Russian trade with Venezuela in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Venezuela
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Venezuela was $68,360,664, down 79.66% ($267,690,767) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Venezuela in 2017 were $67,605,721, down 79.77% ($266,651,109) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Venezuela in 2017 were $754,943, down 57.93% ($1,039,658) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Venezuela in 2017 was $66,850,778, a 79.89% decrease ($265,611,451) over 2016.
Venezuela was Russia’s 125th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 82nd in 2016), accounting for 0.0117% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0718% in 2016).
Venezuela was Russia’s 107th largest export market in 2017 (down from 71st in 2016), accounting for 0.0189% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1171% in 2016).
Venezuela was Russia’s 149th largest supplier in 2017 (down from 137th in 2016), accounting for 0.0003% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0010% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Venezuela
The major share of Russian exports to Venezuela in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 61.94% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (3.43% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 27.19% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (62.05% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.24% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (4.45% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.71% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (5.11% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.13% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (3.14% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Venezuela in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $41,783,455;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $419,903;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $281,452.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Venezuela in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $96,442,684;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $42,087,353;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $28,217,536;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $21,589,977;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $12,204,632;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $11,049,804;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $10,445,729;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $7,995,899;
- 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 $4,064,617;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $3,259,664;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,891,627;
- Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - a decrease of $863,082;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $694,323;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - a decrease of $690,421;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $635,422;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $259,833;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $252,170.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 41,783,455 | 61.80 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 5,133 | 0.01 | 257,303 | -98.01 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 24,837 | 0.04 | 11,074,641 | -99.78 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 11,666 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 6,800 | 0.01 | 11,341 | -40.04 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 57,083 | 0.08 | 98,250 | -41.90 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,667 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 425,660 | 0.63 | 1,061,082 | -59.88 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,054 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 281,452 | 0.42 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 13 | 0.00 | 300 | -95.67 |
31 | Fertilizers | 4,007,740 | 5.93 | 12,003,639 | -66.61 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 32,869 | -100.00 |
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 | 109 | 0.00 | 82,125 | -99.87 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 190 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 690,421 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 30,350 | 0.04 | 4,292 | 607.13 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 570,360 | 0.84 | 150,457 | 279.09 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,114 | 0.00 | 1,894,741 | -99.84 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2 | 0.00 | 58,905 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 89,582 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 10,445,729 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 808 | 0.00 | 609 | 32.68 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 44 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 204 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 164 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 907 | 0.00 | 1,981 | -54.22 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 164 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 49 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 236 | 0.00 | 22 | 972.73 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 373 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 7,645 | 0.01 | 1,551 | 392.91 |
72 | Iron and steel | 22,310 | 0.03 | 174,812 | -87.24 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 559,030 | 0.83 | 3,818,694 | -85.36 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,057 | 0.00 | 1,849 | 11.25 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 6,198 | 0.01 | 266,031 | -97.67 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 1 | 0.00 | 6,048 | -99.98 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 43 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 551,172 | 0.82 | 12,755,804 | -95.68 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 14,002 | 0.02 | 70,040 | -80.01 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 9,454,916 | 13.99 | 31,044,893 | -69.54 |
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 | 8,072,774 | 11.94 | 104,515,458 | -92.28 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 28,217,536 | -100.00 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 694,323 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 850,971 | 1.26 | 42,938,324 | -98.02 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 65,666 | -100.00 |
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 | 751,325 | 1.11 | 4,815,942 | -84.40 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 78 | 0.00 | 539 | -85.53 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 863,082 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 16,109 | 0.02 | 66 125 405 | -99.98 |
Russia’s Imports from Venezuela
The major share of Russian imports from Venezuela in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 88.87% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (52.66% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.67% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (0.73% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.44% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (7.49% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.90% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (0.12% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.12% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (38.40% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Venezuela in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $163,065;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $25,425;
- 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 $21,528;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $12,251;
- 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 $7,118.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Venezuela in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $688,230;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $413,854;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $134,356;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $24,300;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $9,803.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 904 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 24,300 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 85,935 | 11.38 | 499,789 | -82.81 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 584,084 | 77.37 | 421,019 | 38.73 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 177 | 0.02 | 688,407 | -99.97 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 707 | -100.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 742 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 14,366 | 1.90 | 2,115 | 579.24 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 9,803 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 134,356 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 25,425 | 3.37 | 0 | ∞ |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 535 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 807 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 23,919 | 3.17 | 2,391 | 900.38 |
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 | 15,108 | 2.00 | 7,990 | 89.09 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,941 | 0.39 | 2,203 | 33.50 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 497 | -100.00 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 1 000 | -100.00 |