Russian trade with Yemen in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Yemen
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Yemen totaled $304,093,642, up 94.68% ($147,890,506) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2017 totaled $304,068,155, up 94.88% ($148,037,228) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2017 were $25,487, down 85.20% ($146,722) from 2016.
Russia’s trade surplus with Yemen in 2017 was $304,042,668, a 95.08% increase ($148,183,950) over 2016.
Yemen was Russia’s 89th largest trading partner in 2017 (up from 103rd in 2016), accounting for 0.0521% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0334% in 2016).
Yemen was Russia’s 75th largest export market in 2017 (up from 90th in 2016), accounting for 0.0852% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0547% in 2016).
Yemen was Russia’s 181st largest supplier in 2017 (down from 162nd in 2016), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0001% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Yemen
The major share of Russian exports to Yemen in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 88.06% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (97.89% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 10.72% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (0.80% in 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.08% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (1.27% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $115,177,220;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $31,312,787;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,317,397.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
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 | 600,105 | 0.20 | 1,044,361 | -42.54 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 402,241 | 0.13 | 282,931 | 42.17 |
| 10 | Cereals | 266,565,470 | 87.67 | 151,388,250 | 76.08 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 30,015 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 202,655 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 7,012 | 0.00 | 17,444 | -59.80 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,277,564 | 1.08 | 1,960,167 | 67.21 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 10,394 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 157,077 | 0.05 | 27,879 | 463.42 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 26,255 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 25,248 | 0.01 | 3,274 | 671.17 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,157 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 34,630 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 10,625 | 0.00 | 4 | 265,525.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 32,565,377 | 10.71 | 1,252,590 | 2,499.84 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 800 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 90 | 0.00 | 141 | -36.17 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 147,897 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 25,788 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,000 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10,345 | 0.00 | 10,676 | -3.10 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,619 | 0.00 | 1 | 661,800.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Yemen
The major share of Russian imports from Yemen in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 96.06% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (99.87% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.33% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (0.11% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.40% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (0.00% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $594;
- 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 $356.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $147,505;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $191.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 24,482 | 96.06 | 171,987 | -85.77 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 594 | 2.33 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 191 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 55 | 0.22 | 27 | 103.70 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 356 | 1.40 | 0 | ∞ |