Russian trade with Israel in the 1st quarter of 2016
August 05, 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 Israel in the first quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia's Trade with Israel
In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Israel was $453,570,329, down 26.35% ($162,309,499) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $269,846,020, down 33.77% ($137,573,984) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $183,724,309, down 11.87% ($24,735,515) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's trade surplus with Israel in the 1st quarter of 2016 was $86,121,711, a 56.71% decrease ($112,838,469) over the 1st quarter of 2015.
Israel was Russia's 38th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (up from 39th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.4661% of Russia's total trade (up from 0.4655% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Israel was Russia's 42nd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 39th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.4397% of Russia's total exports (down from 0.4514% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Israel was Russia's 35th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 33rd in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.5112% of Russia's total imports (up from 0.4960% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Russia's Exports to Israel
The major share of Russian exports to Israel 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) - 56.68% of Russia's total exports to Israel (45.21% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 20.61% of Russia's total exports to Israel (41.88% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.26% of Russia's total exports to Israel (4.01% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.27% of Russia's total exports to Israel (3.32% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.41% of Russia's total exports to Israel (2.73% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.85% of Russia's total exports to Israel (2.60% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $13,527,751;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $2,600,953;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $1,844,349;
- Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - an increase of $1,546,474;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $1,302,877.
The largest declines in Russia's exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $111,112,653;
- 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) - a decrease of $31,232,902;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $9,502,443;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $3,890,907;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $1,872,656;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $1,721,882.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 45,103 | 0.02 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 51,902 | 0.02 | 296.14 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 203,918 | 0.08 | 169.01 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 77,660 | 0.03 | -61.29 |
| 10 | Cereals | 7,285,972 | 2.70 | 33.89 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 578,529 | 0.21 | 246.98 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 16,834 | 0.01 | 5,347.90 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 2,502,502 | 0.93 | 5.41 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 38,809 | 0.01 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 108,035 | 0.04 | -44.37 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 232,727 | 0.09 | -27.43 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 521,360 | 0.19 | 62.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 735,644 | 0.27 | 19.63 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,944,150 | 1.09 | 757.86 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 643,576 | 0.24 | -20.15 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 927,554 | 0.34 | -64.99 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,017,448 | 0.75 | -65.85 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 53,604,884 | 19.86 | -67.46 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 637,986 | 0.24 | 246.17 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 624,297 | 0.23 | -48.71 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,028 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 2,330,784 | 0.86 | -44.55 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 7,726 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 808 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,500 | 0.00 | -76.92 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,264,150 | 1.21 | -15.06 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 735,463 | 0.27 | -35.78 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 90,685 | 0.03 | ∞ |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 164 | 0.00 | 65.66 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 4,943 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 6,585,486 | 2.44 | 1.98 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 1,516,810 | 0.56 | 609.01 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,506,793 | 1.30 | -14.57 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 278,603 | 0.10 | -21.79 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,547 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,186 | 0.00 | -57.53 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4,076 | 0.00 | -47.04 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,934 | 0.00 | -37.98 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 326 | 0.00 | 150.77 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 347,785 | 0.13 | 1,337,534.62 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 24,801 | 0.01 | 258.50 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,227 | 0.00 | 1,036.11 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 152,943,237 | 56.68 | -16.96 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 186,338 | 0.07 | -98.08 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 85,165 | 0.03 | -75.76 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 86,807 | 0.03 | ∞ |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 82,490 | 0.03 | 27.30 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 16,116,578 | 5.97 | 522.54 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 326,528 | 0.12 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 5,200,430 | 1.93 | 42.32 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 197,594 | 0.07 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,358 | 0.00 | 3,291.92 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 482,884 | 0.18 | 60.77 |
| 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 | 1,016,795 | 0.38 | 262.60 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 34,977 | 0.01 | -47.21 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 267,599 | 0.10 | -11.27 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 85 | 0.00 | -73.10 |
| 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 | 55,476 | 0.02 | 1,138.03 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 90,855 | 0.03 | 394.91 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 107,388 | 0.04 | 66,188.89 |
| SS | Classified | 50,721 | 0.02 | ∞ |
Russia's Imports from Israel
The major share of Russian imports from Israel 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) - 55.32% of Russia's total imports from Israel (57.34% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 18.37% of Russia's total imports from Israel (20.01% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 17.00% of Russia's total imports from Israel (13.91% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.78% of Russia's total imports from Israel (3.25% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.57% of Russia's total imports from Israel (2.67% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 1.04% of Russia's total imports from Israel (0.48% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's imports from Israel 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) - an increase of $5,327,278;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,526,154;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $2,341,396;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $1,376,215;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,046,489;
- 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 $917,551;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $725,992;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $653,492.
The largest declines in Russia's imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $15,370,222;
- 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 $8,824,230;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $5,232,264;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $2,571,636;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1,561,263;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $1,517,136;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $1,393,959;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,032,253;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $765,604;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $694,002;
- 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 $596,127.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 288,773 | 0.16 | -18.84 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 9,488,443 | 5.16 | 128.02 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 63,586,860 | 34.61 | -19.47 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 19,458,158 | 10.59 | -21.19 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 141,733 | 0.08 | 58.87 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,575,325 | 0.86 | 70.89 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 238,884 | 0.13 | -53.20 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6,611 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 396,097 | 0.22 | -1.72 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 15,871 | 0.01 | -73.70 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 614,816 | 0.33 | 21.38 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,081,424 | 2.77 | -33.60 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 594,516 | 0.32 | -44.62 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 144,092 | 0.08 | 63.11 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 783,538 | 0.43 | -46.97 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 12,877 | 0.01 | -72.44 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 990,002 | 0.54 | 24.65 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,957,381 | 1.07 | -43.66 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,696,178 | 3.64 | 18.52 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 578,412 | 0.31 | 210.35 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,164,084 | 1.72 | 76.98 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 5,128,639 | 2.79 | -21.37 |
| 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 | 1,209,121 | 0.66 | -33.02 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 48,615 | 0.03 | 116.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 20,546 | 0.01 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,418,569 | 1.86 | 217.36 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,256,274 | 3.95 | -0.72 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 771,951 | 0.42 | 104.94 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 60,170 | 0.03 | 6.15 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 26,395 | 0.01 | -0.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 304,983 | 0.17 | 94.94 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,001,145 | 0.54 | 263.85 |
| 52 | Cotton | 433,939 | 0.24 | -20.98 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 97,083 | 0.05 | -39.78 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 3,347,851 | 1.82 | -18.61 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 46,539 | 0.03 | 17,799.62 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 18 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 505,134 | 0.27 | 31.37 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 104,924 | 0.06 | -3.49 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 28,512 | 0.02 | 533.32 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 124,097 | 0.07 | -37.15 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 26,647 | 0.01 | -2.37 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 275 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 272,651 | 0.15 | -4.46 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 9,886 | 0.01 | -88.32 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 11,502 | 0.01 | -29.48 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,917,804 | 1.04 | 91.73 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 424,784 | 0.23 | -40.41 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 19,139 | 0.01 | 46.73 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 253,205 | 0.14 | 488.23 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 474,123 | 0.26 | 13.08 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 8,823 | 0.00 | 605.28 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,652,090 | 3.08 | 8.44 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 115,980 | 0.06 | -68.58 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 16,186,852 | 8.81 | 27.85 |
| 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 | 6,785,307 | 3.69 | -56.53 |
| 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 | 95,334 | 0.05 | -37.99 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 844,265 | 0.46 | -64.90 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,845,530 | 5.36 | -9.49 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3,931 | 0.00 | 10.67 |
| 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 | 690,239 | 0.38 | -34.72 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 282,239 | 0.15 | -58.63 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 11,023 | 0.01 | -14.30 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 44,100 | 0.02 | -93.65 |