Russian trade in goods with Jordan in Q1 2018
May 18, 2018
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Jordan in the first quarter of 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Jordan
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Jordan totaled $101,006,520, up 261.34% ($73,053,164) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $93,718,301, up 295.92% ($70,047,438) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $7,288,219, up 70.19% ($3,005,726) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Jordan in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $86,430,082, a 345.78% increase ($67,041,712) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Jordan was Russia’s 82nd largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 108th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0641% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0217% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Jordan was Russia’s 72nd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 94th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0910% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0284% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Jordan was Russia’s 98th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 105th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0133% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0095% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Jordan
The major share of Russian exports to Jordan 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) - 26.58% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (14.08% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 11.42% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (29.08% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.41% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (8.76% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.05% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (5.82% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.29% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (0.00% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.21% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (0.54% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.53% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (1.03% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $21,339,546;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $3,637,950;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $2,601,667;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $1,202,135;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,101,853;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $822,230;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $815,833;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $431,998;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $314,152.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $899,241;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $536,302;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $522,942;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $367,182.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 122,652 | -100.00 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,184 | 0.00 | 6,693 | -52.43 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 745,867 | 0.80 | 1,268,809 | -41.22 |
| 10 | Cereals | 21,339,546 | 22.77 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 12,980 | 0.01 | 20,379 | -36.31 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 206,038 | 0.22 | 21,120 | 875.56 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 646,247 | 0.69 | 441,758 | 46.29 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 314,152 | 0.34 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 940,567 | 1.00 | 124,734 | 654.06 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 82,844 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 198,120 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 29,557 | 0.03 | 35,069 | -15.72 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 392,233 | 0.42 | 1,291,474 | -69.63 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 492,268 | 0.53 | 243,155 | 102.45 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,637,950 | 3.88 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 174,171 | 0.19 | 11,745 | 1,382.94 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 8,866 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 7,553 | 0.01 | 374,735 | -97.98 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,280 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,116,086 | 1.19 | 1,652,388 | -32.46 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 118,199 | 0.13 | 25,961 | 355.29 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 15,680 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,370,472 | 1.46 | 938,474 | 46.03 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 553,266 | 0.59 | 433,621 | 27.59 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,181 | 0.00 | 5,186 | -77.23 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,202,135 | 1.28 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,154 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,328 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,111 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 4,564 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 7,981,785 | 8.52 | 6,879,932 | 16.02 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 74,531 | 0.08 | 2,580 | 2,788.80 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,601,667 | 2.78 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 682 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 40,228 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,476 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 840,781 | 0.90 | 18,551 | 4,432.27 |
| 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 | 163,919 | 0.17 | 109,860 | 49.21 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 31,259 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 98,008 | 0.10 | 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 | 7,380 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 16,586 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 16,537 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 48,243,311 | 51.48 | 9 616 535 | 401.67 |
Russia’s Imports from Jordan
The major share of Russian imports from Jordan 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) - 72.15% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (63.25% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 17.36% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (4.89% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.08% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (31.50% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,972,608;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $992,184;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $510,444;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $66,858;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $58,212;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $23,722.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Jordan 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) - a decrease of $512,989;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $68,048;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $41,791.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 602,508 | 8.27 | 1,115,497 | -45.99 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 108,406 | 1.49 | 150,197 | -27.82 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 8,090 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 15,374 | 0.21 | 83,422 | -81.57 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 252 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 873,146 | 11.98 | 362,702 | 140.73 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,063,628 | 55.76 | 2,091,020 | 94.34 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 155,100 | 2.13 | 158,900 | -2.39 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 133,548 | 1.83 | 75,336 | 77.27 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,257 | 0.13 | 20,912 | -55.73 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 23,722 | 0.33 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 38 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,589 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 134 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,987 | 0.03 | 5,238 | -62.07 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,101,660 | 15.12 | 109,476 | 906.30 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 161,660 | 2.22 | 94,802 | 70.52 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 316 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 54 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 35 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 15,311 | 0.21 | 10,554 | 45.07 |
| 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 | 1,478 | 0.02 | 108 | 1,268.52 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 11,261 | 0.15 | 3,978 | 183.08 |