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Russian trade in goods with Israel in Q1 2018

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Israel in the first quarter of 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Israel

In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Israel totaled $714,120,260, up 24.72% ($141,545,196) from the 1st quarter of 2017.

Russia’s exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $486,927,845, up 28.65% ($108,429,329) from the 1st quarter of 2017.

Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $227,192,415, up 17.06% ($33,115,867) from the 1st quarter of 2017.

Russia’s trade surplus with Israel in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $259,735,430, a 40.84% increase ($75,313,462) over the 1st quarter of 2017.

Israel was Russia’s 38th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 40th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.4530% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.4454% in the 1st quarter of 2017).

Israel was Russia’s 39th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (down from 38th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.4726% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.4542% in the 1st quarter of 2017).

Israel was Russia’s 37th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 40th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.4160% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.4292% in the 1st quarter of 2017).

Russia’s Exports to Israel

The major share of Russian exports to Israel 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) - 39.96% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (39.42% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 38.34% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (38.43% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.42% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (4.03% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.31% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (10.00% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.50% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (4.07% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.70% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (3.07% in the 1st quarter of 2017).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Israel 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 $47,514,808;
  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $41,226,864;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $26,302,703;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $5,843,177;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $1,770,206;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,765,260.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $12,685,939;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $2,147,275.
Russia’s exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2018 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q1 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2018
over Q1 2017
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 68,714 0.01 0
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 38,835 0.01 41,430-6.26
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 987,943 0.20 539,07483.27
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 0 0.00 41,726-100.00
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 667,157 0.14 1,566,671-57.42
10 Cereals 29,814,243 6.12 3,511,540749.04
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 362,990 0.07 521,033-30.33
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 315,577 0.06 70,264349.13
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 2,539,390 0.52 2,263,23512.20
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 9,572 0.00 40,226-76.20
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 172,540 0.04 121,43042.09
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 1,102,115 0.23 589,90886.83
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 547,902 0.11 573,776-4.51
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 981,699 0.20 925,1296.11
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 3,083,939 0.63 2,762,82711.62
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 310,204 0.06 846,319-63.35
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 0 0.00 854,513-100.00
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 2,232 0.00 2,149,507-99.90
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 194,580,940 39.96 147,066,13232.31
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 2,222,615 0.46 1,290,76472.19
29 Organic chemicals 1,796,719 0.37 26,5136,676.75
30 Pharmaceutical products 15,199 0.00 23,139-34.31
31 Fertilizers 6,764,486 1.39 7,335,984-7.79
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 151,664 0.03 250,320-39.41
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 0 0.00 20,606-100.00
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 1,939 0.00 1,67315.90
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 3,933,910 0.81 4,013,891-1.99
39 Plastics and articles thereof 2,062,826 0.42 2,339,538-11.83
40 Rubber and articles thereof 74,403 0.02 96,527-22.92
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 25,241 0.01 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 224 0.00 50348.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 7,076,298 1.45 7,297,169-3.03
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 1,130,176 0.23 1,161,410-2.69
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 4,572,948 0.94 2,807,68862.87
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 361,555 0.07 363,462-0.52
52 Cotton 0 0.00 798-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 96,732 0.02 0
55 Man-made staple fibers 366 0.00 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 116 0.00 1,065-89.11
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 545 0.00 0
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 5 0.00 18-72.22
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 10,859 0.00 30,610-64.52
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 6,732 0.00 6,5842.25
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 30,852 0.01 19,34559.48
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 1,790 0.00 5,019-64.34
65 Headgear and parts thereof 52 0.00 3740.54
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 0 0.00 25-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 973,482 0.20 663,84146.64
69 Ceramic products 32,080 0.01 29,2659.62
70 Glass and glassware 11,658 0.00 30,030-61.18
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 186,693,819 38.34 145,466,95528.34
72 Iron and steel 17,777,099 3.65 11,933,92248.96
73 Articles of iron or steel 134,794 0.03 10,7781,150.64
74 Copper and articles thereof 2,698 0.00 2,38213.27
75 Nickel and articles thereof 0 0.00 900-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 9,472,662 1.95 22,158,601-57.25
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 3,270,622 0.67 3,729,848-12.31
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 0 0.00 17-100.00
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 48,905 0.01 9,251428.65
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 592,767 0.12 127,141366.23
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 1,123,417 0.23 1,324,749-15.20
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 45,474 0.01 31,31445.22
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 532,207 0.11 838,766-36.55
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 911 0.00 252261.51
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 4,490 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 132,793 0.03 106,14425.11
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 87,056 0.02 84,5223.00
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 235 0.00 58,673-99.60
SS Classified 66,432 0.01 314 190-78.86

Russia’s Imports from Israel

The major share of Russian imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 54.15% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (56.17% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 19.66% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (18.85% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.83% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (15.09% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.39% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (3.60% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.84% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (2.52% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.75% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (1.66% in the 1st quarter of 2017).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $17,487,896;
  • 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 $4,079,500;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $3,477,550;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $2,890,087;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $2,569,669;
  • Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $2,010,987;
  • 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) - an increase of $1,352,209;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,261,450;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,140,344;
  • Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $970,600;
  • Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $939,691.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $1,532,910;
  • Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $1,484,333;
  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $942,792;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $747,038;
  • 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 $724,298.
Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2018 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q1 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q1 2017,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2018
over Q1 2017
01 Live animals 433,199 0.19 268,34161.44
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 186,194 0.08 5,1013,550.15
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 3,849,576 1.69 5,333,909-27.83
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 87,853,213 38.67 70,365,31724.85
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 21,403,795 9.42 22,346,587-4.22
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 189,179 0.08 187,6790.80
10 Cereals 95 0.00 0
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 3,810 0.00 1,516151.32
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 1,665,685 0.73 2,001,881-16.79
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 256,400 0.11 245,0044.65
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 5,850 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 24,699 0.01 15,54258.92
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 188-100.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 95,935 0.04 163,302-41.25
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 26,242 0.01 31,643-17.07
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 346,288 0.15 466,695-25.80
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 5,687,679 2.50 5,897,640-3.56
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 832,592 0.37 1,482,828-43.85
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 161,855 0.07 195,473-17.20
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,217,610 0.54 665,08283.08
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 213,288 0.09 54,536291.10
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 684,257 0.30 1,408,555-51.42
29 Organic chemicals 1,348,921 0.59 2,095,959-35.64
30 Pharmaceutical products 11,973,732 5.27 10,833,38810.53
31 Fertilizers 1,070,126 0.47 614,14874.25
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 4,189,770 1.84 3,219,17030.15
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 6,363,242 2.80 6,248,0661.84
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 2,776,677 1.22 1,424,46894.93
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 6,868 0.00 60,688-88.68
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 65,230 0.03 138,882-53.03
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 5,208,538 2.29 2,638,86997.38
39 Plastics and articles thereof 10,153,660 4.47 7,263,57339.79
40 Rubber and articles thereof 833,115 0.37 641,90329.79
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 106,695 0.05 36,892189.21
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 19,911 0.01 29,063-31.49
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 18,172 0.01 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 455,783 0.20 242,50687.95
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 78,423 0.03 379,027-79.31
52 Cotton 368,722 0.16 585,434-37.02
54 Man-made filaments 201,668 0.09 251,006-19.66
55 Man-made staple fibers 9 0.00 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 5,068,163 2.23 3,057,17665.78
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 575 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 564,363 0.25 617,499-8.61
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 12,495 0.01 0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 23,899 0.01 100,697-76.27
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 95,195 0.04 40,033137.79
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 117,486 0.05 226,429-48.11
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 448 0.00 13,517-96.69
65 Headgear and parts thereof 325 0.00 18179.56
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 0 0.00 704-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 524,549 0.23 189,868176.27
69 Ceramic products 40,005 0.02 11,022262.96
70 Glass and glassware 223,448 0.10 227,592-1.82
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 1,694,611 0.75 3,227,521-47.49
73 Articles of iron or steel 239,458 0.11 359,841-33.45
74 Copper and articles thereof 1,617 0.00 83,655-98.07
75 Nickel and articles thereof 137 0.00 44,607-99.69
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 450,942 0.20 392,77914.81
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 26,502 0.01 1,7621,404.09
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 6,960,510 3.06 6,020,81915.61
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 22,842 0.01 87,312-73.84
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 11,723,420 5.16 10,461,97012.06
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 13,522,654 5.95 9,443,15443.20
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 684,492 0.30 111,668512.97
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 7,109 0.00 444,538-98.40
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 12,304,335 5.42 8,826,78539.40
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 936 0.00 4,133-77.35
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 1,488,231 0.66 1,666,142-10.68
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 581,938 0.26 450,01829.31
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9,895 0.00 5,18990.69
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 5,183 0.00 0
SS Classified 419,949 0.18 120 076249.74
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia