Russian trade with Yemen in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Yemen
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Yemen was $156,203,136, down 25.01% ($52,087,806) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2016 were $156,030,927, down 25.03% ($52,088,178) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2016 totaled $172,209, up 0.22% ($372) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Yemen in 2016 was $155,858,718, a 25.05% decrease ($52,088,550) over 2015.
Yemen was Russia’s 103rd largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 96th in 2015), accounting for 0.0334% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0396% in 2015).
Yemen was Russia’s 90th largest export market in 2016 (down from 83rd in 2015), accounting for 0.0547% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0606% in 2015).
Yemen was Russia’s 162nd largest supplier in 2016 (down from 159th in 2015), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Yemen
The major share of Russian exports to Yemen in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 97.89% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (65.54% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.27% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (34.09% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $14,987,976;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $1,252,590;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $1,044,361.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Yemen 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 $68,997,356.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,044,361 | 0.67 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 282,931 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 151,388,250 | 97.02 | 136,400,274 | 10.99 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 30,015 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 17,444 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,960,167 | 1.26 | 70,957,523 | -97.24 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10,394 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 27,879 | 0.02 | 13,079 | 113.16 |
| 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 | 79,085 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,274 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4 | 0.00 | 180,213 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,252,590 | 0.80 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 800 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 141 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 49,128 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,000 | 0.00 | 434,603 | -99.54 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10,676 | 0.01 | 5,200 | 105.31 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Yemen
The major share of Russian imports from Yemen in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.87% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (12.00% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.11% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (14.66% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (73.35% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $151,371.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $124,997;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $24,993;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,040.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 171,987 | 99.87 | 20,616 | 734.24 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 191 | 0.11 | 25,184 | -99.24 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 27 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 124,997 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,040 | -100.00 |