Russian trade with Jordan 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 Jordan in the second quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Jordan
In the 2nd quarter of 2016, Russia’s trade with Jordan was $37,040,952, down 42.89% ($27,823,610) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 2nd quarter of 2016 were $32,123,314, down 47.17% ($28,676,211) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 2nd quarter of 2016 totaled $4,917,638, up 20.97% ($852,601) from the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Jordan in the 2nd quarter of 2016 was $27,205,676, a 52.05% decrease ($29,528,812) over the 2nd quarter of 2015.
Jordan was Russia’s 97th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 91st in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0340% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0476% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Jordan was Russia’s 86th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (down from 77th in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0483% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0664% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Jordan was Russia’s 100th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (up from 104th in the 2nd quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0116% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0091% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Jordan
The major share of Russian exports to Jordan in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 66.76% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (54.42% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 17.29% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (37.82% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.86% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (4.46% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.07% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (1.48% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.12% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (0.63% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $995,699;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $898,524;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $212,279;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $166,747;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $164,700;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $111,219.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $17,482,886;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $10,715,336;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $1,308,400;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $591,249;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $286,343;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $226,861;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $122,348;
- 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 $102,746.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2016 over Q2 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 4,060 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,451,394 | 4.52 | 455,695 | 218.50 |
| 10 | Cereals | 18,509,000 | 57.62 | 29,224,436 | -36.67 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 5,866 | 0.02 | 597,115 | -99.02 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 10,000 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,135,052 | 3.53 | 2,443,452 | -53.55 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,193 | 0.00 | 287,536 | -99.59 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 6,847 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 10,818 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,500 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,782 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 55,864 | 0.17 | 40,576 | 37.68 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 250,005 | 0.78 | 37,726 | 562.69 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 11,839 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 252,098 | 0.78 | 208,576 | 20.87 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 39,155 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 164,700 | 0.51 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 9,240 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 65,773 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,442 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 363,390 | 1.13 | 252,171 | 44.10 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 53,559 | 0.17 | 87,730 | -38.95 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 21,969 | 0.07 | 4,708 | 366.63 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 150 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,900,882 | 5.92 | 1,734,135 | 9.62 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 623,788 | 1.94 | 746,136 | -16.40 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,635 | 0.01 | 228,496 | -99.28 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 11,527 | 0.04 | 15,059 | -23.45 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 75 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 30 | 0.00 | 164 | -81.71 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 35 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 47 | 0.00 | 3,137 | -98.50 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 5,506,233 | 17.14 | 22,989,119 | -76.05 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 47,314 | 0.15 | 5,048 | 837.28 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 100 | 0.00 | 1,763 | -94.33 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 154 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 249 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 374,330 | 1.17 | 401,010 | -6.65 |
| 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 | 244,551 | 0.76 | 347,297 | -29.58 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 925,534 | 2.88 | 27,010 | 3,326.63 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 85,714 | 0.27 | 122,801 | -30.20 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 21,533 | 0.07 | 23,185 | -7.13 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 20 | 0.00 | 480 | -95.83 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 463,821 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Jordan
The major share of Russian imports from Jordan in the 2nd quarter of 2016 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 67.32% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (75.50% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 25.67% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (17.81% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.53% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (0.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.78% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (4.27% in the 2nd quarter of 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.42% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (2.15% in the 2nd quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $695,769;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $539,597;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $320,595;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $173,636;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $39,264;
- 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 $25,739;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $20,438.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 2nd quarter of 2016 over the 2nd quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $678,974;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $110,520;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $85,663;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $40,985;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $35,785;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $18,401.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2016 over Q2 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 695,769 | 14.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 539,597 | 10.97 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 27,125 | 0.55 | 24 413 | 11.11 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 2,087 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 678,974 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 18,401 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,327 | 0.13 | 8,549 | -25.99 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 85,655 | 1.74 | 59,916 | 42.96 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,065,974 | 62.35 | 2,745,379 | 11.68 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 48,700 | 0.99 | 159,220 | -69.41 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 55,724 | 1.13 | 91,509 | -39.11 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 15,100 | 0.31 | 12,564 | 20.18 |
| 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 | 695 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 39,274 | 0.80 | 10 | 392,640.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 87,729 | 1.78 | 173,392 | -49.40 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,965 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 31,683 | 0.64 | 72,668 | -56.40 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 35,359 | 0.72 | 14,921 | 136.97 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 17 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 173,639 | 3.53 | 3 | 5,787,866.67 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 7,001 | 0.14 | 2,336 | 199.70 |