 102,816 | 73.95 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 931,312 | 0.67 | 5,737,030 | -83.77 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 80,160 | 0.06 | 39,900 | 100.90 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,892,340 | 1.37 | 3,698,935 | -48.84 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 4,258,797 | 3.08 | 15,916,226 | -73.24 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 799 | 0.00 | 39 | 1,948.72 |
| 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 | 2,169 | 0.00 | 106,417 | -97.96 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 355 | 0.00 | 1,810 | -80.39 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,460 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 59,870 | 0.04 | 1,621 | 3,593.40 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 16,602 | 0.01 | 41,299 | -59.80 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 89,776 | 0.07 | 551,700 | -83.73 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 423 | 0.00 | 40 | 957.50 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 996,786 | 0.72 | 1,055,831 | -5.59 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 70 | 0.00 | 472 | -85.17 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 15 | 0.00 | 108 | -86.11 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 99 | 0.00 | 8 | 1,137.50 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,808 | 0.00 | 802 | 125.44 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 29 | 0.00 | 16,920 | -99.83 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 24,685 | 0.02 | 836 | 2,852.75 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,168 | 0.00 | 8,025 | -72.98 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 3,753 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 13,495 | 0.01 | 4,650 | 190.22 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 902,251 | 0.65 | 7,624,773 | -88.17 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 48,598 | 0.04 | 15,264 | 218.38 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 687 | 0.00 | 20,180 | -96.60 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 13,619 | 0.01 | 2,971 | 358.40 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 972 | 0.00 | 11,109 | -91.25 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,683,802 | 1.22 | 2,616,788 | -35.65 |
| 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 | 1,806,449 | 1.31 | 883,479 | 104.47 |
| 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 | 16,146 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,416,584 | 1.03 | 3,654,179 | -61.23 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 228,927 | 0.17 | 462,777 | -50.53 |
| 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 | 19,055 | 0.01 | 3,815 | 399.48 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 17 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 18,085,152 | 13.10 | 2 212 206 | 717.52 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 94.43% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (99.59% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.01% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (0.29% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.46% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (0.00% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $24,686;
- 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 $18,926;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $5,380.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sudan in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $91,954;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $73,227;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $33,787.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 18,695 | 1.87 | 52,482 | -64.38 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 855,195 | 85.32 | 928,422 | -7.89 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 72,648 | 7.25 | 164,602 | -55.86 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,452 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 24,686 | 2.46 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,896 | 0.59 | 3,316 | 77.80 |
| 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 | 18,926 | 1.89 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,380 | 0.54 | 0 | ∞ |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 70 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 847 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |