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Russian trade with Syria in 2015

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Syria in 2015: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Syria

In 2015, Russia’s trade with Syria was $312,510,129, down 47.41% ($281,782,816) from 2014.

Russia’s exports to Syria in 2015 were $307,274,655, down 47.67% ($279,884,763) from 2014.

Russia’s imports from Syria in 2015 were $5,235,474, down 26.61% ($1,898,053) from 2014.

Russia’s trade surplus with Syria in 2015 was $302,039,181, a 47.93% decrease ($277,986,710) over 2014.

Syria was Russia’s 85th largest trading partner in 2015 (down from 81st in 2014), accounting for 0.0594% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0759% in 2014).

Syria was Russia’s 71st largest export market in 2015 (down from 68th in 2014), accounting for 0.0894% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1182% in 2014).

Syria was Russia’s 125th largest supplier in 2015 (down from 123rd in 2014), accounting for 0.0029% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0025% in 2014).

Russia’s Exports to Syria

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

  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 17.50% of Russia’s total exports to Syria (10.92% in 2014);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.73% of Russia’s total exports to Syria (5.20% in 2014);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.85% of Russia’s total exports to Syria (5.38% in 2014);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.32% of Russia’s total exports to Syria (7.18% in 2014);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.85% of Russia’s total exports to Syria (1.02% in 2014);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.54% of Russia’s total exports to Syria (5.49% in 2014).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Syria 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 $14,209,940;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $4,731,560;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $4,322,278;
  • Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $2,789,711;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $988,109.

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

  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $24,908,157;
  • Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - a decrease of $14,247,367;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $9,928,190;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $6,152,979;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $4,516,606;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $3,862,447;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $3,272,859;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $1,849,931;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,779,282;
  • Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $950,293.
Russia’s exports to Syria in 2015 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2015,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2014,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2015
over 2014
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 5,218 0.00 0
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 13 0.00 0
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 13 0.00 0
10 Cereals 26,498,589 8.62 22,176,31119.49
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 4,631,077 1.51 1,841,366151.50
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 0 0.00 169,010-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 52 0.00 310,804-99.98
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 2,639 0.00 0
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 165 0.00 0
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 10 0.00 0
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 2,550 0.00 0
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 20,796 0.01 0
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 47,119 0.02 0
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 228,991 0.07 28,333708.21
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 10,757,594 3.50 6,026,03478.52
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 12 0.00 137,475-99.99
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 2,605,384 0.85 5,878,243-55.68
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,037,555 0.34 1,001,4433.61
29 Organic chemicals 220,151 0.07 0
30 Pharmaceutical products 1,902,765 0.62 914,656108.03
31 Fertilizers 42,011 0.01 46,125-8.92
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 8,887 0.00 15,311-41.96
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 24,102,552 7.84 38,349,919-37.15
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 39 0.00 247,430-99.98
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 53,661 0.02 8,714515.80
39 Plastics and articles thereof 13,621 0.00 466,014-97.08
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,268,692 0.41 1,107,41014.56
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 15,221,070 4.95 25,149,260-39.48
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,299,679 0.42 771,35068.49
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 37,262,775 12.13 38,213,068-2.49
54 Man-made filaments 69 0.00 61,822-99.89
55 Man-made staple fibers 0 0.00 74,199-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 8 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 1,114 0.00 1,1140.00
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 176 0.00 0
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 12,943 0.00 2,335454.30
65 Headgear and parts thereof 0 0.00 1,035-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 3,306 0.00 0
70 Glass and glassware 5,177 0.00 1015,025.74
72 Iron and steel 1,509,687 0.49 5,372,134-71.90
73 Articles of iron or steel 116,239 0.04 48,793138.23
74 Copper and articles thereof 150 0.00 24,908,307-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 25,448 0.01 1,875,379-98.64
78 Lead and articles thereof 380 0.00 3800.00
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 76 0.00 6,944-98.91
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 2,855 0.00 0
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 3,775,031 1.23 8,291,637-54.47
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 27,319,300 8.89 13,109,360108.40
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 1,651 0.00 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 2,177,887 0.71 8,330,866-73.86
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 66,804 0.02 1,846,086-96.38
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 207 0.00 2070.00
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 133,323 0.04 35380,822.86
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 0 0.00 3-100.00
SS Classified 144,889,144 47.15 380 370 405-61.91

Russia’s Imports from Syria

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

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 82.35% of Russia’s total imports from Syria (74.18% in 2014);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 14.00% of Russia’s total imports from Syria (18.30% in 2014);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.36% of Russia’s total imports from Syria (0.23% in 2014);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.12% of Russia’s total imports from Syria (1.71% in 2014).

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

  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $55,452;
  • Knitted or crocheted fabrics (HS code 60) - an increase of $54,573;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $54,367;
  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $27,490;
  • Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $20,064.

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

  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $1,002,255;
  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $185,099;
  • Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $170,162;
  • Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery (HS code 58) - a decrease of $157,160;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $98,614;
  • Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - a decrease of $97,886;
  • Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $55,322;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $54,053;
  • Ceramic products (HS code 69) - a decrease of $40,217;
  • 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 $30,112;
  • Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $29,964;
  • Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $25,983;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $22,968;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $22,407;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $20,930;
  • Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $19,922;
  • 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 (HS code 34) - a decrease of $15,777.
Russia’s imports from Syria in 2015 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2015,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2014,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2015
over 2014
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 27,490 0.53 0
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 4,061,869 77.58 5,064,124-19.79
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 202,164 3.86 146,71237.80
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 1,912-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 0 0.00 10,928-100.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 0 0.00 26-100.00
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 0 0.00 4,889-100.00
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 0 0.00 29,964-100.00
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 0 0.00 25,983-100.00
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 0 0.00 7,135-100.00
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 20,064 0.38 0
30 Pharmaceutical products 0 0.00 54,053-100.00
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1,456 0.03 24,424-94.04
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 4,828 0.09 20,605-76.57
39 Plastics and articles thereof 0 0.00 22,407-100.00
40 Rubber and articles thereof 0 0.00 327-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 0 0.00 4,586-100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 0 0.00 20,930-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 2,471 0.05 10,684-76.87
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 0 0.00 1,091-100.00
52 Cotton 10,700 0.20 22,514-52.47
54 Man-made filaments 227,549 4.35 397,711-42.79
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 0 0.00 1,318-100.00
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 4,182 0.08 161,342-97.41
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 108,457 2.07 53,884101.28
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 2,476 0.05 101,090-97.55
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 528 0.01 2,180-75.78
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 31,215 0.60 32,503-3.96
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 348,099 6.65 533,198-34.71
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 9,488 0.18 64,810-85.36
69 Ceramic products 0 0.00 40,217-100.00
70 Glass and glassware 0 0.00 19,922-100.00
73 Articles of iron or steel 0 0.00 27-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 901 0.02 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 223 0.00 7,366-96.97
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 71,077 1.36 16,710325.36
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 280 0.01 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 0 0.00 30,112-100.00
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 99,957 1.91 197,843-49.48
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia