Russian trade with Ecuador in the 1st quarter of 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia's Trade with Ecuador
In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Ecuador totaled $374,350,039, up 9.31% ($31,888,800) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's exports to Ecuador in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $34,536,762, down 37.66% ($20,863,348) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's imports from Ecuador in the 1st quarter of 2016 totaled $339,813,277, up 18.38% ($52,752,148) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's trade deficit with Ecuador in the 1st quarter of 2016 was $305,276,515, a 31.78% increase ($73,615,496) over the 1st quarter of 2015.
Ecuador was Russia's 45th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 49th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.3847% of Russia's total trade (up from 0.2589% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Ecuador was Russia's 86th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 76th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0563% of Russia's total exports (down from 0.0614% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Ecuador was Russia's 27th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 32nd in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.9456% of Russia's total imports (up from 0.6830% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Russia's Exports to Ecuador
The major share of Russian exports to Ecuador in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 33.51% of Russia's total exports to Ecuador (2.06% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 31.79% of Russia's total exports to Ecuador (58.80% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 16.83% of Russia's total exports to Ecuador (24.93% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 15.97% of Russia's total exports to Ecuador (9.00% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.17% of Russia's total exports to Ecuador (4.96% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's exports to Ecuador in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 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 $7,932,513;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,273,335;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,227,794;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,086,566;
- 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 $765,688;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $257,836;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $164,349;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $143,298.
The largest declines in Russia's exports to Ecuador in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $22,525,875;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $7,971,309;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $2,688,318;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $607,128;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $148,143.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 5,812,530 | 16.83 | -57.83 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,192,812 | 3.45 | 179.27 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 8,616,828 | 24.95 | -72.33 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 20,321 | 0.06 | ∞ |
| 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 | 2,976 | 0.01 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 164,349 | 0.48 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 313,033 | 0.91 | -32.12 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 670,447 | 1.94 | 27.18 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 52,061 | 0.15 | ∞ |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,462,917 | 15.82 | 24.83 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 512 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 249,061 | 0.72 | 70.82 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 35 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 146,579 | 0.42 | 154.61 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 257,836 | 0.75 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,179,975 | 6.31 | 128.95 |
| 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 | 7,983,460 | 23.12 | 15,570.13 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,411,030 | 4.09 | 924.75 |
Russia's Imports from Ecuador
The major share of Russian imports from Ecuador in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.99% of Russia's total imports from Ecuador (99.95% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's imports from Ecuador in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $57,503,879;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $3,023,225.
The largest declines in Russia's imports from Ecuador in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $5,382,903;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $2,195,378.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 3,923,196 | 1.15 | -35.88 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 48,126,751 | 14.16 | -10.06 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 30,710 | 0.01 | -96.42 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 280,154,437 | 82.44 | 25.83 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 41,914 | 0.01 | 177.65 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 68,493 | 0.02 | -23.99 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 458,831 | 0.14 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,610,808 | 0.47 | 32.06 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,107,673 | 1.50 | 145.04 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 260,459 | 0.08 | 4.62 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 608 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 6,021 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 3,326 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 299 | 0.00 | -90.40 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 790 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 9,636 | 0.00 | -91.57 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 17 | 0.00 | -93.99 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,308 | 0.00 | -56.30 |