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Russian trade with India in the 1st quarter of 2016

August 05, 2016
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia's foreign trade in goods with India in the first quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia's Trade with India

In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with India was $1,514,800,164, down 19.33% ($362,896,080) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's exports to India in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $948,100,047, down 28.87% ($384,802,013) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's imports from India in the 1st quarter of 2016 totaled $566,700,117, up 4.02% ($21,905,933) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's trade surplus with India in the 1st quarter of 2016 was $381,399,930, a 51.61% decrease ($406,707,946) over the 1st quarter of 2015.

India was Russia's 17th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 18th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 1.5567% of Russia's total trade (up from 1.4193% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

India was Russia's 19th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 17th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 1.5450% of Russia's total exports (up from 1.4766% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

India was Russia's 14th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 19th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 1.5769% of Russia's total imports (up from 1.2961% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Russia's Exports to India

The major share of Russian exports to India in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 28.47% of Russia's total exports to India (19.52% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 18.91% of Russia's total exports to India (19.28% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 17.76% of Russia's total exports to India (20.49% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.10% of Russia's total exports to India (4.71% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 6.89% of Russia's total exports to India (5.18% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.82% of Russia's total exports to India (6.23% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.13% of Russia's total exports to India (0.84% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

The largest gains in Russia's exports to India in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $11,624,331;
  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $9,721,950;
  • Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - an increase of $9,505,482;
  • Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $5,289,541;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $3,685,601;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $3,127,305.

The largest declines in Russia's exports to India 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 $88,780,967;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $59,955,144;
  • 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) - a decrease of $34,183,332;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $22,719,084;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $13,485,352;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $8,332,204.
Russia's exports to India in the 1st quarter of 2016 by product groups
HS
code		 Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2016,
US dollars ($)		 Percent share
in total export
in Q1 2016		 Percent change
in Q1 2016
over Q1 2015
02 Meat and edible meat offal 0 0.00 -100.00
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 -100.00
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 26,673 0.00 ∞
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 8,451,843 0.89 -24.29
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 2,042,412 0.22 ∞
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 59,269 0.01 ∞
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 9,935 0.00 -60.51
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 20 0.00 ∞
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 106,065 0.01 745.95
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 34,069 0.00 109.59
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 20,200 0.00 ∞
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 19,658,664 2.07 -6.53
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 45,690,887 4.82 -4.79
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 10,217,126 1.08 -20.69
29 Organic chemicals 5,386,116 0.57 -71.46
30 Pharmaceutical products 162,984 0.02 2.59
31 Fertilizers 83,066,021 8.76 -51.66
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 1,659,066 0.17 -26.40
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 33,708 0.00 41.07
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 313,267 0.03 -61.21
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 253,523 0.03 -53.96
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 17,970,093 1.90 112.30
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 2,995 0.00 1,715.15
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,903,035 0.20 -37.84
39 Plastics and articles thereof 16,294,010 1.72 10.88
40 Rubber and articles thereof 31,101,914 3.28 -21.13
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 2,004,374 0.21 -2.34
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 148,381 0.02 -3.63
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,490,787 0.16 -28.02
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 6,807,999 0.72 18.49
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 38,907,215 4.10 -3.15
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 20,138,542 2.12 35.62
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 328,326 0.03 -72.20
52 Cotton 1,704 0.00 -60.41
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 40 0.00 -96.78
54 Man-made filaments 34,565 0.00 -77.39
55 Man-made staple fibers 272 0.00 -96.26
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 19,613 0.00 -83.13
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 467 0.00 -70.67
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 2,663,515 0.28 -15.14
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 87,912 0.01 2,930,300.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 1,952 0.00 -58.39
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 70 0.00 -98.30
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 298,441 0.03 810.33
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 1,690 0.00 -35.00
65 Headgear and parts thereof 290 0.00 -41.77
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 145 0.00 0.69
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 201,176 0.02 -72.74
69 Ceramic products 2,459 0.00 2,115.32
70 Glass and glassware 222,667 0.02 -85.80
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 269,932,757 28.47 3.74
72 Iron and steel 33,812,599 3.57 -40.19
73 Articles of iron or steel 19,734,215 2.08 22.97
74 Copper and articles thereof 2,288,157 0.24 398.16
75 Nickel and articles thereof 1,312,945 0.14 115.98
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 3,595,126 0.38 -22.86
78 Lead and articles thereof 1,357,327 0.14 87.91
79 Zinc and articles thereof 0 0.00 -100.00
80 Tin and articles thereof 125 0.00 -99.62
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 883,684 0.09 -67.03
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,583,296 0.17 42.62
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 59,227 0.01 -59.79
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 84,800,065 8.94 -41.42
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 49,214,952 5.19 -40.99
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 234,815 0.02 ∞
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 14,352,840 1.51 426.03
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 3,178,773 0.34 91.34
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 27,532,469 2.90 12.81
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 372,892 0.04 526.99
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 547,387 0.06 111.46
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 7,498 0.00 2,540.14
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 137,821 0.01 352.82
SS Classified 115,334,580 12.16 -62.44

Russia's Imports from India

The major share of Russian imports from India in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 29.58% of Russia's total imports from India (30.08% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 25.70% of Russia's total imports from India (25.18% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 17.63% of Russia's total imports from India (15.72% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 16.44% of Russia's total imports from India (17.35% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.13% of Russia's total imports from India (5.17% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

The largest gains in Russia's imports from India in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $13,443,093;
  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $11,342,139;
  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $9,622,544;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $9,437,094;
  • Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $5,356,962;
  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $3,921,328;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,411,717;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $2,259,566;
  • Ceramic products (HS code 69) - an increase of $2,205,614;
  • 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 $1,989,179.

The largest declines in Russia's imports from India in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $12,700,927;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $5,504,478;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $4,429,154;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $3,654,349;
  • Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $3,234,005;
  • Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - a decrease of $3,140,349;
  • 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 $2,804,785;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $2,108,838;
  • Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $1,905,649.
Russia's imports from India in the 1st quarter of 2016 by product groups
HS
code		 Name of product group Value of imports
in Q1 2016,
US dollars ($)		 Percent share
in total import
in Q1 2016		 Percent change
in Q1 2016
over Q1 2015
02 Meat and edible meat offal 199,770 0.04 ∞
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 7,529,013 1.33 -20.20
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 49,000 0.01 1,701.47
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 3,873 0.00 ∞
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 79,155 0.01 -49.63
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 5,193,984 0.92 -12.92
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 11,334,315 2.00 52.90
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 42,486,960 7.50 29.28
10 Cereals 8,829,834 1.56 4.95
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 2,076 0.00 -95.90
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 5,458,945 0.96 -50.21
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 7,971,964 1.41 8.32
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 47,087 0.01 90.86
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 1,425,464 0.25 47.73
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 -100.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 405,210 0.07 -0.84
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 0 0.00 -100.00
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 128,953 0.02 -51.77
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 2,153,876 0.38 -42.30
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 22,632,435 3.99 31.01
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 63,668 0.01 -47.98
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 96,835 0.02 -76.44
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 29,557,555 5.22 -4.34
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,109,118 0.20 -13.15
26 Ores, slag and ash 1,297,674 0.23 785.33
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 1,466,134 0.26 2.06
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 2,659,465 0.47 48.75
29 Organic chemicals 33,054,353 5.83 68.55
30 Pharmaceutical products 93,683,809 16.53 -11.94
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 6,431,128 1.13 4.47
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 6,024,722 1.06 60.01
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 807,810 0.14 -29.97
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 228,946 0.04 42.53
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 -100.00
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 0 0.00 -100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 11,067,519 1.95 11.21
39 Plastics and articles thereof 6,079,402 1.07 -25.75
40 Rubber and articles thereof 7,619,497 1.34 14.03
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 550,571 0.10 -36.68
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 11,016,983 1.94 -22.18
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 5,186 0.00 78.95
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 149,947 0.03 -29.03
45 Cork and articles of cork 1,272 0.00 -97.78
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 23,587 0.00 -10.59
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 922,139 0.16 -2.95
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 41,887 0.01 -83.05
50 Silk 26,904 0.00 61.09
52 Cotton 2,735,878 0.48 51.12
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 669,867 0.12 -42.31
54 Man-made filaments 2,513,387 0.44 -20.56
55 Man-made staple fibers 2,033,195 0.36 -2.49
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 660,992 0.12 -27.65
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 2,135,659 0.38 -18.86
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 100,631 0.02 -59.70
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 155,288 0.03 -34.58
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 14,803 0.00 -79.66
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 25,629,268 4.52 -14.74
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 32,019,846 5.65 -10.24
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 3,650,877 0.64 -46.97
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 20,689,953 3.65 121.33
65 Headgear and parts thereof 109,894 0.02 -31.88
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 1,533 0.00 87.87
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 5 0.00 -99.99
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 3,392,212 0.60 28.27
69 Ceramic products 3,495,798 0.62 170.95
70 Glass and glassware 1,258,112 0.22 -24.21
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 814,953 0.14 -59.25
72 Iron and steel 14,787,600 2.61 10.93
73 Articles of iron or steel 7,012,456 1.24 -9.57
74 Copper and articles thereof 640,866 0.11 47.73
75 Nickel and articles thereof 29,028 0.01 6,714.08
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 485,124 0.09 66.90
80 Tin and articles thereof 351 0.00 ∞
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 38,354 0.01 -38.08
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 4,637,471 0.82 -0.04
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 1,430,265 0.25 -12.40
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 43,242,350 7.63 27.92
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 32,503,676 5.74 6.52
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 7,374 0.00 -78.94
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 19,144,245 3.38 2.57
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 5,029,708 0.89 92.12
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 37,423 0.01 -66.08
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 52 0.00 -98.11
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 1,534,781 0.27 -64.63
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 1,733,725 0.31 135.22
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2,172,638 0.38 -17.72
SS Classified 232,454 0.04 -61.11

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