Russian trade with New Zealand in the 1st quarter of 2016
August 06, 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 New Zealand in the first quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia's Trade with New Zealand
In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with New Zealand was $24,228,951, down 80.38% ($99,242,227) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's exports to New Zealand in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $1,677,197, down 98.36% ($100,414,725) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's imports from New Zealand in the 1st quarter of 2016 totaled $22,551,754, up 5.48% ($1,172,498) from the 1st quarter of 2015.
Russia's trade with New Zealand went from a surplus of $80,712,666 in the 1st quarter of 2015, to a deficit of $20,874,557 in the 1st quarter of 2016.
New Zealand was Russia's 108th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 78th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0249% of Russia's total trade (down from 0.0933% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
New Zealand was Russia's 140th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 67th in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0027% of Russia's total exports (down from 0.1131% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
New Zealand was Russia's 79th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0628% of Russia's total imports (up from 0.0509% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
Russia's Exports to New Zealand
The major share of Russian exports to New Zealand in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 36.17% of Russia's total exports to New Zealand (0.51% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.48% of Russia's total exports to New Zealand (0.10% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 13.34% of Russia's total exports to New Zealand (0.23% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 12.15% of Russia's total exports to New Zealand (98.49% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.31% of Russia's total exports to New Zealand (0.15% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.99% of Russia's total exports to New Zealand (0.24% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.05% of Russia's total exports to New Zealand (0.27% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's exports to New Zealand in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $148,800;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $86,655;
- 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 $22,410;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $13,032;
- 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 $6,650;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $6,366;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $5,362.
The largest declines in Russia's exports to New Zealand 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 $100,351,631;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $121,592;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $92,703;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $74,920;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $20,496;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $11,892;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $8,244;
- 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 $5,980;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $5,813;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $5,125.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 228 | 0.01 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 13,032 | 0.78 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,674 | 0.22 | -30.47 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 14,082 | 0.84 | -86.81 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 6,436 | 0.38 | 268.40 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 6,175 | 0.37 | -37.78 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,971 | 0.12 | -74.68 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,053 | 0.18 | -23.66 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 6,779 | 0.40 | 1,541.40 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 112,188 | 6.69 | 3.36 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6 | 0.00 | 50.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 203,741 | 12.15 | -99.80 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 23,000 | 1.37 | 40.67 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 277 | 0.02 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 44,050 | 2.63 | 13.86 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 148,800 | 8.87 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 876 | 0.05 | -79.66 |
| 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 | 188 | 0.01 | -73.96 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,007 | 0.06 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,942 | 0.24 | -75.10 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,918 | 0.23 | -83.95 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,521 | 0.21 | 1,297.22 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 219,893 | 13.11 | -3.61 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 392 | 0.02 | 29.37 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,524 | 0.21 | -20.88 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 538,897 | 32.13 | 19.16 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 182 | 0.01 | 355.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 308 | 0.02 | -79.56 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 8,619 | 0.51 | 8.58 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 35,423 | 2.11 | 1.46 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,359 | 0.20 | -60.41 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 18,635 | 1.11 | 30.78 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,209 | 0.07 | 4.95 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 733 | 0.04 | -64.19 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 1,003 | 0.06 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 340 | 0.02 | 56.68 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 252 | 0.02 | -99.79 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 63,323 | 3.78 | -54.19 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 223 | 0.01 | -65.75 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,036 | 0.12 | -17.47 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,055 | 0.12 | -54.51 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 130,119 | 7.76 | -0.49 |
| 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 | 35,969 | 2.14 | 165.28 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,806 | 0.41 | -27.04 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 1,651 | 0.10 | -78.36 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,212 | 0.07 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 90 | 0.01 | 221.43 |
Russia's Imports from New Zealand
The major share of Russian imports from New Zealand 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) - 91.59% of Russia's total imports from New Zealand (90.12% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.65% of Russia's total imports from New Zealand (1.96% in the 1st quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.58% of Russia's total imports from New Zealand (6.70% in the 1st quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia's imports from New Zealand in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - an increase of $6,734,965;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - an increase of $629,139;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $503,128;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $459,422;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $428,374;
- 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 $83,686.
The largest declines in Russia's imports from New Zealand in the 1st quarter of 2016 over the 1st quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $5,226,602;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $987,844;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $372,622;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $339,385;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $258,319;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $163,324;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $151,828;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $80,506;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $79,044.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import in Q1 2016 |
Percent change in Q1 2016 over Q1 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 4,297,376 | 19.06 | -18.69 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,632,869 | 11.67 | 21.14 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 10,164,469 | 45.07 | 196.38 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,864 | 0.01 | 28.91 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 17,829 | 0.08 | 269.36 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 514,237 | 2.28 | -24.10 |
| 10 | Cereals | 483,397 | 2.14 | 778.54 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,362,662 | 6.04 | 58.53 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 482,192 | 2.14 | -91.55 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 685,920 | 3.04 | -33.10 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 11,435 | 0.05 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 10,569 | 0.05 | -5.46 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 102,953 | 0.46 | -59.59 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 241 | 0.00 | -92.63 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 15,351 | 0.07 | 198.95 |
| 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 | 630,006 | 2.79 | 72,565.05 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 40,429 | 0.18 | -66.57 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 24,216 | 0.11 | 832.10 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 250 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 26 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 181 | 0.00 | -89.75 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 98 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 248 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 20,071 | 0.09 | 154.29 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 165,714 | 0.73 | 18.71 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 562 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 127 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 32,138 | 0.14 | -44.50 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 34 | 0.00 | -97.04 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,927 | 0.04 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 6,792 | 0.03 | -27.43 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 471 | 0.00 | 51.94 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 254,261 | 1.13 | -59.44 |
| 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 | 296,524 | 1.31 | 39.32 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,173 | 0.01 | 439.21 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 40,935 | 0.18 | -65.88 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 213,549 | 0.95 | -54.74 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 31,512 | 0.14 | ∞ |
| 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 | 36 | 0.00 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 110 | 0.00 | -92.85 |