Russian trade with Jordan in 2017
February 15, 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 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Jordan
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Jordan was $156,938,973, down 10.10% ($17,634,647) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Jordan in 2017 were $133,966,045, down 14.47% ($22,655,891) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Jordan in 2017 totaled $22,972,928, up 27.97% ($5,021,244) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Jordan in 2017 was $110,993,117, a 19.96% decrease ($27,677,135) over 2016.
Jordan was Russia’s 104th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 102nd in 2016), accounting for 0.0269% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0373% in 2016).
Jordan was Russia’s 93rd largest export market in 2017 (down from 89th in 2016), accounting for 0.0375% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0549% in 2016).
Jordan was Russia’s 103rd largest supplier in 2017 (up from 105th in 2016), accounting for 0.0101% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0098% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Jordan
The major share of Russian exports to Jordan in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 63.99% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (57.57% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.83% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (13.65% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.75% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (4.41% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.74% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (1.40% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.55% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (0.57% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.33% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (2.25% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Jordan in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $6,192,604;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $3,747,735;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $2,699,694;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $1,701,192;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,184,439;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - an increase of $836,560;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $763,840;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $752,369;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $519,423;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $411,255.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Jordan in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $15,002,764;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $2,041,297;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1,793,401;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $526,058.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 843,500 | 0.63 | 6,940 | 12,054.18 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 565,695 | 0.42 | 154,440 | 266.29 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,739 | 0.00 | 1,791 | -2.90 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 20,066 | 0.01 | 12,234 | 64.02 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 7,073,780 | 5.28 | 5,372,588 | 31.66 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,288 | 0.00 | 30,414 | -95.77 |
| 10 | Cereals | 64,052,615 | 47.81 | 79,055,379 | -18.98 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 67,383 | 0.05 | 25,883 | 160.34 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 127,796 | 0.10 | 15,238 | 738.67 |
| 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 | 1,040,076 | 0.78 | 3,081,373 | -66.25 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,460 | 0.00 | 461 | 216.70 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 14,097 | 0.01 | 1,882 | 649.04 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,018,153 | 2.25 | 318,459 | 847.74 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 33,768 | 0.03 | 18,139 | 86.16 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 10,904 | 0.01 | 10,318 | 5.68 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 959,919 | 0.72 | 207,550 | 362.50 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 205,923 | 0.15 | 365,564 | -43.67 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 7,684,734 | 5.74 | 1,492,130 | 415.02 |
| 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 | 2,079,116 | 1.55 | 894,677 | 132.39 |
| 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 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 97 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 478,114 | 0.36 | 625,485 | -23.56 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 24,112 | 0.02 | 179,896 | -86.60 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,165,736 | 0.87 | 401,896 | 190.06 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 22,358 | 0.02 | 7,768 | 187.82 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,438,604 | 3.31 | 690,869 | 542.47 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 206,415 | 0.15 | 219,955 | -6.16 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 10,514 | 0.01 | 27,280 | -61.46 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 150 | -100.00 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 350 | 0.00 | 100 | 250.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4,449,862 | 3.32 | 4,975,920 | -10.57 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,897,349 | 1.42 | 1,931,600 | -1.77 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 14,028 | 0.01 | 6,626 | 111.71 |
| 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 | 0.43 | 55,718 | 932.24 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 32,802 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 4 | 0.00 | 425 | -99.06 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 63 | 0.00 | 75 | -16.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 65 | 0.00 | 276 | -76.45 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 8,231 | 0.01 | 2,675 | 207.70 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 28 | 0.00 | 35 | -20.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 3,830 | 0.00 | 1,084 | 253.32 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 248 | 0.00 | 15,063 | -98.35 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 65,355 | 0.05 | 3,536 | 1,748.27 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 37 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 21,148,355 | 15.79 | 21,300,767 | -0.72 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 49,089 | 0.04 | 72,097 | -31.91 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 841 | 0.00 | 1,668 | -49.58 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,016 | 0.00 | 571 | 253.06 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 532 | 0.00 | 60 | 786.67 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,677 | 0.00 | 10 | 16,670.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 887,069 | 0.66 | 652,107 | 36.03 |
| 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 | 465,826 | 0.35 | 583,842 | -20.21 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 360,071 | 0.27 | 2,153,472 | -83.28 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 69,646 | 0.05 | 130,417 | -46.60 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 57,755 | 0.04 | 21,533 | 168.22 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 37,466 | 0.03 | 8,422 | 344.86 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 118 | 0.00 | 3,029 | -96.10 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 427 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 9,690,088 | 7.23 | 31 444 437 | -69.18 |
Russia’s Imports from Jordan
The major share of Russian imports from Jordan in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 74.38% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (75.32% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 12.79% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (18.29% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 12.05% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (3.61% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.38% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (1.36% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (1.19% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Jordan in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $2,278,733;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $1,843,121;
- 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 $976,634;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $308,100;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $307,548;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $111,766.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Jordan in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $345,930;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $210,858;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $171,496;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $144,332;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $131,620.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,889,545 | 8.23 | 2,033,877 | -7.10 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 580,110 | 2.53 | 926,040 | -37.36 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 13,447 | 0.06 | 1,667 | 706.66 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 66 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 155 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 245,961 | 1.07 | 232,222 | 5.92 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 330 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,150 | 0.01 | 435 | 394.25 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 59,966 | 0.26 | 1,631 | 3,576.64 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,352 | 0.01 | 453 | 419.21 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 934 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 144,917 | 0.63 | 84,986 | 70.52 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 18,825 | 0.08 | 22,080 | -14.74 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,541,712 | 6.71 | 565,078 | 172.83 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 14,755,520 | 64.23 | 12,476,787 | 18.26 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 448,150 | 1.95 | 140,050 | 219.99 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 286,176 | 1.25 | 174,410 | 64.08 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 55,590 | 0.24 | 33,661 | 65.15 |
| 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 | 305 | 0.00 | 185 | 64.86 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 131,620 | -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 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,994 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 83 | 0.00 | 144 | -42.36 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 210,858 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 8,796 | 0.04 | 4,496 | 95.64 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,265,987 | 9.86 | 422,866 | 435.86 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 494,110 | 2.15 | 186,562 | 164.85 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 33,769 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 79 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 316 | 0.00 | 13 | 2,330.77 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 119 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 42,870 | 0.19 | 272 | 15,661.03 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,863 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 263 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 72,092 | 0.31 | 243,588 | -70.40 |
| 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 | 13,466 | 0.06 | 256 | 5,160.16 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 106 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,340 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 26,173 | 0.11 | 19,594 | 33.58 |