Russian trade in goods with Portugal in Q3 2018
November 16, 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 Portugal in the third quarter of 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Portugal
In the 3rd quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Portugal was $347,508,769, down 12.67% ($50,406,537) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Portugal in the 3rd quarter of 2018 were $200,302,092, down 21.66% ($55,373,589) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Portugal in the 3rd quarter of 2018 totaled $147,206,677, up 3.49% ($4,967,052) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Portugal in the 3rd quarter of 2018 was $53,095,415, a 53.19% decrease ($60,340,641) over the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Portugal was Russia’s 57th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (down from 53rd in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.2020% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2722% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
Portugal was Russia’s 60th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (down from 49th in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.1785% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.2995% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
Portugal was Russia’s 49th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (up from 52nd in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.2459% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2338% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Portugal
The major share of Russian exports to Portugal in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 78.62% of Russia’s total exports to Portugal (84.14% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.80% of Russia’s total exports to Portugal (11.06% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.57% of Russia’s total exports to Portugal (2.05% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.57% of Russia’s total exports to Portugal (1.29% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Portugal in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $2,270,295;
- 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 $1,720,380;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,085,244;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $819,960.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Portugal in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd 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) - a decrease of $57,868,929;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $2,592,470;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $972,262.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2018 over Q3 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 671,580 | 0.34 | 1,643,842 | -59.15 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 170,496 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 17,604 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 127 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 126,650 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 115,246 | 0.06 | 206,150 | -44.10 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 74,753 | 0.04 | 53,665 | 39.30 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 219,054 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 157,252,011 | 78.51 | 215,120,940 | -26.90 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,808,631 | 0.90 | 88,251 | 1,949.42 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 819,960 | 0.41 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 7,661 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 278,154 | 0.14 | 53,424 | 420.65 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 47,693 | 0.02 | 62,875 | -24.15 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,180,791 | 2.09 | 3,095,547 | 35.06 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 553,167 | 0.28 | 806,630 | -31.42 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 99 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 6,201,263 | 3.10 | 3,930,968 | 57.75 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 950,641 | 0.47 | 1,310,955 | -27.48 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,252 | 0.00 | 7,559 | -83.44 |
| 52 | Cotton | 26,900 | 0.01 | 1,751 | 1,436.26 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 38,626 | 0.02 | 40,796 | -5.32 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 105,851 | 0.05 | 50,576 | 109.29 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 23,199 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 378 | 0.00 | 324 | 16.67 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,832 | 0.00 | 2,225 | 72.22 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 157,479 | 0.08 | 269,797 | -41.63 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 28 | 0.00 | 107 | -73.83 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 208 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 422 | 0.00 | 1,863 | -77.35 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 123,695 | 0.06 | 4,399 | 2,711.89 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 25,362,628 | 12.66 | 27,955,098 | -9.27 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 548 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 249,459 | 0.12 | 279,705 | -10.81 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 20,527 | 0.01 | 41,229 | -50.21 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 2,163 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 597,488 | 0.30 | 3,876 | 15,315.07 |
| 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 | 12,299 | 0.01 | 13,077 | -5.95 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 21,908 | 0.01 | 6,601 | 231.89 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 840 | 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 | 199,291 | 0.10 | 160,452 | 24.21 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,988 | 0.00 | 13,578 | -70.63 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 98 | 0.00 | 34 | 188.24 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 302 762 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Portugal
The major share of Russian imports from Portugal 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) - 36.17% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (42.34% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 17.99% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (20.35% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.17% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (9.37% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 12.45% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (11.47% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.32% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (9.04% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.40% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (2.84% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Portugal in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - an increase of $4,669,584;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $4,367,921;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,988,083;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $1,884,839;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1,080,281;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $609,571;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $590,564;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $485,238.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Portugal in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $5,673,547;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1,996,477;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $893,736;
- 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 $732,769;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $528,019;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $460,110;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $442,783.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2018 over Q3 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,567,065 | 1.06 | 1,631,059 | -3.92 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 6,709,124 | 4.56 | 6,525,222 | 2.82 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 172 | 0.00 | 2,920 | -94.11 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,324,614 | 0.90 | 1,124,303 | 17.82 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 38,598 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 617,689 | 0.42 | 546,669 | 12.99 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 66,198 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 5,310 | 0.00 | 138,388 | -96.16 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 150,774 | 0.10 | 223,101 | -32.42 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,684,127 | 1.14 | 1,074,556 | 56.73 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 162,262 | 0.11 | 50,568 | 220.88 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 6,042,970 | 4.11 | 4,962,689 | 21.77 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 435,954 | 0.30 | 74,932 | 481.80 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 10,616 | 0.01 | 6,872 | 54.48 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 85 | 0.00 | 76,579 | -99.89 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2,269,852 | 1.54 | 385,013 | 489.55 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10,862,929 | 7.38 | 6,495,008 | 67.25 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 124,304 | 0.08 | 68,408 | 81.71 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 541,459 | 0.37 | 914,310 | -40.78 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 337,808 | 0.23 | 388,315 | -13.01 |
| 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 | 233,871 | 0.16 | 263,884 | -11.37 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 258,893 | 0.18 | 369,672 | -29.97 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 45,124 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 36,084 | 0.02 | 281,264 | -87.17 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,504,460 | 3.74 | 3,516,377 | 56.54 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 686,562 | 0.47 | 526,784 | 30.33 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 6,132 | 0.00 | 81,748 | -92.50 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 127,937 | 0.09 | 117,028 | 9.32 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 5,197 | 0.00 | 13,411 | -61.25 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 682,331 | 0.46 | 1,142,441 | -40.27 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 9,783,835 | 6.65 | 9,488,465 | 3.11 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,776,827 | 1.21 | 2,219,610 | -19.95 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,484 | 0.00 | 1,694 | 46.64 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 29,350 | 0.02 | 33,180 | -11.54 |
| 52 | Cotton | 84,877 | 0.06 | 50,552 | 67.90 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 5,691 | 0.00 | 650 | 775.54 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 343,281 | 0.23 | 575,705 | -40.37 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 206,842 | 0.14 | 71,811 | 188.04 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 691,271 | 0.47 | 206,033 | 235.51 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 133,708 | 0.09 | 132,894 | 0.61 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 7,049 | 0.00 | 5,945 | 18.57 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,097,545 | 0.75 | 1,164,544 | -5.75 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 19,281 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 13,344,452 | 9.07 | 14,238,188 | -6.28 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 8,891,652 | 6.04 | 9,419,671 | -5.61 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,930,115 | 1.31 | 2,167,087 | -10.94 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 26,421,339 | 17.95 | 32,094,886 | -17.68 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 44,297 | 0.03 | 59,899 | -26.05 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 143 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,370,820 | 0.93 | 780,256 | 75.69 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 6,659,764 | 4.52 | 1,990,180 | 234.63 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 553,506 | 0.38 | 301,304 | 83.70 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 19,410 | 0.01 | 247,000 | -92.14 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,904 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,707,208 | 1.84 | 2,882,853 | -6.09 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 36,743 | 0.02 | 53,438 | -31.24 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 123,308 | 0.08 | 198,159 | -37.77 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 280 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 975 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3,893 | 0.00 | 15,416 | -74.75 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 437,249 | 0.30 | 488,539 | -10.50 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 217,194 | 0.15 | 405,746 | -46.47 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 9,991,758 | 6.79 | 9,667,018 | 3.36 |
| 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 | 13,103,282 | 8.90 | 13,836,051 | -5.30 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,122,920 | 2.12 | 5,119,397 | -39.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 155,540 | 0.11 | 5,386 | 2,787.86 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 115,803 | 0.08 | 315,584 | -63.31 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 16,951 | 0.01 | 27,034 | -37.30 |
| 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 | 3,023,799 | 2.05 | 2,600,724 | 16.27 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 18,619 | 0.01 | 95,138 | -80.43 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 216,405 | 0.15 | 183,305 | 18.06 |
| SS | Classified | 40,671 | 0.03 | 10 897 | 273.23 |