Russian trade with Lebanon in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Lebanon
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Lebanon totaled $633,719,692, up 17.50% ($94,400,109) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2017 totaled $624,822,845, up 18.28% ($96,547,431) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2017 were $8,896,847, down 19.44% ($2,147,322) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Lebanon in 2017 was $615,925,998, a 19.08% increase ($98,694,753) over 2016.
Lebanon was Russia’s 73rd largest trading partner in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.1085% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1153% in 2016).
Lebanon was Russia’s 64th largest export market in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.1750% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1850% in 2016).
Lebanon was Russia’s 118th largest supplier in 2017 (down from 112th in 2016), accounting for 0.0039% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0061% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Lebanon
The major share of Russian exports to Lebanon in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 48.99% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (40.98% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 37.97% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (39.48% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.61% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (7.56% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.23% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (2.96% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.55% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (4.10% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.63% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (4.82% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $44,751,409;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $41,184,020;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $28,408,875;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3,025,289;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $2,546,165;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $2,397,488.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $15,191,482;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $9,504,467;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $4,872,023.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
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01 | Live animals | 7,318 | 0.00 | 14,844 | -50.70 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 2,850 | -100.00 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 7,800 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,506,051 | 0.24 | 638,348 | 135.93 |
10 | Cereals | 241,779,714 | 38.70 | 197,028,305 | 22.71 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 7,050 | 0.00 | 46,550 | -84.85 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 4,627 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 57,633,486 | 9.22 | 16,449,466 | 250.37 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 35,390 | 0.01 | 75,584 | -53.18 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,791,529 | 0.29 | 26,536 | 6,651.32 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 12,145 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 162,341 | 0.03 | 190,928 | -14.97 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,470,543 | 0.24 | 729,171 | 101.67 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,594,075 | 0.26 | 1,260,513 | 26.46 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 97,733 | 0.02 | 5,509 | 1,674.06 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,112,844 | 0.34 | 1,832,641 | 15.29 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 235,159,196 | 37.64 | 206,750,321 | 13.74 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 555,851 | 0.09 | 208,493 | 166.60 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 6,963,809 | 1.11 | 3,938,520 | 76.81 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,086,061 | 0.17 | 392,030 | 177.04 |
31 | Fertilizers | 2,310,213 | 0.37 | 2,597,928 | -11.07 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 138,742 | 0.02 | 132,761 | 4.51 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 53,187 | 0.01 | 38,669 | 37.54 |
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 | 164,860 | 0.03 | 286 | 57,543.36 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 705 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,415,272 | 0.71 | 13,919,739 | -68.28 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 106,599 | 0.02 | 427,959 | -75.09 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 129,711 | 0.02 | 1,426 | 8,996.14 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 417 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 14,038,799 | 2.25 | 11,641,311 | 20.59 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 409,673 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,105,212 | 0.98 | 3,559,047 | 71.54 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 15,444 | 0.00 | 4,218 | 266.15 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1,505 | 0.00 | 2,365 | -36.36 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 10,687 | 0.00 | 1 | 1,068,600.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 19,101 | 0.00 | 12,512 | 52.66 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 252 | -100.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 7,469 | 0.00 | 10,001 | -25.32 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 34 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 172 | 0.00 | 352 | -51.14 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 54,346 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 2,187 | 0.00 | 41,891 | -94.78 |
72 | Iron and steel | 34,710,910 | 5.56 | 39,582,933 | -12.31 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 143,590 | 0.02 | 352,152 | -59.22 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 398 | 0.00 | 37 | 975.68 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 799 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 171,808 | 0.03 | 302 | 56,790.07 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,722 | 0.00 | 1,628 | 190.05 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 375,181 | 0.06 | 354,468 | 5.84 |
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 | 466,671 | 0.07 | 338,208 | 37.98 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 9,156,967 | 1.47 | 24,348,449 | -62.39 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,194 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 156,408 | 0.03 | 427,212 | -63.39 |
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 | 101,893 | 0.02 | 115,632 | -11.88 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 24,149 | 0.00 | 7,143 | 238.08 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 29 | 0.00 | 20,204 | -99.86 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 6,135 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 18,168 | 0.00 | 257 637 | -92.95 |
Russia’s Imports from Lebanon
The major share of Russian imports from Lebanon in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 37.38% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (58.52% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 25.84% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (16.58% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 23.81% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (14.54% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.87% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (1.35% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.19% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (5.06% in 2016);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 2.67% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (2.93% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $668,443;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $377,396;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $373,398;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $167,803;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $48,407;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $28,306;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $27,475.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $2,909,771;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $259,103;
- 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) - a decrease of $231,001;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $182,326;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $126,801;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $86,306;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $33,976;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $27,452.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
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 | 1,580 | 0.02 | 2,913 | -45.76 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 268,841 | 3.02 | 101,038 | 166.08 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 17,704 | 0.20 | 17,119 | 3.42 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 225 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,060 | 0.01 | 1,310 | -19.08 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 22,368 | 0.25 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,333 | 0.01 | 19,863 | -93.29 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 37,456 | 0.42 | 296,559 | -87.37 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 126,801 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 33,976 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 180,001 | 2.02 | 151,695 | 18.66 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 873 | 0.01 | 12,756 | -93.16 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 23,965 | 0.27 | 18,345 | 30.64 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 2,770,302 | 31.14 | 5,680,073 | -51.23 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 545,024 | 6.13 | 167,628 | 225.14 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 52,775 | 0.59 | 4,368 | 1,108.22 |
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 | 1,792 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 17,454 | 0.20 | 4,716 | 270.10 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,681,827 | 18.90 | 1,654,352 | 1.66 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 71 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 13,374 | 0.15 | 31,437 | -57.46 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 87,821 | 0.99 | 65,603 | 33.87 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 141 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 57,387 | 0.65 | 56,924 | 0.81 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 465,040 | 5.23 | 91,642 | 407.45 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 7,290 | 0.08 | 1,142 | 538.35 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,025,235 | 22.76 | 1,356,792 | 49.27 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 65,446 | 0.74 | 247,772 | -73.59 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 20,348 | 0.23 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 605 | 0.01 | 6,245 | -90.31 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 237,748 | 2.67 | 324,054 | -26.63 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 709 | 0.01 | 3,507 | -79.78 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11 | 0.00 | 6 | 83.33 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 44 | 0.00 | 16,961 | -99.74 |
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 | 1,183 | 0.01 | 232,184 | -99.49 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 282,726 | 3.18 | 310,178 | -8.85 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 135 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 94 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 7,312 | 0.08 | 5,727 | 27.68 |