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Russian trade in goods with Bulgaria in Q1 2017

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Bulgaria

In the 1st quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with Bulgaria totaled $952,322,616, up 75.57% ($409,907,101) from the 1st quarter of 2016.

Russia’s exports to Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 totaled $833,942,918, up 85.61% ($384,649,665) from the 1st quarter of 2016.

Russia’s imports from Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 totaled $118,379,698, up 27.12% ($25,257,436) from the 1st quarter of 2016.

Russia’s trade surplus with Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 was $715,563,220, a 100.90% increase ($359,392,229) over the 1st quarter of 2016.

Bulgaria was Russia’s 31st largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 36th in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.7408% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.5587% in the 1st quarter of 2016).

Bulgaria was Russia’s 25th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 28th in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 1.0007% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.7332% in the 1st quarter of 2016).

Bulgaria was Russia’s 48th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2017 (up from 52nd in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.2618% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2601% in the 1st quarter of 2016).

Russia’s Exports to Bulgaria

The major share of Russian exports to Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 77.89% of Russia’s total exports to Bulgaria (89.82% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.23% of Russia’s total exports to Bulgaria (1.57% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.34% of Russia’s total exports to Bulgaria (4.17% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.38% of Russia’s total exports to Bulgaria (2.57% in the 1st quarter of 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $245,975,753;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $71,086,953;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $40,653,478;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $6,603,622.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $4,601,633.
Russia’s exports to Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q1 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2017
over Q1 2016
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 118,303 0.01 251,084-52.88
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 0 0.00 90-100.00
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 84 0.00 262-67.94
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 3,536 0.00 28,077-87.41
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 6,321 0.00 951,329-99.34
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 0 0.00 8,470-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 126,721 0.02 17,658617.64
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 10,854 0.00 7,84538.36
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 89,582 0.01 95,218-5.92
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 53,501 0.01 57,767-7.38
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 98,412 0.01 101,168-2.72
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 129,591 0.02 94,59736.99
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 392,981 0.05 183,840113.76
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 9,571 0.00 3262,835.89
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 649,520,520 77.89 403,544,76760.95
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 491,795 0.06 654,009-24.80
29 Organic chemicals 579,848 0.07 1,891,631-69.35
30 Pharmaceutical products 13,578 0.00 8,51659.44
31 Fertilizers 10,653,421 1.28 4,049,799163.06
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 80,884 0.01 99,687-18.86
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 29,997 0.00 36,447-17.70
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 18,477 0.00 34,274-46.09
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 4,417 0.00 1413,032.62
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 59,906 0.01 65,146-8.04
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 98,044 0.01 499,499-80.37
39 Plastics and articles thereof 3,694,888 0.44 1,234,601199.28
40 Rubber and articles thereof 4,117,327 0.49 2,980,06938.16
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 259 0.00 2369.75
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,416,870 0.17 1,305,3278.55
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 9,002 0.00 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 2,167,169 0.26 2,310,147-6.19
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 37,263 0.00 50,025-25.51
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 63,874 0.01 266,742-76.05
54 Man-made filaments 42,404 0.01 100,478-57.80
55 Man-made staple fibers 0 0.00 105,511-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 5,607 0.00 1553,517.42
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 180-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 19,254 0.00 9,92094.09
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 4,310 0.00 1,489189.46
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 1,624 0.00 480238.33
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 440 0.00 2,884-84.74
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 25,571 0.00 27,912-8.39
65 Headgear and parts thereof 455 0.00 24089.58
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 930,762 0.11 1,200,918-22.50
69 Ceramic products 23,620 0.00 18131,122.22
70 Glass and glassware 253,616 0.03 1,062,468-76.13
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 2,716 0.00 0
72 Iron and steel 5,224,247 0.63 6,204,309-15.80
73 Articles of iron or steel 41,751,305 5.01 1,097,8273,703.09
74 Copper and articles thereof 137,198 0.02 47328,905.92
75 Nickel and articles thereof 0 0.00 2,802-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 5,300,341 0.64 9,901,974-46.47
78 Lead and articles thereof 257,680 0.03 1,196,330-78.46
80 Tin and articles thereof 0 0.00 20,000-100.00
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 78,311 0.01 18,647319.97
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 64,508 0.01 150,740-57.21
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 38,544 0.00 139,373-72.34
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 73,580,566 8.82 2,493,6132,850.76
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 1,849,861 0.22 426,447333.78
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 575,987 0.07 1,626,673-64.59
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 436,954 0.05 1,046,183-58.23
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 0 0.00 1,185,528-100.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 566,939 0.07 276,175105.28
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 3,996 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 60,101 0.01 83,506-28.03
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 12,324 0.00 11,02211.81
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9,840 0.00 6,97341.12
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 3,187 0.00 0
SS Classified 28,583,654 3.43 63 21145,119.43

Russia’s Imports from Bulgaria

The major share of Russian imports from Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 37.16% of Russia’s total imports from Bulgaria (31.52% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 33.29% of Russia’s total imports from Bulgaria (31.61% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 12.60% of Russia’s total imports from Bulgaria (9.54% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 7.25% of Russia’s total imports from Bulgaria (13.68% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.14% of Russia’s total imports from Bulgaria (3.96% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.33% of Russia’s total imports from Bulgaria (1.85% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.25% of Russia’s total imports from Bulgaria (1.72% in the 1st quarter of 2016).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $10,935,709;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $5,057,883;
  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $3,856,719;
  • 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 $3,246,887;
  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $2,553,590;
  • 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 $1,903,464;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $1,550,863;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,008,967;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,000,704;
  • Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $862,994;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $589,874;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $578,934;
  • Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $548,822;
  • Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric (HS code 51) - an increase of $433,750.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $1,745,159;
  • Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $1,468,678;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $1,287,546;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,144,372;
  • Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $1,142,043;
  • Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $1,092,195;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,041,540;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $470,040;
  • Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $396,334.
Russia’s imports from Bulgaria in the 1st quarter of 2017 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q1 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q1 2016,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2017
over Q1 2016
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 1,468,678-100.00
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 55,159 0.05 1,800,318-96.94
10 Cereals 0 0.00 22,756-100.00
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 241 0.00 0
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 152,899 0.13 622,939-75.46
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 8,303 0.01 0
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 3,909 0.00 28,709-86.38
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 190,351 0.16 124,07253.42
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 353,134 0.30 255,05138.46
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 283,786 0.24 122,441131.77
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 1,002,584 0.85 1,174,256-14.62
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 807,027 0.68 587,86137.28
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 1,387,002 1.17 838,18065.48
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 313,182 0.26 1,455,225-78.48
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 4,020,289 3.40 4,234,826-5.07
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 84,362 0.07 184,202-54.20
26 Ores, slag and ash 0 0.00 1,287,546-100.00
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 208,746 0.18 128,58262.34
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 4,348,036 3.67 1,101,149294.86
29 Organic chemicals 311,181 0.26 492,809-36.86
30 Pharmaceutical products 31,725,783 26.80 20,790,07452.60
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 219,508 0.19 97,415125.33
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1,669,101 1.41 1,570,7066.26
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 77,504 0.07 70,6849.65
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 1,520,062 1.28 1,655,548-8.18
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,873,698 1.58 864,731116.68
39 Plastics and articles thereof 1,388,972 1.17 810,03871.47
40 Rubber and articles thereof 857,849 0.72 1,899,389-54.84
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 17,097 0.01 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 470,212 0.40 521,012-9.75
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 15 0.00 3400.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 6,276 0.01 12,436-49.53
45 Cork and articles of cork 28 0.00 86-67.44
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,553,796 1.31 1,684,627-7.77
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 18,242 0.02 26,831-32.01
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 449,987 0.38 16,2372,671.37
52 Cotton 67,917 0.06 207,720-67.30
54 Man-made filaments 110,846 0.09 27,772299.13
55 Man-made staple fibers 292,260 0.25 208,08940.45
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 1,420,373 1.20 557,379154.83
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 67 0.00 559-88.01
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 420 0.00 0
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 64,498 0.05 105,496-38.86
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 3,425,825 2.89 2,835,95120.80
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 5,768,933 4.87 4,218,07036.77
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 176,781 0.15 99,21178.19
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 3,100,239 2.62 546,649467.14
65 Headgear and parts thereof 10,066 0.01 10,812-6.90
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 29,243 0.02 51,056-42.72
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 22,189 0.02 11,62990.81
69 Ceramic products 485,662 0.41 518,766-6.38
70 Glass and glassware 633,426 0.54 1,725,621-63.29
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 687 0.00 3,927-82.51
72 Iron and steel 2,133,419 1.80 1,132,71588.35
73 Articles of iron or steel 688,698 0.58 510,23434.98
74 Copper and articles thereof 337,362 0.28 42,936685.73
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 144,357 0.12 110,02631.20
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 3,623 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 241,776 0.20 151,57559.51
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 1,346,333 1.14 1,742,667-22.74
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 22,962,606 19.40 17,904,72328.25
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 10,521,872 8.89 8,618,40822.09
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 5,652 0.00 624805.77
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,240,833 1.05 947,02831.02
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 3,856,719 3.26 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 817,017 0.69 1,961,389-58.34
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 21,399 0.02 23,875-10.37
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 830 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 2,451,196 2.07 2,142,01314.43
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 450,513 0.38 497,536-9.45
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 167,740 0.14 258,389-35.08
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia