Russian trade with the Dominican Republic in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with the Dominican Republic
In 2017, Russia’s trade with the Dominican Republic totaled $52,249,260, up 19.46% ($8,511,403) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic in 2017 totaled $32,023,571, up 11.17% ($3,218,803) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in 2017 totaled $20,225,689, up 35.44% ($5,292,600) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with the Dominican Republic in 2017 was $11,797,882, a 14.95% decrease ($2,073,797) over 2016.
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 130th largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 131st in 2016), accounting for 0.0089% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0094% in 2016).
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 121st largest export market in 2017 (up from 124th in 2016), accounting for 0.0090% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0101% in 2016).
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 107th largest supplier in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.0089% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0082% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to the Dominican Republic
The major share of Russian exports to the Dominican Republic in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 57.00% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (53.04% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 32.27% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (22.27% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.41% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (4.75% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.38% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (3.26% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.44% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (0.54% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.08% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (13.97% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $4,704,969;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $2,972,707;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $371,674;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $135,241.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $4,025,141;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $920,101;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $176,168.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 4,025,141 | -100.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 26,875 | 0.08 | 204 | 13,074.02 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 762,954 | 2.38 | 939,122 | -18.76 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,841,632 | 5.75 | 2,761,733 | -33.32 |
31 | Fertilizers | 8,266,312 | 25.81 | 3,561,343 | 132.11 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 36,551 | 0.11 | 3,268 | 1,018.45 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 33,288 | 0.10 | 76 | 43,700.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 155,299 | 0.48 | 88,055 | 76.37 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 61,023 | 0.19 | 83,856 | -27.23 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,352,679 | 4.22 | 1,283,016 | 5.43 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 65 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,000 | -100.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 810 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 10,918 | 0.03 | 11,407 | -4.29 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 677,427 | 2.12 | 542,186 | 24.94 |
69 | Ceramic products | 33,300 | 0.10 | 15,709 | 111.98 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 540 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 18,250,791 | 56.99 | 15,278,084 | 19.46 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,167 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 130 | 0.00 | 145 | -10.34 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 357 | 0.00 | 455 | -21.54 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,755 | 0.01 | 61,985 | -93.94 |
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 | 10,924 | 0.03 | 11,605 | -5.87 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 442,316 | 1.38 | 70,642 | 526.14 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,865 | 0.01 | 12,479 | -69.03 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 81 | 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 | 42,344 | 0.13 | 53,257 | -20.49 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 8,157 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from the Dominican Republic
The major share of Russian imports from the Dominican Republic in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 38.30% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (37.68% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 35.02% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (31.00% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.47% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (22.41% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 8.15% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (5.05% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.39% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (3.40% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,272,283;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1,621,623;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $894,290;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $726,385;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $506,731;
- 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 $179,948;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $91,491;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $66,344;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $64,300.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,034,447.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
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 | 14 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 535,510 | 2.65 | 28,779 | 1,760.77 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 269,850 | 1.33 | 178,359 | 51.30 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6,214 | 0.03 | 1 | 621,300.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 47,485 | 0.23 | 90,837 | -47.73 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,346 | 0.03 | 23,223 | -76.98 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 5,885,931 | 29.10 | 4,264,308 | 38.03 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 995,446 | 4.92 | 1,041,329 | -4.41 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 155 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,237,619 | 11.06 | 3,272,066 | -31.61 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 373 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 15,395 | 0.08 | 28,565 | -46.11 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 67,024 | 0.33 | 45,226 | 48.20 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4,394 | 0.02 | 1,839 | 138.93 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 599 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 131,350 | 0.65 | 67,050 | 95.90 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 323 | 0.00 | 284 | 13.73 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,930 | 0.03 | 15,643 | -55.70 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 166,770 | 0.82 | 100,426 | 66.06 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 638 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,118,146 | 5.53 | 391,761 | 185.42 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,645,813 | 8.14 | 751,523 | 119.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 441 | 0.00 | 656 | -32.77 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 449 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,294 | 0.01 | 2,628 | -50.76 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 22,719 | 0.11 | 21,365 | 6.34 |
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 | 323,341 | 1.60 | 143,393 | 125.49 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 94 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,736,012 | 33.30 | 4,463,729 | 50.91 |
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 | 108 | 0.00 | 5 | 2,060.00 |