Russian trade in goods with Jordan in Q3 2018
November 17, 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 third quarter of 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Jordan
In the 3rd quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Jordan totaled $238,711,025, up 569.00% ($203,029,127) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 totaled $237,752,076, up 686.23% ($207,512,404) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 were $958,949, down 82.38% ($4,483,277) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Jordan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 was $236,793,127, a 854.91% increase ($211,995,681) over the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Jordan was Russia’s 69th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (up from 105th in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.1387% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0244% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
Jordan was Russia’s 53rd largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (up from 94th in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.2119% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0354% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
Jordan was Russia’s 126th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (down from 103rd in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0016% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0089% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Jordan
The major share of Russian exports to Jordan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 24.32% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (85.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.99% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (2.88% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.41% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (0.14% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.39% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (4.96% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.05% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (5.90% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $30,660,091;
- 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 $20,681,944;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $7,615,812;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $7,556,960;
- 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 $6,254,036;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $4,975,477;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $1,648,330.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Jordan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2018 over Q3 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 3,300 | 0.00 | 643,500 | -99.49 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 183,795 | -100.00 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 13,373 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,557,678 | 0.66 | 889,410 | 75.14 |
| 10 | Cereals | 52,038,905 | 21.89 | 21,378,814 | 143.41 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 10,830 | 0.00 | 8,291 | 30.62 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 131,856 | 0.06 | 37,800 | 248.83 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,648,330 | 0.69 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 34,591 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 529,477 | 0.22 | 999,856 | -47.04 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,764 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 16,205 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 622,922 | 0.26 | 245,000 | 154.25 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 88,436 | 0.04 | 62,462 | 41.58 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,139,959 | 0.48 | 1,240,557 | -8.11 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 382,100 | 0.16 | 290,593 | 31.49 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 6,254,036 | 2.63 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 157,905 | 0.07 | 14,542 | 985.85 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 103,448 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 5,359 | 0.00 | 6,547 | -18.15 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,560,428 | 0.66 | 1,332,074 | 17.14 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 90,368 | 0.04 | 36,141 | 150.04 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5,692 | -100.00 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 350 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,742,396 | 0.73 | 1,145,537 | 52.10 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 753,807 | 0.32 | 638,369 | 18.08 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 10 | 0.00 | 1,467 | -99.32 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 29,382 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 7,556,960 | 3.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 62,554 | 0.03 | 40,003 | 56.37 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7,616,200 | 3.20 | 388 | 1,962,838.14 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,056 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 723 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 145,681 | 0.06 | 389,738 | -62.62 |
| 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 | 20,833,348 | 8.76 | 151,404 | 13,660.10 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 169,519 | 0.07 | 323,442 | -47.59 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 4,983,003 | 2.10 | 7,526 | 66,110.51 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 18,390 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 127,611,140 | 53.67 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Jordan
The major share of Russian imports from Jordan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 68.57% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (10.53% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.50% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (84.88% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.81% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (0.43% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.35% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (3.27% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $81,991;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $53,299;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $29,928;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $28,885;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $24,672.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Jordan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $4,307,659;
- 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 $136,061;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $88,699;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $61,010;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $42,835;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $31,850;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $19,879;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $10,449;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $6,367.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2018 over Q3 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 61,010 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 88,699 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 6,367 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,492 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 28,885 | 3.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 109 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,716 | 0.18 | 21,595 | -92.05 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 84,229 | 8.78 | 220,290 | -61.76 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 4,307,659 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 31,850 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 68,506 | 7.14 | 43,834 | 56.29 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 5,468 | 0.57 | 15,917 | -65.65 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,134 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3,336 | 0.35 | 1,886 | 76.88 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 482,632 | 50.33 | 429,333 | 12.41 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 171,630 | 17.90 | 141,702 | 21.12 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 42,835 | -100.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,550 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 103,347 | 10.78 | 21,356 | 383.92 |
| 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 | 310 | 0.03 | 377 | -17.77 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 106 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,340 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,264 | 0.65 | 4,411 | 42.01 |