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Russian trade with Greece in 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 Greece in 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Greece

In 2016, Russia’s trade with Greece totaled $2,873,780,141, up 4.41% ($121,334,057) from 2015.

Russia’s exports to Greece in 2016 totaled $2,660,766,402, up 5.46% ($137,765,864) from 2015.

Russia’s imports from Greece in 2016 were $213,013,739, down 7.16% ($16,431,807) from 2015.

Russia’s trade surplus with Greece in 2016 was $2,447,752,663, a 6.72% increase ($154,197,671) over 2015.

Greece was Russia’s 33rd largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 36th in 2015), accounting for 0.6144% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.5230% in 2015).

Greece was Russia’s 24th largest export market in 2016 (up from 27th in 2015), accounting for 0.9320% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.7343% in 2015).

Greece was Russia’s 68th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 63rd in 2015), accounting for 0.1169% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1256% in 2015).

Russia’s Exports to Greece

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

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 68.33% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (84.66% in 2015);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 27.46% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (9.59% in 2015);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.24% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (2.40% in 2015);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.79% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (1.44% in 2015).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Greece in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $479,455,890;
  • Zinc and articles thereof (HS code 79) - an increase of $56,372,987;
  • Lead and articles thereof (HS code 78) - an increase of $9,370,201.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Greece in 2016 over 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 $317,253,577;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $50,775,701.
Russia’s exports to Greece in 2016 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2015,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2016
over 2015
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 149 0.00 0
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 4,669 0.00 0
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 51,000 0.00 69,300-26.41
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 2,607 0.00 2,10323.97
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 193 0.00 0
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 23,160 0.00 0
10 Cereals 50,100,394 1.88 51,633,996-2.97
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 159,144 0.01 139,52714.06
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 1,061,591 0.04 86,8201,122.75
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 7 0.00 0
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 1,339,466 0.05 2,278,592-41.22
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 2,543 0.00 0
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 62,669-100.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 1,268,612 0.05 597,025112.49
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 79,603 0.00 63,93824.50
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 26,641 0.00 38,534-30.86
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 418,765 0.02 121,118245.75
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 520,235 0.02 465,93411.65
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 426,328 0.02 347,46522.70
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 3,733,352 0.14 4,631,854-19.40
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 401,576 0.02 2,86513,916.61
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 5,801 0.00 593,440-99.02
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 1,818,112,300 68.33 2,135,365,877-14.86
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 2,555,559 0.10 5,868,090-56.45
29 Organic chemicals 17,878 0.00 89,624-80.05
30 Pharmaceutical products 30,744 0.00 9673,079.32
31 Fertilizers 11,986,518 0.45 17,355,048-30.93
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 20,110 0.00 57,654-65.12
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 3,909 0.00 2,73942.72
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 1,544 0.00 1,648-6.31
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 0 0.00 385-100.00
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 8,650 0.00 23,868-63.76
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 422,373 0.02 421,3350.25
39 Plastics and articles thereof 1,475,653 0.06 4,546,622-67.54
40 Rubber and articles thereof 4,529,765 0.17 7,970,979-43.17
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 0 0.00 162-100.00
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 5,907,026 0.22 6,875,689-14.09
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 9,929,743 0.37 9,483,9254.70
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 456,357 0.02 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 8,693,348 0.33 10,981,280-20.83
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 273,042 0.01 189,76543.88
50 Silk 24,363 0.00 0
52 Cotton 18,761 0.00 7267,914.29
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 13,115 0.00 0
54 Man-made filaments 527,487 0.02 715,405-26.27
55 Man-made staple fibers 17,561 0.00 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 114,457 0.00 190,306-39.86
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 0 0.00 189-100.00
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 74,756 0.00 24630,288.62
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 6,003 0.00 7,854-23.57
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 26,916 0.00 15,68471.61
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 218,713 0.01 56,016290.45
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 5,843 0.00 11,875-50.80
65 Headgear and parts thereof 162 0.00 164-1.22
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 64 0.00 119-46.22
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 0 0.00 23-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 287,607 0.01 137,131109.73
69 Ceramic products 2,562 0.00 750241.60
70 Glass and glassware 956,619 0.04 161,925490.78
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 5,956 0.00 4981,095.98
72 Iron and steel 7,843,208 0.29 14,698,921-46.64
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,315,838 0.05 231,111469.35
74 Copper and articles thereof 499,906,818 18.79 20,450,9282,344.42
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 154,061,967 5.79 204,837,668-24.79
78 Lead and articles thereof 9,370,201 0.35 0
79 Zinc and articles thereof 56,372,987 2.12 0
80 Tin and articles thereof 4,269 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 5,605 0.00 4,35928.58
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 1,741,193 0.07 1,682,0603.52
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 1,620,316 0.06 1,349,75820.04
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 773,161 0.03 1,937,751-60.10
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 79,081 0.00 70,99511.39
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 750,000 0.03 6,999,441-89.28
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 210,261 0.01 71,558193.83
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 116,309 0.00 92,54825.67
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 43,759 0.00 4,084971.47
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 47,013 0.00 16,062192.70
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 134,456 0.01 0
SS Classified 18,660 0.00 8 884 265-99.79

Russia’s Imports from Greece

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

  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 28.25% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (27.73% in 2015);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 20.32% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (20.13% in 2015);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 19.92% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (30.07% in 2015);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.50% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (13.26% in 2015);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.63% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (2.91% in 2015);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.94% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (1.65% in 2015);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.00% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (1.01% in 2015).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Greece in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - an increase of $12,073,047;
  • 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 $3,686,690;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $3,472,146;
  • Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $3,091,194;
  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $2,190,255;
  • Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $2,014,700;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $1,966,516;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,658,566;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $1,205,222;
  • Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1,007,148;
  • Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $708,609.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Greece in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $30,751,942;
  • Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $9,368,520;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $4,386,115;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $2,667,484;
  • 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 $1,649,444;
  • Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $1,067,686.
Russia’s imports from Greece in 2016 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2015,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2016
over 2015
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 40,116 0.02 30,36032.13
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 0 0.00 496-100.00
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 400,906 0.19 439,497-8.78
10 Cereals 13,404 0.01 5,596139.53
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 1,481 0.00 1,04341.99
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 5,490 0.00 2,381130.58
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 14,821 0.01 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 6,777,446 3.18 4,810,93040.88
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 28,004 0.01 31,425-10.89
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 151,044 0.07 64,148135.46
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 119,210 0.06 119,2090.00
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 202,230 0.09 429,473-52.91
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 9,655,927 4.53 19,024,447-49.24
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 273,725 0.13 169,35461.63
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 5,668,842 2.66 4,661,69421.60
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 310,190 0.15 231,18334.18
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 19,627,837 9.21 16,155,69121.49
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 3,629,581 1.70 3,591,2921.07
26 Ores, slag and ash 453,900 0.21 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 57,607 0.03 205,674-71.99
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 225,042 0.11 306,490-26.57
29 Organic chemicals 29,366 0.01 3,223811.14
30 Pharmaceutical products 16,938,886 7.95 17,295,713-2.06
31 Fertilizers 238,559 0.11 637,824-62.60
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 7,945,752 3.73 9,013,438-11.85
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 5,702,305 2.68 4,497,08326.80
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 1,965,879 0.92 3,615,323-45.62
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 1,118 0.00 283295.05
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 9,981,090 4.69 8,322,52419.93
39 Plastics and articles thereof 16,985,914 7.97 19,653,398-13.57
40 Rubber and articles thereof 152,983 0.07 280,655-45.49
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 30,782 0.01 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 48,560 0.02 34,81039.50
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 16,484,110 7.74 4,411,063273.70
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 26,504 0.01 91,282-70.96
45 Cork and articles of cork 0 0.00 3-100.00
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 12,452 0.01 7017,688.57
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,236,161 0.58 1,357,868-8.96
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 852,728 0.40 876,647-2.73
52 Cotton 88,288 0.04 35,628147.81
54 Man-made filaments 2,697,686 1.27 2,158,35524.99
55 Man-made staple fibers 154,236 0.07 22,408588.31
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 3,445,883 1.62 354,689871.52
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 42,081 0.02 268,474-84.33
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 521,997 0.25 546,146-4.42
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 13,751 0.01 12,9865.89
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 294,673 0.14 428,324-31.20
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 1,078,784 0.51 1,633,722-33.97
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 258,283 0.12 258,419-0.05
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 174,665 0.08 27,975524.36
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 1,101,843 0.52 930,92318.36
65 Headgear and parts thereof 350 0.00 68414.71
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 0 0.00 8-100.00
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 0 0.00 401-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 3,749,937 1.76 1,735,237116.11
69 Ceramic products 16,037 0.01 4,836231.62
70 Glass and glassware 33,293 0.02 10,565215.13
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 337,145 0.16 379,719-11.21
72 Iron and steel 296,778 0.14 395,330-24.93
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,123,239 0.53 1,183,531-5.09
74 Copper and articles thereof 10,330,193 4.85 8,139,93826.91
75 Nickel and articles thereof 24 0.00 0
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 12,379,550 5.81 16,765,665-26.16
78 Lead and articles thereof 13,642 0.01 8,45561.35
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 3,984,656 1.87 3,347,71419.03
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 634,669 0.30 589,0487.74
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 22,146,323 10.40 21,956,5930.86
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 10,125,456 4.75 6,438,76657.26
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 0 0.00 1,680-100.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 964,548 0.45 936,6532.98
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 8,768,355 4.12 39,520,297-77.81
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 433,438 0.20 138,495212.96
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 55,918 0.03 38914,274.81
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 12 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 401,736 0.19 560,428-28.32
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 835,830 0.39 127,221556.99
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 213,330 0.10 152,47839.91
SS Classified 7,158 0.00 2 392199.25
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia