Russian trade in goods with Venezuela in Q2 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Venezuela
In the 2nd quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Venezuela totaled $32,514,132, up 1,047.70% ($29,681,161) from the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Venezuela in the 2nd quarter of 2018 totaled $32,241,827, up 1,080.18% ($29,509,882) from the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Venezuela in the 2nd quarter of 2018 totaled $272,305, up 169.54% ($171,279) from the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Venezuela in the 2nd quarter of 2018 was $31,969,522, a 1,115.15% increase ($29,338,603) over the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Venezuela was Russia’s 111th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (up from 154th in the 2nd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0190% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0020% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
Venezuela was Russia’s 97th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (up from 138th in the 2nd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0293% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0033% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
Venezuela was Russia’s 142nd largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (up from 150th in the 2nd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0004% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0002% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Venezuela
The major share of Russian exports to Venezuela in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 87.62% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (0.71% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.51% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (5.95% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.61% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (87.26% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.30% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (0.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.90% of Russia’s total exports to Venezuela (4.75% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Venezuela in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $28,250,481;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,972,384;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $418,730;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $158,650.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Venezuela in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,122,063;
- 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) - a decrease of $189,341.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2018 over Q2 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 28,250,481 | 87.62 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 366 | 0.00 | 19,478 | -98.12 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 418,730 | 1.30 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 22,140 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,972,384 | 6.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 27,868 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 479 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,189 | 0.01 | 27,275 | -91.97 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 96,444 | 0.30 | 111,844 | -13.77 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 116 | 0.00 | 1,249 | -90.71 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 280 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 12,176 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 23 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 59 | 0.00 | 45 | 31.11 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 616 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 170 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 481 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 383 | 0.00 | 331 | 15.71 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,220 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 168 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 565 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 7,645 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 12,389 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 265,405 | 0.82 | 106,755 | 148.61 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 26 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 150 | 0.00 | 6,198 | -97.58 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,362 | 0.01 | 2,910 | 15.53 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,750 | 0.03 | 13,984 | -37.43 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 598,122 | 1.86 | 1,720,185 | -65.23 |
| 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 | 410,403 | 1.27 | 599,744 | -31.57 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 35,704 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 119,552 | 0.37 | 63,874 | 87.17 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,558 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 11,345 | 0.04 | 16 109 | -29.57 |
Russia’s Imports from Venezuela
The major share of Russian imports from Venezuela in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 85.10% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (92.85% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.97% of Russia’s total imports from Venezuela (7.15% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Venezuela in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $122,182;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - an increase of $35,950;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $16,661;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,290.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Venezuela in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 (HS code 86) - a decrease of $2,268;
- 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) - a decrease of $1,874;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $904.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2018 over Q2 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 904 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 16,661 | 6.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 215,076 | 78.98 | 92,894 | 131.53 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 121 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 126 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 251 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 35,950 | 13.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 47 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,290 | 0.47 | 0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 143 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 55 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 161 | 0.06 | 2,035 | -92.09 |
| 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 | 1,938 | 0.71 | 4,206 | -53.92 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 486 | 0.18 | 987 | -50.76 |