Russian trade in goods with the Dominican Republic in Q3 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with the Dominican Republic
In the 3rd quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with the Dominican Republic totaled $29,052,510, up 183.61% ($18,808,692) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic in the 3rd quarter of 2018 totaled $22,512,913, up 384.72% ($17,868,405) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in the 3rd quarter of 2018 totaled $6,539,597, up 16.79% ($940,287) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade balance with the Dominican Republic went from a deficit of $954,802 in the 3rd quarter of 2017, to a surplus of $15,973,316 in the 3rd quarter of 2018.
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 116th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (up from 133rd in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0169% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0070% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 105th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (up from 129th in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0201% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0054% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
The Dominican Republic was Russia’s 101st largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (up from 102nd in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0109% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0092% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to the Dominican Republic
The major share of Russian exports to the Dominican Republic 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) - 55.18% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (2.55% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 26.08% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (53.56% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.47% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (33.90% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.63% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (3.69% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.00% of Russia’s total exports to the Dominican Republic (2.17% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic 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) - an increase of $12,304,003;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $3,023,680;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,908,452;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $291,795;
- 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 $189,947;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $158,295;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $129,676.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to the Dominican Republic in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd 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 $97,342.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2018 over Q3 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,452 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 6,602 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 12,422,270 | 55.18 | 118,267 | 10,403.58 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 604,131 | 2.68 | 414,184 | 45.86 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 158,295 | 0.70 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 5,046,884 | 22.42 | 2,023,204 | 149.45 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 33,288 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 62,204 | 0.28 | 17,079 | 264.21 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 142,091 | 0.63 | 12,415 | 1,044.51 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 450,707 | 2.00 | 158,912 | 183.62 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,500 | 0.02 | 3,640 | -3.85 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 130,850 | 0.58 | 178,842 | -26.83 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 3,482,797 | 15.47 | 1,574,345 | 121.22 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,225 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 144 | 0.00 | 2,320 | -93.79 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 97,342 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 136 | 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 | 850 | 0.00 | 9,445 | -91.00 |
Russia’s Imports from the Dominican Republic
The major share of Russian imports from the Dominican Republic 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) - 32.50% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (31.12% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 26.67% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (38.27% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.38% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (7.37% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 12.94% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (12.20% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.99% of Russia’s total imports from the Dominican Republic (10.41% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $838,822;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $226,756;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $128,660;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $102,676;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $63,442;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $55,681;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $55,011;
- 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 $23,108.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from the Dominican Republic in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd 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) - a decrease of $423,457;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $126,473;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $29,791.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 140 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 326,321 | 4.99 | 197,661 | 65.09 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 95,441 | 1.46 | 31,999 | 198.26 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 7,022 | 0.11 | 6,214 | 13.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,214 | 0.03 | 14,431 | -84.66 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 567 | 0.01 | 5,346 | -89.39 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 9,880 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,520,020 | 23.24 | 1,293,264 | 17.53 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 163,974 | 2.51 | 193,765 | -15.37 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 13 | 0.00 | 31 | -58.06 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,230,694 | 18.82 | 391,872 | 214.06 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 7,648 | 0.12 | 373 | 1,950.40 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 32,221 | 0.49 | 13,147 | 145.08 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 62,012 | 0.95 | 7,001 | 785.76 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 714 | 0.01 | 2,341 | -69.50 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 33,364 | 0.51 | 32,826 | 1.64 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 115 | 0.00 | 72 | 59.72 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,988 | 0.05 | 2,222 | 34.47 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 152,629 | 2.33 | 49,953 | 205.55 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 686,751 | 10.50 | 631,070 | 8.82 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 3,449 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 455,935 | 6.97 | 582,408 | -21.72 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 435 | 0.01 | 10 | 4,250.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 449 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,049 | 0.02 | 243 | 331.69 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,559 | 0.02 | 7 | 22,171.43 |
| 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 | 83,728 | 1.28 | 60,620 | 38.12 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 14 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,658,492 | 25.36 | 2,081,949 | -20.34 |
| 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 | 208 | 0.00 | 36 | 477.78 |