Russian trade with Iran in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Iran
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Iran totaled $2,184,322,496, up 70.54% ($903,479,332) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Iran in 2016 totaled $1,881,772,385, up 84.94% ($864,280,985) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Iran in 2016 totaled $302,550,111, up 14.88% ($39,198,347) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iran in 2016 was $1,579,222,274, a 109.41% increase ($825,082,638) over 2015.
Iran was Russia’s 42nd largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 53rd in 2015), accounting for 0.4670% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2434% in 2015).
Iran was Russia’s 34th largest export market in 2016 (up from 48th in 2015), accounting for 0.6591% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.2961% in 2015).
Iran was Russia’s 59th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 61st in 2015), accounting for 0.1660% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1442% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Iran
The major share of Russian exports to Iran in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 35.84% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (10.79% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 22.77% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (47.13% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.01% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (20.61% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.64% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (17.15% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.55% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (3.03% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iran in 2016 over 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 $415,497,080;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $130,731,755;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $71,430,574;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $57,291,291;
- 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $22,912,029;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $12,706,627.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iran in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $120,804,830;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $22,524,327;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $10,845,112;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $8,175,916;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $8,099,039.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 37,250 | 0.00 | 241,975 | -84.61 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 29,920 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 84,854 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 4,265,025 | 0.23 | 1,368,602 | 211.63 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 205 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 314,920,291 | 16.74 | 435,725,121 | -27.73 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 58,750 | 0.00 | 17,100 | 243.57 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 13,842,676 | 0.74 | 1,136,049 | 1,118.49 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 89,562,726 | 4.76 | 32,271,435 | 177.53 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 220,108 | 0.01 | 778 | 28,191.52 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 242,603 | 0.01 | 44,658 | 443.25 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,224 | 0.00 | 3,388 | -34.36 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 182,167 | 0.01 | 666,007 | -72.65 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 335,679 | 0.02 | 437,816 | -23.33 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 748 | -100.00 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 4,435,873 | 0.24 | 2,259,057 | 96.36 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 273,978 | 0.01 | 5,278,656 | -94.81 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 190 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,727,284 | 0.09 | 9,903,200 | -82.56 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10,143,995 | 0.54 | 20,989,107 | -51.67 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 4,968,105 | 0.26 | 2,111,449 | 135.29 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 850,278 | 0.05 | 186,219 | 356.60 |
31 | Fertilizers | 44,875 | 0.00 | 16,233 | 176.44 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,557,094 | 0.19 | 535,839 | 563.84 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 112,020 | 0.01 | 154,644 | -27.56 |
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 | 65,676 | 0.00 | 71,476 | -8.11 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3,093 | 0.00 | 837 | 269.53 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 667,474 | 0.04 | 871,142 | -23.38 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,824,777 | 0.31 | 4,955,466 | 17.54 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,938,412 | 0.16 | 945,584 | 210.75 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,260 | 0.00 | 192 | 556.25 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 97,704,268 | 5.19 | 120,228,595 | -18.73 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 7,911,647 | 0.42 | 7,516,127 | 5.26 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 21,078,611 | 1.12 | 29,177,650 | -27.76 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 17,040,016 | 0.91 | 17,559,711 | -2.96 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 5,279 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 1,808,364 | 0.10 | 1,232,538 | 46.72 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 870,596 | 0.05 | 198 | 439,594.95 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,009 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 380 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 63,260 | 0.00 | 6,319 | 901.11 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 679 | 0.00 | 15 | 4,426.67 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 437 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,497 | 0.00 | 15,027 | -76.73 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,475 | 0.00 | 1,457 | 69.87 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 650 | 0.00 | 5,739 | -88.67 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 425,286 | 0.02 | 153,244 | 177.52 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 91 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,004,966 | 0.05 | 85,360 | 1,077.33 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 848,201 | 0.05 | 2,830 | 29,871.77 |
72 | Iron and steel | 278,730,487 | 14.81 | 207,299,913 | 34.46 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,759,839 | 0.15 | 1,944,268 | 41.95 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 178,609 | 0.01 | 33,142 | 438.92 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 43,892 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 723,667 | 0.04 | 16,913 | 4,178.76 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,760 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 43,622 | 0.00 | 139,852 | -68.81 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 49,760 | 0.00 | 201,942 | -75.36 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 67,052,332 | 3.56 | 69,058,423 | -2.90 |
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 | 437,729,173 | 23.26 | 22,232,093 | 1,868.91 |
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 | 26,076,367 | 1.39 | 3,164,338 | 724.07 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 135,440,059 | 7.20 | 4,708,304 | 2,776.62 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 2,196,094 | 0.12 | 6,287,955 | -65.07 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,000,309 | 0.32 | 4,308,030 | 39.28 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 949 | 0.00 | 88 | 978.41 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 6 | 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 | 27,054 | 0.00 | 25,749 | 5.07 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 328 | 0.00 | 2,471 | -86.73 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,137 | 0.00 | 31,545 | -90.06 |
SS | Classified | 316,677,395 | 16.83 | 1 727 722 | 18,229.19 |
Russia’s Imports from Iran
The major share of Russian imports from Iran in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 77.03% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (78.64% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.15% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (8.76% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.94% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (3.68% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.26% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (6.60% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iran in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $28,096,855;
- 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 $25,391,125;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $3,044,305;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $1,582,050;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - an increase of $1,302,830;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $1,114,209;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $968,167.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iran in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $10,565,041;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $5,080,827;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $3,740,111;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $1,947,609;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1,563,223.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 905,179 | 0.30 | 541,521 | 67.15 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,302,830 | 0.43 | 0 | ∞ |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 8,435 | 0.00 | 10,629 | -20.64 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 103,983,931 | 34.37 | 109,064,758 | -4.66 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 110,150,946 | 36.41 | 82,054,091 | 34.24 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 933,170 | 0.31 | 2,880,779 | -67.61 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 91,662 | 0.03 | 56,539 | 62.12 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 162,323 | 0.05 | 76,719 | 111.58 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 338,445 | 0.11 | 256,509 | 31.94 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 110,116 | 0.04 | 32,161 | 242.39 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 118,652 | 0.04 | 31,835 | 272.71 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 265,769 | 0.09 | 329,601 | -19.37 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 10,473,856 | 3.46 | 9,505,689 | 10.19 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,044,306 | 1.01 | 1,462,256 | 108.19 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 45,913 | 0.02 | 11,909 | 285.53 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,125,144 | 0.37 | 788,876 | 42.63 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,879,682 | 0.95 | 13,444,723 | -78.58 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 137,890 | 0.05 | 3,878,001 | -96.44 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 806,810 | 0.27 | 58,827 | 1,271.50 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 25,652,814 | 8.48 | 261,689 | 9,702.79 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 3,390,247 | 1.12 | 4,064,142 | -16.58 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,903,373 | 2.94 | 5,859,068 | 51.96 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 25,366 | 0.01 | 60,753 | -58.25 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 5,547 | 0.00 | 49,150 | -88.71 |
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 | 194 | 0.00 | 96,894 | -99.80 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 10,960 | 0.00 | 232,000 | -95.28 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 10,869,421 | 3.59 | 12,432,644 | -12.57 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,894 | 0.00 | 8,829 | -21.92 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 955 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 6,424 | 0.00 | 155 | 4,044.52 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 28,485 | 0.01 | 1,094 | 2,503.75 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 18,974 | 0.01 | 106,194 | -82.13 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 397,682 | 0.13 | 176,433 | 125.40 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 115,482 | 0.04 | 77,486 | 49.04 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 100,739 | 0.03 | 90,759 | 11.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,233,646 | 0.41 | 822,890 | 49.92 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 28,569 | 0.01 | 13,184 | 116.69 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 31,430 | 0.01 | 5,906 | 432.17 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 160 | 0.00 | 329 | -51.37 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,350 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,038,060 | 0.34 | 703,773 | 47.50 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 15,607 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,330,425 | 0.44 | 216,216 | 515.32 |
69 | Ceramic products | 870,760 | 0.29 | 984,707 | -11.57 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,379,445 | 0.46 | 1,237,942 | 11.43 |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 3,827 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 820,633 | 0.27 | 1,248,124 | -34.25 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 52,379 | 0.02 | 70,464 | -25.67 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 110,586 | 0.04 | 41,201 | 168.41 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 11,533 | 0.00 | 6,637 | 73.77 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,595 | 0.00 | 3,318 | -51.93 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 101,171 | 0.03 | 33 | 306,478.79 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 7,175 | 0.00 | 7,568 | -5.19 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,667,541 | 2.20 | 6,356,886 | 4.89 |
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 | 38,590 | 0.01 | 123,854 | -68.84 |
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 | 510,105 | 0.17 | 65 | 784,676.92 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,270,269 | 0.42 | 1,975,727 | -35.71 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 785,000 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 396,217 | 0.13 | 438,937 | -9.73 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3,733 | 0.00 | 2,290 | 63.01 |
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 | 143,665 | 0.05 | 191,356 | -24.92 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 19,575 | 0.01 | 400 | 4,793.75 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 45,729 | 0.02 | 108,417 | -57.82 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,507 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |