Russian trade with Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2016
February 25, 2017
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 Pakistan in the fourth quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Pakistan
In the 4th quarter of 2016, Russia’s trade with Pakistan totaled $82,625,470, up 23.12% ($15,518,460) from the 4th quarter of 2015.
Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2016 totaled $38,633,596, up 58.10% ($14,196,764) from the 4th quarter of 2015.
Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2016 totaled $43,991,874, up 3.10% ($1,321,696) from the 4th quarter of 2015.
Russia’s trade deficit with Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2016 was $5,358,278, a 70.61% decrease ($12,875,068) over the 4th quarter of 2015.
Pakistan was Russia’s 90th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2016 (just as in the 4th quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0606% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0513% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
Pakistan was Russia’s 87th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2016 (up from 100th in the 4th quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0461% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0296% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
Pakistan was Russia’s 72nd largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2016 (down from 68th in the 4th quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.0839% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0883% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Pakistan
The major share of Russian exports to Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2016 (and in the 4th quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 45.19% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (32.62% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 21.62% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (32.82% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 11.61% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (17.29% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 10.51% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (11.90% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 8.95% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (1.11% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.71% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (3.39% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $10,136,515;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2,496,117;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $2,294,497;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $688,672;
- 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 $638,719;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $411,558;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $266,177;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $251,722;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $245,897;
- 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 $199,803.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,881,207;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $492,859;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $432,444;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $297,214;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $201,674;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $119,262.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2016 over Q4 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 75,816 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 16,816,338 | 43.53 | 6,679,823 | 151.75 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 568,119 | 1.47 | 1,000,563 | -43.22 |
| 10 | Cereals | 13,768 | 0.04 | 215,442 | -93.61 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 60,740 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 917,921 | 2.38 | 229,249 | 300.40 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,538,053 | 6.57 | 41,936 | 5,952.21 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,451,319 | 3.76 | 812,600 | 78.60 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,282,532 | 3.32 | 1,030,810 | 24.42 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 109,853 | 0.28 | 602,712 | -81.77 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 28,479 | 0.07 | 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 | 8,000 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 311,321 | 0.81 | 45,144 | 589.62 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 42,092 | 0.11 | 4,259 | 888.31 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 825,228 | 2.14 | 413,670 | 99.49 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 546,290 | 1.41 | 300,393 | 81.86 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,804,851 | 20.20 | 7,720,606 | 1.09 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 660 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 7,000 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 646 | 0.00 | 141 | 358.16 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 547 | 0.00 | 14,912 | -96.33 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 160 | 0.00 | 98 | 63.27 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,519 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,306,513 | 3.38 | 3,187,720 | -59.01 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,160,817 | 8.18 | 866,320 | 264.86 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 177 | 0.00 | 2,154 | -91.78 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 15,505 | 0.04 | 134,767 | -88.49 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 350 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,597 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 26,868 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,560 | 0.00 | 6,683 | -76.66 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 320,514 | 0.83 | 617,728 | -48.11 |
| 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 | 232,797 | 0.60 | 32,994 | 605.57 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 18,909 | 0.05 | 56,415 | -66.48 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 89,819 | 0.23 | 120,394 | -25.40 |
| 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 | 4,363 | 0.01 | 3,688 | 18.30 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 35 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 144,164 | 0.37 | 192 927 | -25.28 |
Russia’s Imports from Pakistan
The major share of Russian imports from Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2016 (and in the 4th quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 69.58% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (64.72% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.48% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (7.70% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 7.12% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (15.42% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.20% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (3.71% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.18% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (0.29% in the 4th quarter of 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.69% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (1.24% in the 4th quarter of 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $1,830,878;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $1,211,608;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $823,998;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $627,668;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $557,509;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $418,059;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $243,612;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $201,051;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $152,021.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 4th quarter of 2016 over the 4th quarter of 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $3,138,801;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $563,314;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $558,604;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $223,101;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $200,425;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $135,388.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2016 over Q4 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 75,699 | 0.17 | 276,124 | -72.59 |
| 10 | Cereals | 2,906,290 | 6.61 | 6,045,091 | -51.92 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 74 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 9,544 | 0.02 | 11,638 | -17.99 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 57,243 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 52,626 | 0.12 | 188,014 | -72.01 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 377 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,128 | 0.00 | 1,523 | 39.72 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 83,463 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 277,639 | 0.63 | 125,618 | 121.02 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 243,612 | 0.55 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 8,152 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3,671 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,566,388 | 5.83 | 2,570,718 | -0.17 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,069 | 0.01 | 4,402 | 37.87 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 686 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 11,647 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,124,971 | 2.56 | 706,912 | 59.14 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 10,929 | 0.02 | 2,104 | 419.44 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 145,970 | 0.33 | 277,863 | -47.47 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,491,134 | 5.66 | 1,279,526 | 94.69 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,804 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,070 | 0.01 | 767 | 300.26 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,310 | 0.01 | 408 | 466.18 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 8,260 | 0.02 | 1,512 | 446.30 |
| 52 | Cotton | 2,717,830 | 6.18 | 2,739,972 | -0.81 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 788,119 | 1.79 | 840,097 | -6.19 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,037,568 | 2.36 | 836,517 | 24.03 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 87,972 | 0.20 | 179 | 49,046.37 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 32,207 | 0.07 | 13,639 | 136.14 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 15,067 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,933 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 52,036 | 0.12 | 54,484 | -4.49 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 10,975,157 | 24.95 | 9,144,279 | 20.02 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 10,086,962 | 22.93 | 10,645,566 | -5.25 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,160,461 | 7.18 | 2,602,952 | 21.42 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,460,917 | 3.32 | 636,919 | 129.37 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 207,826 | 0.47 | 86,105 | 141.36 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 122,961 | 0.28 | 127,098 | -3.25 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 25 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 41 | 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 | 73 | 0.00 | 2,322 | -96.86 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,463 | 0.01 | 5,828 | 10.90 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,237 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 297,990 | 0.68 | 521,091 | -42.81 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 259 | 0.00 | 301 | -13.95 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,070 | 0.00 | 55,143 | -98.06 |
| 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 | 1,197 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 859 | 0.00 | 680 | 26.32 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 964,019 | 2.19 | 1,527,333 | -36.88 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 950 | 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 | 337,960 | 0.77 | 273,836 | 23.42 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,610,611 | 3.66 | 982,943 | 63.86 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,459 | 0.01 | 563 | 514.39 |