Russian trade with Iraq in the 2nd quarter of 2016
October 03, 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 Iraq in the second quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Iraq
In the 2nd quarter of 2016, Russia’s trade with Iraq was $51,428,320, down 84.55% ($281,428,502) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia’s exports to Iraq in the 2nd quarter of 2016 were $51,428,314, down 84.54% ($281,328,608) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia’s imports from Iraq in the 2nd quarter of 2016 were $6, down 99.99% ($99,894) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iraq in the 2nd quarter of 2016 was $51,428,308, a 84.54% decrease ($281,228,714) over the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Iraq was Russia’s 91st largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 52nd in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0473% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2441% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Iraq was Russia’s 77th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 42nd in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0774% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.3635% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Iraq was Russia’s 205th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 148th in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0002% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Iraq
The major share of Russian exports to Iraq in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 58.58% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (6.99% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 17.99% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (3.65% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.26% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.43% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.70% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (1.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.83% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (1.68% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.55% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.89% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iraq in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd 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 $14,423,217;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $3,560,257;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $3,096,526;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,624,487;
- Headgear and parts thereof (HS code 65) - an increase of $225,532;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $155,189.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iraq in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $7,041,031;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - a decrease of $5,286,464;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $3,607,444;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $2,427,209;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,637,519;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $448,543;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $346,125;
- Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (HS code 59) - a decrease of $247,303;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $185,812.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2016 over Q2 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 22,137 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 53,387 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 95,652 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 63,723 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 66,895 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 85,738 | 0.17 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 35,930 | 0.07 | 148,300 | -75.77 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,852,352 | 9.44 | 1,292,095 | 275.54 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 519 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,310,409 | 2.55 | 2,947,928 | -55.55 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,624,487 | 3.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 185,812 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 8,649 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 316 | 0.00 | 41,366 | -99.24 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 12,857 | 0.02 | 4 | 321,325.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 5,286,464 | -100.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 241 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 95,784 | 0.19 | 3,348 | 2,760.93 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,928 | 0.01 | 1,316 | 274.47 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 220,759 | 0.43 | 65,570 | 236.68 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4,000 | 0.01 | 3,716 | 7.64 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,891,498 | 5.62 | 3,340,041 | -13.43 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 40,860 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 172 | 0.00 | 2,990 | -94.25 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 31 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 98 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 14,136 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 76,697 | 0.15 | 324,000 | -76.33 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,530 | 0.01 | 44,741 | -87.64 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 144 486 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 28,812 | 0.06 | 1,220 | 2,261.64 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 37,873 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 234,000 | 0.46 | 8,468 | 2,663.34 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 9,900 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 113,958 | 0.22 | 250 | 45,483.20 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 6,532,792 | 12.70 | 8,960,001 | -27.09 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,997,677 | 3.88 | 2,343,802 | -14.77 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 687,779 | 1.34 | 718,957 | -4.34 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 324 | 0.00 | 50,879 | -99.36 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 25 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,400 | 0.01 | 87,868 | -93.85 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 27,704 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 9,272,239 | 18.03 | 16,313,270 | -43.16 |
| 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 | 16,493,680 | 32.07 | 2,070,463 | 696.62 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 364,147 | 0.71 | 3,971,591 | -90.83 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 13,750 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,995,611 | 7.77 | 899,085 | 344.41 |
| 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 | 84,995 | 0.17 | 24,480 | 248.63 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 43,880 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,363 | 0.00 | 117 | 1,064.96 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 283,368,991 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Iraq
The major share of Russian imports from Iraq in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (9.92% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (5.42% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iraq in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $6.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iraq in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd 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) - a decrease of $5,660;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $5,410;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,100;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,850;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $400;
- 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 $350;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $300;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $200;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $200;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $190.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2016 over Q2 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 5,410 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 400 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6 | 100.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 200 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 200 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 190 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,850 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 5,660 | -100.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 300 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,100 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 350 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 83,240 | -100.00 |