Russian trade in goods with Sudan in Q1 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Sudan totaled $117,715,999, up 58.46% ($43,426,162) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $116,817,119, up 57.40% ($42,598,707) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $898,880, up 1,158.49% ($827,455) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $115,918,239, a 56.34% increase ($41,771,252) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Sudan was Russia’s 78th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 89th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0747% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0578% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Sudan was Russia’s 69th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 74th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.1134% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0891% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Sudan was Russia’s 130th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 152nd in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0016% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0002% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan 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) - 94.41% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (94.81% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.62% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (3.79% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.38% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.11% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan 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 $34,822,327;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $4,278,000;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,525,827;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $716,604;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $713,424;
- 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 $403,822.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,371,465.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 102,371 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 99,047,069 | 84.79 | 64,224,742 | 54.22 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 10,422,000 | 8.92 | 6,144,000 | 69.63 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 713,424 | 0.61 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,041 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,607,512 | 1.38 | 81,685 | 1,867.94 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 152 | 0.00 | 28,740 | -99.47 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 48,946 | 0.04 | 5,439 | 799.91 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 140 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 205 | 0.00 | 338 | -39.35 |
| 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 | 1,032 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3,822 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 39,456 | 0.03 | 19,189 | 105.62 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 59,386 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 167,126 | 0.14 | 29,346 | 469.50 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 317,559 | 0.27 | 623,552 | -49.07 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 637 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 183 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 6,987 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,571 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,665 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 26 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 31,096 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 137 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 134,311 | 0.11 | 6,039 | 2,124.06 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6,427 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 12,494 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 248 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 8,705 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 9,238 | 0.01 | 397 | 2,226.95 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 581,830 | 0.50 | 312,533 | 86.17 |
| 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 | 449,143 | 0.38 | 45,321 | 891.03 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 12,322 | 0.01 | 2,383,787 | -99.48 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 716,604 | 0.61 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 136,870 | 0.12 | 73,243 | 86.87 |
| 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 | 26,399 | 0.02 | 466 | 5,565.02 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 727 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 2,143,227 | 1.83 | 239 590 | 794.54 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.97% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (31.17% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.53% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (68.83% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $13,418;
- 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 $4,985.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $26,468;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $5,018.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 22,697 | 2.53 | 49,165 | -53.84 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 17,242 | 1.92 | 22,260 | -22.54 |
| 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 | 4,985 | 0.55 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 13,418 | 1.49 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 840,538 | 93.51 | 0 | ∞ |