Russian trade in goods with Jordan in Q4 2017
February 13, 2018
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 Jordan in the fourth quarter of 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Jordan
In the 4th quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with Jordan totaled $60,130,673, up 53.28% ($20,902,372) from the 4th quarter of 2016.
Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 4th quarter of 2017 totaled $54,662,959, up 62.25% ($20,973,420) from the 4th quarter of 2016.
Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 4th quarter of 2017 were $5,467,714, down 1.28% ($71,048) from the 4th quarter of 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Jordan in the 4th quarter of 2017 was $49,195,245, a 74.76% increase ($21,044,468) over the 4th quarter of 2016.
Jordan was Russia’s 97th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2017 (up from 104th in the 4th quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0360% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0288% in the 4th quarter of 2016).
Jordan was Russia’s 84th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2017 (up from 93rd in the 4th quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0531% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0402% in the 4th quarter of 2016).
Jordan was Russia’s 103rd largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2017 (up from 105th in the 4th quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0085% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0106% in the 4th quarter of 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Jordan
The major share of Russian exports to Jordan in the 4th quarter of 2017 (and in the 4th quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 68.84% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (64.82% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 24.19% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (25.63% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.41% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (1.31% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.05% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (3.93% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.13% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (0.00% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.60% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (3.17% in the 4th quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $8,026,492;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $4,592,640;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $4,320,461;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $2,096,758;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $887,551;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $873,762;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $575,141;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $259,247;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - an increase of $195,120.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $253,787;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $219,497.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2017 over Q4 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 198,000 | 0.36 | 2,880 | 6,775.00 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 259,247 | 0.47 | 0 | ∞ |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 1,791 | -100.00 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 12,234 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 4,053,914 | 7.42 | 1,957,156 | 107.13 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 30,414 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 26,591,384 | 48.65 | 18,564,892 | 43.23 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 12,477 | 0.02 | 9,711 | 28.48 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 61,378 | 0.11 | 5,238 | 1,071.78 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 654 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 259,776 | 0.48 | 357,882 | -27.41 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 461 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 757 | 0.00 | 689 | 9.87 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,080,169 | 1.98 | 192,618 | 460.78 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,850 | 0.01 | 7,321 | -33.75 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,860 | 0.01 | 7,818 | -25.04 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 350,190 | 0.64 | 201,724 | 73.60 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 55,414 | 0.10 | 109,848 | -49.55 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,694,766 | 8.59 | 374,305 | 1,154.26 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 299 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,315,957 | 2.41 | 442,195 | 197.60 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 36,212 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 222,147 | 0.41 | 441,644 | -49.70 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 65,910 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 253,787 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 7,596 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 63,521 | 0.12 | 224,440 | -71.70 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 34,748 | 0.06 | 39,808 | -12.71 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,489 | 0.00 | 4,670 | -68.12 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 100 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 875,348 | 1.60 | 922,565 | -5.12 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 235,501 | 0.43 | 399,323 | -41.02 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 8,843 | 0.02 | 2,152 | 310.92 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 141 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 575,141 | 1.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 32,802 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 276 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 8,106 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,006 | 0.00 | 799 | 25.91 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 51 | 0.00 | 888 | -94.26 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 13,217,627 | 24.18 | 8,624,987 | 53.25 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,334 | 0.00 | 10,770 | -87.61 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 386 | 0.00 | 258 | 49.61 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 412 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 658 | 0.00 | 10 | 6,480.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 170,320 | 0.31 | 152,740 | 11.51 |
| 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 | 64,302 | 0.12 | 1,532 | 4,097.26 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 7,441 | 0.01 | 33,836 | -78.01 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 59,632 | 0.11 | 43,821 | 36.08 |
| 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 | 56,653 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8,235 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 62 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 73,553 | 0.13 | 140 646 | -47.70 |
Russia’s Imports from Jordan
The major share of Russian imports from Jordan in the 4th quarter of 2017 (and in the 4th quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 76.32% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (91.09% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 19.18% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (5.85% in the 4th quarter of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.92% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (2.06% in the 4th quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $681,223;
- 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 $325,603;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $194,400;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $105,327;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $44,682;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $43,566;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $42,128;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $16,500.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 4th quarter of 2017 over the 4th quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,394,555;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $71,862;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $42,532;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $20,210.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2017 over Q4 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 107,446 | 1.97 | 2,119 | 4,970.60 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 16,500 | 0.30 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 4,000 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 71,862 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,150 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 43,566 | 0.80 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 912 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 39,900 | 0.73 | 39,862 | 0.10 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 15,514 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 518,280 | 9.48 | 192,677 | 168.99 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,361,071 | 61.47 | 4,755,626 | -29.32 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 194,400 | 3.56 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 93,188 | 1.70 | 48,506 | 92.12 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 6,156 | 0.11 | 5,925 | 3.90 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 42,532 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 144 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 83 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,672 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 926,727 | 16.95 | 245,504 | 277.48 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 120,347 | 2.20 | 78,219 | 53.86 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 79 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 250 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 16,191 | 0.30 | 36,401 | -55.52 |
| 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 | 972 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 14,153 | 0.26 | 3,542 | 299.58 |