Russian trade in goods with Greece in Q1 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Greece
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Greece totaled $983,126,964, up 0.17% ($1,661,349) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Greece in the 1st quarter of 2018 were $925,550,183, down 1.84% ($17,379,829) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Greece in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $57,576,781, up 49.41% ($19,041,178) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Greece in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $867,973,402, a 4.03% decrease ($36,421,007) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Greece was Russia’s 34th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 29th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.6237% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.7635% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Greece was Russia’s 27th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 21st in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.8984% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.1315% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Greece was Russia’s 69th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 70th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.1054% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0852% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Greece
The major share of Russian exports to Greece in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 84.41% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (64.14% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 11.73% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (32.66% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.22% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (1.00% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.04% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (1.03% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Greece in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $176,390,587;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $52,542,452;
- Zinc and articles thereof (HS code 79) - an increase of $12,754,616;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $4,826,054.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Greece in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $260,701,685;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $6,284,525.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 804 | 0.00 | 9,912 | -91.89 |
10 | Cereals | 10,027,969 | 1.08 | 8,251,271 | 21.53 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 55,855 | 0.01 | 21,795 | 156.27 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 14,270 | 0.00 | 20,092 | -28.98 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 309,713 | 0.03 | 129,830 | 138.55 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 214,573 | 0.02 | 514,984 | -58.33 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,365 | 0.00 | 701 | 380.03 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 7,937 | 0.00 | 476 | 1,567.44 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 20,753 | 0.00 | 11,360 | 82.68 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,209 | 0.00 | 7,388 | -70.10 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 215,224 | 0.02 | 126,858 | 69.66 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 437,545 | 0.05 | 287,480 | 52.20 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,076 | 0.00 | 252 | 1,517.46 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 91,661 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 781,187,282 | 84.40 | 604,796,695 | 29.17 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 283,203 | 0.03 | 1,016,053 | -72.13 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 26,853 | 0.00 | 8,849 | 203.46 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 17,215 | 0.00 | 22,099 | -22.10 |
31 | Fertilizers | 7,721,072 | 0.83 | 7,307,108 | 5.67 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 24,567 | 0.00 | 1,415 | 1,636.18 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 19,798 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 37,761 | 0.00 | 103,790 | -63.62 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 144,035 | 0.02 | 206,193 | -30.15 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,372,115 | 0.15 | 985,753 | 39.19 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 65 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 1,286,587 | 0.14 | 3,911,542 | -67.11 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,688,456 | 0.29 | 2,723,664 | -1.29 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,505,094 | 0.38 | 1,871,707 | 87.27 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 32,967 | 0.00 | 42,409 | -22.26 |
52 | Cotton | 401 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 551 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 964,429 | 0.10 | 397,418 | 142.67 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 892 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 11,171 | 0.00 | 65 | 17,086.15 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,466 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,758 | 0.00 | 75 | 7,577.33 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 14,156 | 0.00 | 26,609 | -46.80 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 102 | 0.00 | 3,586 | -97.16 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 97,228 | 0.01 | 60,397 | 60.98 |
69 | Ceramic products | 33,318 | 0.00 | 328 | 10,057.93 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 390,827 | 0.04 | 21,241 | 1,739.97 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 24,113 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 598,725 | 0.06 | 6,883,250 | -91.30 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 584,669 | 0.06 | 31,497 | 1,756.27 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 10,940,493 | 1.18 | 271,642,178 | -95.97 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 79,385,937 | 8.58 | 26,843,485 | 195.74 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 3,531,539 | 0.38 | 1,975,839 | 78.74 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 12,754,616 | 1.38 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 89 | 0.00 | 12,866 | -99.31 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 739,348 | 0.08 | 560,275 | 31.96 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 487,723 | 0.05 | 914,455 | -46.67 |
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 | 350,027 | 0.04 | 198,090 | 76.70 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 9,203 | 0.00 | 847,072 | -98.91 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 4,826,054 | 0.52 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 25,432 | 0.00 | 52,499 | -51.56 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 350 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 610 | 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 | 14,764 | 0.00 | 27,043 | -45.41 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 14,534 | 0.00 | 697 | 1,985.22 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,652 | 0.00 | 3,855 | 150.38 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 26,476 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Greece
The major share of Russian imports from Greece in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 28.12% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (31.65% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 25.06% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (22.55% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 19.72% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (11.46% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.46% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (20.16% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 5.02% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (5.42% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.91% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (1.85% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Greece in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $4,869,082;
- 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 $2,345,309;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $2,183,216;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $2,051,081;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1,634,594;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,198,032;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $872,311;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $847,946;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $513,389;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $456,463;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $433,352;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $390,619;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $372,450;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $360,020;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $352,334;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $332,337;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $246,612;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $203,810;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $186,726.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Greece in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - a decrease of $688,726;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $322,316;
- 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 (HS code 34) - a decrease of $298,338.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,658 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 249,474 | 0.43 | 45,664 | 446.33 |
10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 11,519 | -100.00 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 268 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 616 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,187 | 0.00 | 366 | 224.32 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 2,194,488 | 3.81 | 1,322,177 | 65.98 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 8,969 | 0.02 | 9,609 | -6.66 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 20,433 | 0.04 | 11,454 | 78.39 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 103,945 | 0.18 | 10,467 | 893.07 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 445,028 | 0.77 | 11,676 | 3,711.48 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,699,889 | 9.90 | 3,516,673 | 62.08 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 55,225 | 0.10 | 95,728 | -42.31 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,272,835 | 2.21 | 912,815 | 39.44 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,374,174 | 7.60 | 2,739,580 | 59.67 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,102,500 | 1.91 | 711,881 | 54.87 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,620 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 25,332 | 0.04 | 14,456 | 75.24 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 548 | 0.00 | 2,459 | -77.71 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,041,023 | 8.76 | 3,842,991 | 31.17 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,298,922 | 2.26 | 946,588 | 37.22 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 955,006 | 1.66 | 1,120,926 | -14.80 |
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 | 253,442 | 0.44 | 551,780 | -54.07 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 6,067 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,921,068 | 5.07 | 2,073,122 | 40.90 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,633,557 | 9.78 | 3,582,476 | 57.25 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 54,185 | 0.09 | 61,816 | -12.34 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 35,832 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,311 | 0.00 | 7,713 | -70.04 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 353,131 | 0.61 | 1,041,857 | -66.11 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 5,456 | 0.01 | 3,383 | 61.28 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 2,741 | 0.00 | 2,001 | 36.98 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 308,880 | 0.54 | 193,610 | 59.54 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 55,498 | 0.10 | 81,661 | -32.04 |
52 | Cotton | 17,542 | 0.03 | 6,780 | 158.73 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 34 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 9,481 | 0.02 | 120,172 | -92.11 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 28,524 | 0.05 | 13,824 | 106.34 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 503,564 | 0.87 | 377,323 | 33.46 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 178,758 | 0.31 | 119,636 | 49.42 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 127,102 | 0.22 | 60,127 | 111.39 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 12,012 | 0.02 | 3,512 | 242.03 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 202,804 | 0.35 | 219,995 | -7.81 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 697,435 | 1.21 | 450,823 | 54.70 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 564,393 | 0.98 | 191,943 | 194.04 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 40,559 | 0.07 | 7,622 | 432.13 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 508,344 | 0.88 | 518,102 | -1.88 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 678 | 0.00 | 177 | 283.05 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,406,312 | 2.44 | 949,849 | 48.06 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 1,550 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,140 | 0.00 | 773 | 47.48 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 73,819 | 0.13 | 78,265 | -5.68 |
72 | Iron and steel | 88,704 | 0.15 | 103,733 | -14.49 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 331,354 | 0.58 | 222,142 | 49.16 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 4,242,624 | 7.37 | 3,910,287 | 8.50 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,244,134 | 3.90 | 2,240,442 | 0.16 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 3,050 | 0.01 | 3,336 | -8.57 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 82 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,681,253 | 2.92 | 1,167,864 | 43.96 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 308,785 | 0.54 | 122,059 | 152.98 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,515,095 | 4.37 | 2,837,411 | -11.36 |
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 | 3,782,516 | 6.57 | 1,437,207 | 163.19 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 162,965 | 0.28 | 109,196 | 49.24 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 4,869,082 | 8.46 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 27,247 | 0.05 | 31,564 | -13.68 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -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 | 135,122 | 0.23 | 48,556 | 178.28 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 336,265 | 0.58 | 187,892 | 78.97 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 27,174 | 0.05 | 27,578 | -1.46 |
SS | Classified | 1,240 | 0.00 | 1 690 | -26.63 |