Russian trade in goods with Iraq in Q1 2017
May 24, 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 Iraq in the first quarter of 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Iraq
In the 1st quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with Iraq was $52,971,966, down 80.85% ($223,619,789) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s exports to Iraq in the 1st quarter of 2017 were $52,971,966, down 80.85% ($223,619,789) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s imports from Iraq in the 1st quarter of 2017 were $0, unchanged from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iraq in the 1st quarter of 2017 was $52,971,966, a 80.85% decrease ($223,619,789) over the 1st quarter of 2016.
Iraq was Russia’s 94th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2017 (down from 54th in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0412% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2849% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
Iraq was Russia’s 81st largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2017 (down from 41st in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0636% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.4513% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
There were no Russia’s imports from Iraq both in the 1st quarter of 2017 and in the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s Exports to Iraq
The major share of Russian exports to Iraq in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 17.12% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.78% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.93% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (2.21% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.16% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.97% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.10% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (2.84% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 5.42% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.53% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.32% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.49% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iraq in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $6,820,584;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,386,994;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1,950,673;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,399,320;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,186,894;
- 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 $759,144;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $433,296;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $382,028;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $266,184;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $247,692.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iraq in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $4,060,183;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,035,179;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $1,995,066;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $895,551;
- 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 (HS code 34) - a decrease of $265,120.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
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 | 179,851 | 0.34 | 2,174,917 | -91.73 |
| 10 | Cereals | 121,517 | 0.23 | 4,181,700 | -97.09 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 9,788 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 247,692 | 0.47 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 266,184 | 0.50 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 249,555 | 0.47 | 116,804 | 113.65 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 17,194 | 0.03 | 113,628 | -84.87 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,206,573 | 6.05 | 1,255,900 | 155.32 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 16,610 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,854,852 | 5.39 | 1,455,532 | 96.14 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 16,995 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,332,528 | 2.52 | 950,500 | 40.19 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 105,380 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 145,228 | 0.27 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 64,987 | 0.12 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 265,120 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 16,250 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 32,613 | 0.06 | 51,280 | -36.40 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 57,275 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,112 | 0.00 | 73,000 | -98.48 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 8,990,329 | 16.97 | 2,169,745 | 314.35 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 77,976 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 19 | 0.00 | 454 | -95.81 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 770 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 97 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 623 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,727 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 304 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 54,153 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 6,444 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 4,945,618 | 9.34 | 4,512,322 | 9.60 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,902,388 | 3.59 | 715,494 | 165.88 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 87 | 0.00 | 895,638 | -99.99 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,321 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,558,760 | 6.72 | 171,766 | 1,971.87 |
| 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 | 933,922 | 1.76 | 174,778 | 434.35 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 32,905 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 18,370 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 306,785 | 0.58 | 2,341,964 | -86.90 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 30,399 | 0.06 | 11,198 | 171.47 |
| SS | Classified | 23,245,000 | 43.88 | 254 878 800 | -90.88 |
Russia’s Imports from Iraq
There were no Russia’s imports from Iraq in the 1st quarter of 2017 as well as in the 1st quarter of 2016.