Russian trade with Montenegro 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 Montenegro in 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Montenegro
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Montenegro was $17,162,443, down 37.92% ($10,484,753) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Montenegro in 2017 were $11,404,665, down 49.27% ($11,078,526) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Montenegro in 2017 totaled $5,757,778, up 11.50% ($593,773) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Montenegro in 2017 was $5,646,887, a 67.40% decrease ($11,672,299) over 2016.
Montenegro was Russia’s 148th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 140th in 2016), accounting for 0.0029% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0059% in 2016).
Montenegro was Russia’s 144th largest export market in 2017 (down from 132nd in 2016), accounting for 0.0032% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0079% in 2016).
Montenegro was Russia’s 126th largest supplier in 2017 (up from 128th in 2016), accounting for 0.0025% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0028% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Montenegro
The major share of Russian exports to Montenegro in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 48.42% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (78.45% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 20.68% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (4.26% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 14.41% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (5.82% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 12.96% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (7.85% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.61% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (1.06% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.20% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (1.20% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Montenegro in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $879,860;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $833,446;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $601,683;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $149,208;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $39,168.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Montenegro in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $12,138,007;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $286,262;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $247,784;
- 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 $189,787;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - a decrease of $163,140;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $142,513;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $135,546;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $127,357;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $59,315;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $40,052.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 142,513 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 116 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 2,107 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 1,736 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 347 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 573 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,345 | 0.01 | 3,987 | -66.27 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 12,142 | 0.11 | 5,589 | 117.25 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 649 | 0.01 | 7,227 | -91.02 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 7,373 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 64,125 | 0.56 | 199,671 | -67.88 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 81,762 | 0.72 | 54,318 | 50.52 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,483,751 | 13.01 | 882,068 | 68.21 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,478,489 | 12.96 | 1,764,751 | -16.22 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 16,800 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 4,502 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 34,667 | 0.30 | 22,584 | 53.50 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 131,265 | 1.15 | 92,097 | 42.53 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,854 | 0.02 | 18,414 | -89.93 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | -100.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 6,926 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 380 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 15,492 | 0.14 | 36,816 | -57.92 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 40,052 | -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 | 2,137 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 15,964 | 0.14 | 263,748 | -93.95 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 230 | 0.00 | 2,803 | -91.79 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,161 | 0.06 | 2,996 | 139.02 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 1,061 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 310 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,661 | 0.02 | 2,279 | 16.76 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,424 | 0.02 | 1,003 | 141.67 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 34 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 574 | 0.01 | 1,272 | -54.87 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 149,240 | 1.31 | 32 | 466,275.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 17,204 | 0.15 | 180,344 | -90.46 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 1,542 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 53,727 | 0.47 | 21,974 | 144.50 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 13,519 | 0.12 | 11,727 | 15.28 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 300 | 0.00 | 2,490 | -87.95 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,432,974 | 47.64 | 17,570,981 | -69.08 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 45 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 635 | 0.01 | 45 | 1,311.11 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 20,513 | 0.18 | 29,778 | -31.11 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,019,537 | 8.94 | 186,091 | 447.87 |
| 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 | 427,045 | 3.74 | 616,832 | -30.77 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 127,357 | -100.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 888,055 | 7.79 | 8,195 | 10,736.55 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 24,223 | 0.21 | 18,425 | 31.47 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 245 | 0.00 | 3,777 | -93.51 |
| 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 | 21,616 | 0.19 | 80,931 | -73.29 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 33,742 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 65 | 0.00 | 292 | -77.74 |
| SS | Classified | 1,167 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Montenegro
The major share of Russian imports from Montenegro in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 47.78% of Russia’s total imports from Montenegro (33.16% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.36% of Russia’s total imports from Montenegro (28.79% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.32% of Russia’s total imports from Montenegro (23.99% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.31% of Russia’s total imports from Montenegro (1.07% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Montenegro in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $1,680,671;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,060,285;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $23,777.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Montenegro in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,039,093;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $970,636;
- 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 $83,654;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $51,510;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $34,600;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $26,724.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 34,600 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 481,616 | 8.36 | 1,452,252 | -66.84 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,745,207 | 47.68 | 1,684,922 | 62.93 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 26,724 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,029 | 0.04 | 223 | 809.87 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,856 | 0.07 | 727 | 430.40 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 28,751 | 0.50 | 17,321 | 65.99 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 96 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,534 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3,251 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,333,913 | 40.53 | 653,242 | 257.28 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 17,008 | 0.30 | 2,986 | 469.59 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 42 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 51,510 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 721 | 0.01 | 431 | 67.29 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 195 | 0.00 | 472 | -58.69 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 73,089 | 1.27 | 1,112,182 | -93.43 |
| 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 | 35,729 | 0.62 | 119,383 | -70.07 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 622 | 0.01 | 6,789 | -90.84 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 24,018 | 0.42 | 241 | 9,865.98 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,049 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |