Russian trade with North Korea in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with North Korea
In 2016, Russia’s trade with North Korea was $76,846,277, down 8.93% ($7,538,450) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2016 were $68,050,627, down 13.14% ($10,291,349) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2016 totaled $8,795,650, up 45.56% ($2,752,899) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with North Korea in 2016 was $59,254,977, a 18.04% decrease ($13,044,248) over 2015.
North Korea was Russia’s 113th largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 117th in 2015), accounting for 0.0164% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0160% in 2015).
North Korea was Russia’s 102nd largest export market in 2016 (up from 104th in 2015), accounting for 0.0238% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0228% in 2015).
North Korea was Russia’s 119th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 123rd in 2015), accounting for 0.0048% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0033% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to North Korea
The major share of Russian exports to North Korea in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 84.84% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (83.27% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.39% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (10.21% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.15% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (0.73% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.26% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (4.16% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,349,958;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $1,091,171;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,002,109;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $335,322;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $256,869.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to North Korea 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 $7,526,656;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $3,191,646;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $2,455,903;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $363,432;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $240,085.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 17,005 | 0.02 | 257,090 | -93.39 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,110,129 | 3.10 | 1,995,955 | 5.72 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 10,431 | 0.02 | 16,831 | -38.03 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 40,862 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 2,861 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 264,138 | 0.39 | 2,720,041 | -90.29 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,385,100 | 4.97 | 2,293,929 | 47.57 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 51,015 | 0.07 | 97,672 | -47.77 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 412,027 | 0.61 | 76,705 | 437.16 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 41,884 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 24,575 | 0.04 | 108,714 | -77.39 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 27,995 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 18,347 | 0.03 | 138,513 | -86.75 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 7,246 | 0.01 | 157,498 | -95.40 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 51,911 | 0.08 | 58,552 | -11.34 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 3,252 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 181,352 | 0.27 | 155,533 | 16.60 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 57,552,467 | 84.57 | 65,079,123 | -11.57 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,628 | 0.01 | 3,547 | 58.67 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 94,104 | 0.14 | 457,536 | -79.43 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,144 | 0.00 | 10,002 | -78.56 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 13 | 0.00 | 1,726 | -99.25 |
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 | 15,977 | 0.02 | 6,534 | 144.52 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 271 | 0.00 | 3,648 | -92.57 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 278,833 | 0.41 | 21,964 | 1,169.50 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 108,126 | 0.16 | 12,051 | 797.24 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 62,692 | 0.09 | 21,998 | 184.99 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 256 | 0.00 | 31,130 | -99.18 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 10,453 | 0.02 | 3,202,099 | -99.67 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 141,930 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,768 | 0.02 | 55,306 | -78.72 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 15,203 | 0.02 | 1,338 | 1,036.25 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 1,701 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 29,283 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 234 | 0.00 | 1,625 | -85.60 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 275 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 572 | 0.00 | 252 | 126.98 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 3,973 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 21,084 | 0.03 | 41,914 | -49.70 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 6,079 | 0.01 | 3,943 | 54.17 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 15,892 | 0.02 | 12,421 | 27.94 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,520 | 0.00 | 13,233 | -88.51 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 84 | 0.00 | 175 | -52.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 13,132 | 0.02 | 2,159 | 508.24 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 4,640 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 11,476 | 0.02 | 7,280 | 57.64 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 240,739 | 0.35 | 298,464 | -19.34 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 420 | 0.00 | 279 | 50.54 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 335 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,495 | 0.00 | 10,689 | -76.66 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 275 | -100.00 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 44 | -100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 26 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 31,864 | 0.05 | 60,192 | -47.06 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 460 | 0.00 | 2,236 | -79.43 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,248,412 | 1.83 | 246,303 | 406.86 |
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 | 89,954 | 0.13 | 102,992 | -12.66 |
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 | 37,118 | 0.05 | 23,835 | 55.73 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,412,612 | 2.08 | 62,654 | 2,154.62 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 38,117 | 0.06 | 134,635 | -71.69 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 850 | -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 | 1,226 | 0.00 | 98,514 | -98.76 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 23,232 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,773 | 0.00 | 15,150 | -81.70 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 77 731 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from North Korea
The major share of Russian imports from North Korea in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 33.31% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (11.40% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 32.03% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (29.36% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 16.70% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (34.97% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.94% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (5.38% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.14% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (0.77% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,979,191;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $1,136,142;
- 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 $570,181;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $142,388;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $135,589;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $76,200;
- Zinc and articles thereof (HS code 79) - an increase of $60,887;
- 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 $36,920;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $36,138.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $451,417;
- 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) - a decrease of $322,937;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $261,482;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $114,346;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $91,092;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $62,210;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $51,080;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $42,500;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $41,652.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
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 | 2,817,360 | 32.03 | 1,681,218 | 67.58 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 41,652 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 51,080 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 7,148 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 36,920 | 0.42 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 15,000 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 42,500 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,041 | 0.10 | 17,492 | -48.31 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 8,700 | 0.10 | 1,800 | 383.33 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 105 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 135,589 | 1.54 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 156,276 | 1.78 | 156,846 | -0.36 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 334 | 0.00 | 91,426 | -99.63 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 635 | 0.01 | 1,545 | -58.90 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 124 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 140 | 0.00 | 5,211 | -97.31 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 3,248 | 0.04 | 264,730 | -98.77 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 36,138 | 0.41 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 131 | 0.00 | 114,477 | -99.89 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 15,913 | 0.18 | 14,310 | 11.20 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 161,531 | 1.84 | 19,143 | 743.81 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,247,443 | 14.18 | 1,698,860 | -26.57 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,699 | 0.05 | 57 | 8,143.86 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 162 | 0.00 | 1,697 | -90.45 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,430 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 2,138 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 2,327 | 0.03 | 790 | 194.56 |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 18,029 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 35,536 | 0.40 | 18,015 | 97.26 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 76 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 841 | 0.01 | 5,577 | -84.92 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 60,887 | 0.69 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,644 | 0.03 | 2,265 | 16.73 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 116 | 0.00 | 2,466 | -95.30 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 26,586 | 0.30 | 88,796 | -70.06 |
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 | 821,427 | 9.34 | 251,246 | 226.94 |
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 | 322,937 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,983,360 | 22.55 | 4,169 | 47,474.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 98,104 | 1.12 | 21,904 | 347.88 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,096,098 | 12.46 | 1,076,201 | 1.85 |
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 | 22,336 | 0.25 | 457 | 4,787.53 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 877 | 0.01 | 735 | 19.32 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 8,681 | 0.10 | 653 | 1,229.40 |