Russian trade with Mongolia in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Mongolia
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Mongolia totaled $1,368,097,732, up 46.86% ($436,517,292) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Mongolia in 2017 totaled $1,326,861,299, up 48.14% ($431,189,578) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Mongolia in 2017 totaled $41,236,433, up 14.84% ($5,327,714) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Mongolia in 2017 was $1,285,624,866, a 49.53% increase ($425,861,864) over 2016.
Mongolia was Russia’s 59th largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 60th in 2016), accounting for 0.2342% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1992% in 2016).
Mongolia was Russia’s 46th largest export market in 2017 (up from 50th in 2016), accounting for 0.3716% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.3137% in 2016).
Mongolia was Russia’s 96th largest supplier in 2017 (down from 94th in 2016), accounting for 0.0182% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0197% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Mongolia
The major share of Russian exports to Mongolia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 63.37% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (60.34% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.56% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (18.29% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.93% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (8.32% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.60% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (7.17% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.67% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (2.42% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Mongolia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $300,212,653;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $28,650,211;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $20,760,363;
- 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $19,306,558;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $18,331,048;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $9,229,562;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $8,126,362;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $7,622,938;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $4,851,683;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $4,305,772;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $4,036,128.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Mongolia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $23,700,423;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $4,930,810.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 908,206 | 0.07 | 311,581 | 191.48 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 231,273 | 0.02 | 1,808,057 | -87.21 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 36,280 | 0.00 | 31,868 | 13.84 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 10,015,602 | 0.75 | 7,434,129 | 34.72 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 46,757 | 0.00 | 9,619 | 386.09 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 272,511 | 0.02 | 714,766 | -61.87 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,798,558 | 0.21 | 2,271,817 | 23.19 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 904,488 | 0.07 | 623,934 | 44.97 |
10 | Cereals | 16,373,373 | 1.23 | 40,073,796 | -59.14 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 4,399,171 | 0.33 | 9,329,981 | -52.85 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 31,564,582 | 2.38 | 2,914,371 | 983.07 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 20,242 | 0.00 | 24,419 | -17.11 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 19,779,589 | 1.49 | 18,293,088 | 8.13 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2,188,831 | 0.16 | 1,453,180 | 50.62 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 7,702,954 | 0.58 | 7,318,894 | 5.25 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 23,243,587 | 1.75 | 19,207,459 | 21.01 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 21,548,276 | 1.62 | 17,994,679 | 19.75 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,428,250 | 0.26 | 3,120,014 | 9.88 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 17,220,343 | 1.30 | 13,285,235 | 29.62 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 8,294,919 | 0.63 | 9,726,310 | -14.72 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6,868,878 | 0.52 | 4,416,185 | 55.54 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 2,115,073 | 0.16 | 3,456,776 | -38.81 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,386,760 | 0.10 | 1,257,547 | 10.28 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 839,387,928 | 63.26 | 539,175,275 | 55.68 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,431,852 | 0.11 | 1,364,445 | 4.94 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 11,655,988 | 0.88 | 6,804,305 | 71.30 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10,579,454 | 0.80 | 8,416,326 | 25.70 |
31 | Fertilizers | 27,038,478 | 2.04 | 17,808,916 | 51.83 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,122,981 | 0.24 | 2,188,847 | 42.68 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 11,165,940 | 0.84 | 3,543,002 | 215.15 |
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 | 9,963,347 | 0.75 | 7,858,705 | 26.78 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 284,589 | 0.02 | 168,026 | 69.37 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 7,714,884 | 0.58 | 3,853,680 | 100.20 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 5,023 | 0.00 | 4,755 | 5.64 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 10,309,200 | 0.78 | 6,003,428 | 71.72 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,069,756 | 0.38 | 4,067,068 | 24.65 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,526,682 | 0.19 | 2,178,837 | 15.96 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,345,644 | 0.10 | 849,063 | 58.49 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 17,697 | 0.00 | 46,006 | -61.53 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 4,587 | 0.00 | 14,151 | -67.59 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 5,470,315 | 0.41 | 3,038,205 | 80.05 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 7,433 | 0.00 | 5,150 | 44.33 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 3,861 | 0.00 | 332 | 1,062.95 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 2,047,750 | 0.15 | 1,572,953 | 30.19 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,986,991 | 0.23 | 2,049,500 | 45.74 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 112,438 | 0.01 | 68,735 | 63.58 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 325,419 | 0.02 | 13,415 | 2,325.78 |
52 | Cotton | 191,092 | 0.01 | 172,207 | 10.97 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 863 | 0.00 | 523 | 65.01 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 6,309 | 0.00 | 5,018 | 25.73 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 10,231 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 618,227 | 0.05 | 422,668 | 46.27 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 118,845 | 0.01 | 37,219 | 219.31 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 3,462 | 0.00 | 4,127 | -16.11 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 132,416 | 0.01 | 75,707 | 74.91 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 1,401 | 0.00 | 674 | 107.86 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 404,039 | 0.03 | 178,698 | 126.10 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 379,020 | 0.03 | 278,571 | 36.06 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 109,439 | 0.01 | 109,321 | 0.11 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 722,210 | 0.05 | 737,404 | -2.06 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 51,483 | 0.00 | 79,797 | -35.48 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 1,157 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 2,638 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6,789,210 | 0.51 | 4,737,297 | 43.31 |
69 | Ceramic products | 941,959 | 0.07 | 659,685 | 42.79 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 10,803,482 | 0.81 | 9,653,351 | 11.91 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 91,444 | 0.01 | 21,522 | 324.89 |
72 | Iron and steel | 29,596,813 | 2.23 | 11,265,765 | 162.71 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 15,540,083 | 1.17 | 7,413,721 | 109.61 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 192,843 | 0.01 | 267,876 | -28.01 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 2,250 | 0.00 | 21 | 10,614.29 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,268,342 | 0.17 | 1,690,848 | 34.15 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 1,483 | 0.00 | 194 | 664.43 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 24,480 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 35,558 | 0.00 | 8,361 | 325.28 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,057 | 0.00 | 1,895 | -44.22 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 415,421 | 0.03 | 480,327 | -13.51 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 664,405 | 0.05 | 501,934 | 32.37 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 40,136,562 | 3.02 | 19,376,199 | 107.14 |
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 | 46,750,608 | 3.52 | 46,554,627 | 0.42 |
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 | 21,025,709 | 1.58 | 1,719,151 | 1,123.03 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 9,060,883 | 0.68 | 5,783,074 | 56.68 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 29,659 | 0.00 | 51,273 | -42.15 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,465,930 | 0.11 | 1,037,646 | 41.27 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,028 | 0.00 | 12,371 | -83.61 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,657 | 0.00 | 1,177 | 40.78 |
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 | 2,124,720 | 0.16 | 1,532,595 | 38.64 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 236,289 | 0.02 | 121,920 | 93.81 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,830,286 | 0.14 | 4,391,221 | -58.32 |
SS | Classified | 148,566 | 0.01 | 114 906 | 29.29 |
Russia’s Imports from Mongolia
The major share of Russian imports from Mongolia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 69.96% of Russia’s total imports from Mongolia (75.08% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 19.48% of Russia’s total imports from Mongolia (18.83% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 10.03% of Russia’s total imports from Mongolia (5.89% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Mongolia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $2,113,340;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $1,277,080;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $743,916;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $582,927;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $327,463;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $215,909;
- Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric (HS code 51) - an increase of $162,011.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Mongolia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $151,197.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 6,596,071 | 16.00 | 5,852,155 | 12.71 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 430 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 215,909 | 0.52 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 14,800 | 0.04 | 11,185 | 32.32 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 207,963 | 0.50 | 325,280 | -36.07 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 1,095 | -100.00 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 826,730 | 2.00 | 243,803 | 239.10 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,022 | 0.01 | 6,277 | -35.92 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 262 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 77,020 | 0.19 | 174,229 | -55.79 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 90,815 | 0.22 | 146,497 | -38.01 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 26,374,563 | 63.96 | 24,261,223 | 8.71 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 2,149,479 | 5.21 | 2,224,937 | -3.39 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 322,939 | 0.78 | 474,136 | -31.89 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 12,924 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 654 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 20,650 | 0.05 | 15,585 | 32.50 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 13,213 | 0.03 | 2,499 | 428.73 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,909 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 982 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,223 | 0.03 | 55 | 20,305.45 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,343 | 0.02 | 19,166 | -61.69 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 438,125 | 1.06 | 276,114 | 58.68 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 746 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 135,443 | 0.33 | 71,025 | 90.70 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,293 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,857,373 | 6.93 | 1,580,293 | 80.81 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 360,194 | 0.87 | 32,731 | 1,000.47 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 127,835 | 0.31 | 35,137 | 263.82 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 79,788 | 0.19 | 48,561 | 64.30 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 136,654 | 0.33 | 69,683 | 96.11 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,504 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 1,929 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,103 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,429 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3,335 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,427 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 158 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 760 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 25,165 | 0.06 | 14,794 | 70.10 |
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 | 33,451 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 118 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,221 | 0.00 | 133 | 818.05 |
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 | 74,086 | 0.18 | 20,490 | 261.57 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 31 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |