Russian trade with Mexico in 2017
February 14, 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 Mexico in 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Mexico
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Mexico totaled $2,467,957,901, up 44.68% ($762,098,085) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Mexico in 2017 totaled $1,516,386,784, up 42.86% ($454,933,167) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Mexico in 2017 totaled $951,571,117, up 47.67% ($307,164,918) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Mexico in 2017 was $564,815,667, a 35.43% increase ($147,768,249) over 2016.
Mexico was Russia’s 43rd largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 46th in 2016), accounting for 0.4226% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3647% in 2016).
Mexico was Russia’s 42nd largest export market in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.4247% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.3718% in 2016).
Mexico was Russia’s 39th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 44th in 2016), accounting for 0.4193% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.3536% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Mexico
The major share of Russian exports to Mexico in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 79.41% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (76.27% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.31% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (10.17% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.54% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (7.94% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.52% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (1.58% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.22% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (2.40% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.76% of Russia’s total exports to Mexico (1.43% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Mexico in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $366,499,374;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $40,494,935;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $35,450,795;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $22,751,665;
- Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - an increase of $5,441,691;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $5,242,142.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Mexico in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $16,717,787;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $6,956,274;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $5,050,000.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 9,157 | 0.00 | 7,583 | 20.76 |
| 10 | Cereals | 65,836,142 | 4.34 | 82,553,929 | -20.25 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 321 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 657,613 | 0.04 | 139,112 | 372.72 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 80,790 | 0.01 | 40,223 | 100.86 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 11,608 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,699 | 0.00 | 5,255 | -29.61 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,162,023 | 0.08 | 93,995 | 1,136.26 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,104,426 | 0.07 | 1,439,038 | -23.25 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 65,060 | 0.00 | 72,058 | -9.71 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 11,526,886 | 0.76 | 15,151,816 | -23.92 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,727,044 | 0.11 | 1,237,676 | 39.54 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,521,836 | 0.10 | 258,469 | 488.79 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 323,087 | 0.02 | 253,019 | 27.69 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 103,817,026 | 6.85 | 63,322,091 | 63.95 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 227,478 | 0.02 | 59,328 | 283.42 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 231,924 | 0.02 | 272,793 | -14.98 |
| 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 | 29,889 | 0.00 | 856 | 3,391.71 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 358 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 31,928 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 459,920 | 0.03 | 30,682 | 1,398.99 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 731,136 | 0.05 | 453,512 | 61.22 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 77,516,661 | 5.11 | 42,065,866 | 84.27 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4,178 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,333,077 | 0.22 | 2,510,225 | 32.78 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 162,876 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 19,484,469 | 1.28 | 14,242,327 | 36.81 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 26,860 | 0.00 | 26,363 | 1.89 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 344 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 36,864 | 0.00 | 275 | 13,305.09 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 44,391 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 45,720 | 0.00 | 6,174 | 640.52 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 2,294 | 0.00 | 89 | 2,477.53 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 979 | -100.00 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 19,162 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,727 | 0.00 | 39 | 9,456.41 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,436 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 103,196 | 0.01 | 87,013 | 18.60 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 19,712 | 0.00 | 71,047 | -72.25 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 68 | 0.00 | 22 | 209.09 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,168 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,061,572 | 0.07 | 132,944 | 698.51 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 1,463 | 0.00 | 521 | 180.81 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 755,790 | 0.05 | 239,611 | 215.42 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,110,287,940 | 73.22 | 743,788,566 | 49.27 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 132,743 | 0.01 | 279,657 | -52.53 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 119,621 | 0.01 | 81,342 | 47.06 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 2,534 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 81,738,256 | 5.39 | 58,986,591 | 38.57 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 35,828 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 11,863,732 | 0.78 | 6,422,041 | 84.73 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,092 | 0.00 | 13,412 | -62.03 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11,905 | 0.00 | 11,416 | 4.28 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,240,545 | 0.41 | 13,196,819 | -52.71 |
| 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 | 6,239,799 | 0.41 | 2,365,554 | 163.78 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,453,200 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,285,637 | 0.35 | 3,022,975 | 74.85 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 5,050,000 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 665,480 | 0.04 | 420,560 | 58.24 |
| 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 | 47,671 | 0.00 | 14,275 | 233.95 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 791,777 | 0.05 | 134,024 | 490.77 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,475 | 0.00 | 176 | 1,874.43 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 12,624 | 0.00 | 6,460 | 95.42 |
| SS | Classified | 751,918 | 0.05 | 1 395 438 | -46.12 |
Russia’s Imports from Mexico
The major share of Russian imports from Mexico in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 68.88% of Russia’s total imports from Mexico (73.38% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.56% of Russia’s total imports from Mexico (9.96% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.97% of Russia’s total imports from Mexico (7.64% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 6.80% of Russia’s total imports from Mexico (0.20% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.51% of Russia’s total imports from Mexico (5.59% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.15% of Russia’s total imports from Mexico (0.91% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Mexico 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) - an increase of $136,901,849;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $63,494,242;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $25,330,446;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $24,033,282;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $15,010,492;
- 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 $11,698,692;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $9,489,223;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $9,289,363;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $5,218,084;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $4,093,846;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $4,088,260;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $3,912,832.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Mexico in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $7,037,984.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,092,344 | 0.22 | 2,274,191 | -8.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 97,209 | 0.01 | 104,441 | -6.92 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 147,479 | 0.02 | 62,185 | 137.16 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 25,895,860 | 2.72 | 10,885,368 | 137.90 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 3,800,624 | 0.40 | 4,151,952 | -8.46 |
| 10 | Cereals | 17 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,118,705 | 0.22 | 1,914,719 | 10.65 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 55,847 | 0.01 | 21,568 | 158.93 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 303,091 | 0.03 | 179,131 | 69.20 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 112,054 | 0.01 | 175,672 | -36.21 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 50,102 | 0.01 | 23,933 | 109.34 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 112 | 0.00 | 90,724 | -99.88 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,890,783 | 0.20 | 1,554,630 | 21.62 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,058,695 | 0.11 | 3,442,375 | -69.25 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 42,162,212 | 4.43 | 38,073,952 | 10.74 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,676,913 | 0.18 | 1,217,557 | 37.73 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 846,774 | 0.09 | 943,057 | -10.21 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 63,823,676 | 6.71 | 329,434 | 19,273.74 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,355 | 0.00 | 1,873 | 132.51 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 990,077 | 0.10 | 246,679 | 301.36 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,940,293 | 0.20 | 1,265,278 | 53.35 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,196,464 | 0.86 | 7,375,350 | 11.13 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 278,734 | 0.03 | 25 | 1,114,836.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 13,335,009 | 1.40 | 3,845,786 | 246.74 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,405,548 | 0.25 | 3,469,988 | -30.68 |
| 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 | 62,600 | 0.01 | 1,215,973 | -94.85 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,455,070 | 0.15 | 1,691,259 | -13.97 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 190,343 | 0.02 | 1,010 | 18,745.84 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,484,182 | 0.26 | 1,546,100 | 60.67 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 13,335,522 | 1.40 | 9,241,676 | 44.30 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,790,332 | 0.82 | 6,113,728 | 27.42 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 17,035 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,009,777 | 0.11 | 811,484 | 24.44 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 11,136 | 0.00 | 77,928 | -85.71 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 18 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 16,705 | 0.00 | 1,486 | 1,024.16 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 76,848 | 0.01 | 82,683 | -7.06 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,981,290 | 0.52 | 1,068,458 | 366.21 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 49,391 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 201 | 0.00 | 206,861 | -99.90 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 5,291,254 | 0.56 | 73,170 | 7,131.45 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 215,586 | 0.02 | 304,555 | -29.21 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,843 | 0.00 | 170 | 984.12 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 255,708 | 0.03 | 364,623 | -29.87 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,312,043 | 0.24 | 1,524,907 | 51.62 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,395,099 | 0.25 | 2,909,822 | -17.69 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 259,224 | 0.03 | 376,052 | -31.07 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 94,310 | 0.01 | 97,669 | -3.44 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 47,673 | 0.01 | 9,184 | 419.09 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,078,516 | 0.11 | 767,660 | 40.49 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 503,957 | 0.05 | 211,549 | 138.22 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,300,590 | 0.14 | 1,502,249 | -13.42 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 35,608 | 0.00 | 64,238 | -44.57 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 51,399 | 0.01 | 453,152 | -88.66 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 31,663,644 | 3.33 | 38,701,628 | -18.19 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 25,419,552 | 2.67 | 89,106 | 28,427.32 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 2,407,581 | 0.25 | 2,576,856 | -6.57 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,203,651 | 0.23 | 1,844,285 | 19.49 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 69 | 0.00 | 207 | -66.67 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 4,286 | 0.00 | 3,333 | 28.59 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 786 | 0.00 | 195 | 303.08 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 719,401 | 0.08 | 512,815 | 40.28 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,376,085 | 0.14 | 2,846,259 | -51.65 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,467,930 | 0.26 | 2,212,170 | 11.56 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 156,147,157 | 16.41 | 146,857,794 | 6.33 |
| 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 | 142,906,350 | 15.02 | 131,207,658 | 8.92 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 249,790,539 | 26.25 | 112,888,690 | 121.27 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 4,923,697 | 0.52 | 4,256,440 | 15.68 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 101,716,720 | 10.69 | 77,683,438 | 30.94 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 7,939 | 0.00 | 5,860 | 35.48 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 192,137 | 0.02 | 110,164 | 74.41 |
| 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 | 3,348,678 | 0.35 | 2,358,864 | 41.96 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 4,518,987 | 0.47 | 5,130,977 | -11.93 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,951,058 | 0.31 | 2,696,432 | 9.44 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 1,854 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 198,633 | 0.02 | 53 660 | 270.17 |