Russian trade with Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka in 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Sri Lanka
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Sri Lanka totaled $398,664,789, up 9.81% ($35,621,563) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2017 totaled $85,043,793, up 5.38% ($4,341,550) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2017 totaled $313,620,996, up 11.08% ($31,280,013) from 2016.
Russia’s trade deficit with Sri Lanka in 2017 was $228,577,203, a 13.36% increase ($26,938,463) over 2016.
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 84th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 81st in 2016), accounting for 0.0683% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0776% in 2016).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 99th largest export market in 2017 (down from 95th in 2016), accounting for 0.0238% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0283% in 2016).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 64th largest supplier in 2017 (down from 61st in 2016), accounting for 0.1382% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1549% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian exports to Sri Lanka in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 67.66% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (49.71% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 13.68% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (15.49% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.21% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (4.61% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 5.70% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (27.39% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.42% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (1.92% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $19,418,451;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $3,293,567;
- 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 $1,379,069;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,130,464.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka 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 $11,045,888;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $6,210,121;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $1,829,749;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,112,490;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $786,052.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 2,470 | -100.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 4,252 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 754,243 | 0.89 | 781,545 | -3.49 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,615,948 | 1.90 | 3,445,697 | -53.10 |
| 10 | Cereals | 55,038,226 | 64.72 | 35,619,775 | 54.52 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 35,180 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 40,740 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,385 | 0.00 | 244,000 | -99.43 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 47,210 | 0.06 | 925 | 5,003.78 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 5,832 | 0.01 | 26,058 | -77.62 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 4,231,630 | 4.98 | 10,441,751 | -59.47 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 613,717 | 0.72 | 11,659,605 | -94.74 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,769,826 | 2.08 | 390,757 | 352.92 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 199 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,848,027 | 5.70 | 1,554,460 | 211.88 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 76,519 | 0.09 | 27,808 | 175.17 |
| 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 | 24,639 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,310 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 41,532 | 0.05 | 139,960 | -70.33 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 45,346 | 0.05 | 9,133 | 396.51 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,727,247 | 3.21 | 1,596,783 | 70.80 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 760 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 496,374 | 0.58 | 508,099 | -2.31 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 36,996 | 0.04 | 117,320 | -68.47 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,089,750 | 13.04 | 11,875,802 | -6.62 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 12,043 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,443 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 37,909 | 0.04 | 49,973 | -24.14 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,075 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 41,727 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 70,386 | 0.08 | 42,907 | 64.04 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 320 | 0.00 | 50 | 540.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 144,780 | 0.17 | 1,257,270 | -88.48 |
| 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 | 95,949 | 0.11 | 223,138 | -57.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 112,527 | 0.13 | 69,997 | 60.76 |
| 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 | 11,295 | 0.01 | 460 | 2,355.43 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 940 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 966,511 | 1.14 | 616 500 | 56.77 |
Russia’s Imports from Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian imports from Sri Lanka in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 57.54% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (58.67% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 35.49% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (34.39% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.59% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (5.56% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.97% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (1.08% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $13,315,290;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $8,558,151;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $5,443,500;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,120,083.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,387,009 | 0.76 | 1,730,464 | 37.94 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 4 | 0.00 | 22 | -81.82 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 170,036 | 0.05 | 82,555 | 105.97 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 25,945 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 137,965 | 0.04 | 87,327 | 57.99 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 174,980,063 | 55.79 | 161,664,773 | 8.24 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 16,268 | 0.01 | 17,215 | -5.50 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 86,675 | 0.03 | 64,324 | 34.75 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 114,281 | -100.00 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 2,207,888 | 0.70 | 1,565,482 | 41.04 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 322,863 | 0.10 | 223,572 | 44.41 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,512 | 0.00 | 111 | 1,262.16 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 22,182 | 0.01 | 15,556 | 42.59 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 87,496 | 0.03 | 58,150 | 50.47 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,806 | 0.00 | 192 | 1,361.46 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 11,814 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 34,022 | 0.01 | 83,073 | -59.05 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,788,085 | 1.53 | 3,668,002 | 30.54 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 45,030 | 0.01 | 28,336 | 58.91 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 12,675,114 | 4.04 | 11,927,962 | 6.26 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 286,547 | 0.09 | 319,649 | -10.36 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 51,018 | 0.02 | 20,088 | 153.97 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 84,848 | 0.03 | 152,525 | -44.37 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 9,201 | 0.00 | 7,159 | 28.52 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 2,027 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 874 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 2,621,184 | 0.84 | 3,154,826 | -16.92 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 121,123 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 188,017 | 0.06 | 82,036 | 129.19 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 72,174 | 0.02 | 40,201 | 79.53 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 261 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 65,591,287 | 20.91 | 57,033,136 | 15.01 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 39,880,021 | 12.72 | 34,436,521 | 15.81 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 23,484 | 0.01 | 37,256 | -36.97 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 54,798 | 0.02 | 25,881 | 111.73 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,732,683 | 0.87 | 2,205,524 | 23.90 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 845 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 20,681 | 0.01 | 81,493 | -74.62 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 19,917 | 0.01 | 794 | 2,408.44 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 157,989 | 0.05 | 87,110 | 81.37 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 14,560 | 0.00 | 32 | 45,400.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 74,110 | 0.02 | 46,012 | 61.07 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 151,359 | 0.05 | 137,842 | 9.81 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,409 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 617 | 0.00 | 6,598 | -90.65 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,830 | 0.00 | 113 | 2,404.42 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 135,418 | 0.04 | 97,683 | 38.63 |
| 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 | 2,263,988 | 0.72 | 2,309,519 | -1.97 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 628,024 | 0.20 | 625,473 | 0.41 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 29,928 | 0.01 | 3,974 | 653.10 |
| 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 | 331,964 | 0.11 | 43,752 | 658.74 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 55,827 | 0.02 | 29,273 | 90.71 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 23,303 | 0.01 | 11,017 | 111.52 |