Russian trade with Yemen in 2015
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Yemen
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Yemen was $208,290,942, down 20.14% ($52,522,188) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2015 were $208,119,105, down 20.06% ($52,234,356) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2015 were $171,837, down 62.62% ($287,832) from 2014.
Russia’s trade surplus with Yemen in 2015 was $207,947,268, a 19.99% decrease ($51,946,524) over 2014.
Yemen was Russia’s 96th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 98th in 2014), accounting for 0.0396% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0333% in 2014).
Yemen was Russia’s 83rd largest export market in 2015 (down from 82nd in 2014), accounting for 0.0606% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0524% in 2014).
Yemen was Russia’s 159th largest supplier in 2015 (just as in 2014), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0002% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Yemen
The major share of Russian exports to Yemen in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 65.54% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (98.42% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 34.09% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (0.97% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Yemen 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 $68,419,332.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $119,815,444.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 12,114 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 136,400,274 | 65.54 | 256,215,718 | -46.76 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 10,522 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 70,957,523 | 34.09 | 2,538,191 | 2,695.59 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 31,648 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 13,079 | 0.01 | 27,025 | -51.60 |
| 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 | 79,085 | 0.04 | 15,353 | 415.11 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 11,549 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 18,840 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 7,044 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 11,329 | -100.00 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 180,213 | 0.09 | 657,907 | -72.61 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 1,000 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 31 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 49,128 | 0.02 | 3,757 | 1,207.64 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 744 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 434,603 | 0.21 | 471,940 | -7.91 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 193,150 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 108,558 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,200 | 0.00 | 17,007 | -69.42 |
Russia’s Imports from Yemen
The major share of Russian imports from Yemen in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 73.35% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (33.39% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.66% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (7.70% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 12.00% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (58.91% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Yemen 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 $1,040.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $250,174;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $28,472;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $10,205.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 20,616 | 12.00 | 270,790 | -92.39 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 25,184 | 14.66 | 35,389 | -28.84 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 21 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 124,997 | 72.74 | 153,469 | -18.55 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,040 | 0.61 | 0 | ∞ |