Russian trade in goods with Turkmenistan 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 Turkmenistan in the third quarter of 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Turkmenistan
In the 3rd quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Turkmenistan was $88,381,329, down 1.67% ($1,496,735) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 were $61,674,039, down 11.56% ($8,061,878) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 totaled $26,707,290, up 32.59% ($6,565,143) from the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Turkmenistan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 was $34,966,749, a 29.49% decrease ($14,627,021) over the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 86th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (down from 84th in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0514% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0615% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 85th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (down from 77th in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0550% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0817% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 83rd largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (up from 85th in the 3rd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0446% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0331% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Turkmenistan
The major share of Russian exports to Turkmenistan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 38.67% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (36.58% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 22.93% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (29.81% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 21.29% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (6.97% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.28% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (8.14% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.22% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (13.22% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.54% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (2.84% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $4,398,334;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $4,023,575;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $2,158,684;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,871,473;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $593,553;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - an increase of $462,421;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $307,331.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan 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) - a decrease of $4,371,916;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $2,853,367;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $2,165,631;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1,925,602;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $1,491,829;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $1,359,290;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $1,108,341;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $928,962;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $820,763;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $764,683;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $619,844;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - a decrease of $513,450;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $464,034;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $415,387;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $370,217;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $296,987;
- Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (HS code 59) - a decrease of $284,855;
- 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 (HS code 34) - a decrease of $280,515;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $226,354.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2018 over Q3 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 907,497 | 1.47 | 445,076 | 103.90 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 342,655 | 0.56 | 1,271,617 | -73.05 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 116,493 | 0.19 | 51,533 | 126.06 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 256,262 | 0.42 | 165,465 | 54.87 |
| 10 | Cereals | 1,658,623 | 2.69 | 1,789,763 | -7.33 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 825,385 | 1.34 | 840,420 | -1.79 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 23,974 | 0.04 | 36,101 | -33.59 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,700 | 0.00 | 27,600 | -93.84 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 124,400 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 5,340,549 | 8.66 | 5,755,936 | -7.22 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 47,257 | 0.08 | 130,497 | -63.79 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 428,503 | 0.69 | 543,298 | -21.13 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 609,472 | 0.99 | 1,374,155 | -55.65 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,450,529 | 2.35 | 2,942,358 | -50.70 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 60,050 | 0.10 | 157,234 | -61.81 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,516,411 | 2.46 | 2,624,752 | -42.23 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 431,840 | 0.70 | 1,252,603 | -65.52 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 20,746 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,359,290 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 194,178 | 0.31 | 189,570 | 2.43 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 100,692 | 0.16 | 55,098 | 82.75 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,268,895 | 2.06 | 1,732,929 | -26.78 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 714,921 | 1.16 | 808,586 | -11.58 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 154,179 | 0.25 | 295,018 | -47.74 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,961,279 | 6.42 | 1,802,595 | 119.75 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,871,644 | 3.03 | 171 | 1,094,428.65 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 449,230 | 0.73 | 402,241 | 11.68 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,250,155 | 2.03 | 3,415,786 | -63.40 |
| 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 | 873,336 | 1.42 | 1,153,851 | -24.31 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 305,081 | 0.49 | 390,918 | -21.96 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 169,650 | 0.28 | 683,100 | -75.16 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 2,022 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 12,330,346 | 19.99 | 15,183,713 | -18.79 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 816,500 | 1.32 | 509,169 | 60.36 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 953,989 | 1.55 | 859,277 | 11.02 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 178 | 0.00 | 16,479 | -98.92 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,477,914 | 5.64 | 3,579,841 | -2.85 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 138,829 | 0.23 | 435,816 | -68.15 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,085,519 | 3.38 | 1,491,966 | 39.78 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 20,709 | 0.03 | 166,840 | -87.59 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 72,240 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 16,950 | 0.03 | 16,032 | 5.73 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 37,152 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 10,890 | 0.02 | 295,745 | -96.32 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,661 | 0.00 | 13,890 | -80.84 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4,231 | 0.01 | 75,211 | -94.37 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 13,315 | 0.02 | 5,258 | 153.23 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 5,522 | 0.01 | 8,808 | -37.31 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 103 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 39,219 | 0.06 | 659,063 | -94.05 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 4,215 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 121,223 | 0.20 | 347,577 | -65.12 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 41,508 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 6,871,503 | 11.14 | 2,473,169 | 177.84 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,880,614 | 9.53 | 1,857,039 | 216.67 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 207 | 0.00 | 129,945 | -99.84 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 33,365 | 0.05 | 205,234 | -83.74 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 5,099 | 0.01 | 9 | 56,555.56 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 10,551 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 33,714 | 0.05 | 26,515 | 27.15 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 296,530 | 0.48 | 168,521 | 75.96 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,168,214 | 1.89 | 5,540,130 | -78.91 |
| 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 | 787,059 | 1.28 | 616,242 | 27.72 |
| 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 | 20,047 | 0.03 | 141,488 | -85.83 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 219,652 | 0.36 | 2,145,254 | -89.76 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 409,172 | 0.66 | 779,389 | -47.50 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5,163 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 51,521 | 0.08 | 34,300 | 50.21 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 28,915 | 0.05 | 12,117 | 138.63 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 30,826 | 0.05 | 65,385 | -52.85 |
| SS | Classified | 330,000 | 0.54 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Turkmenistan
The major share of Russian imports from Turkmenistan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 52.18% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (48.09% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 40.16% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (47.80% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.96% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (2.34% in the 3rd quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.03% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (1.78% in the 3rd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $3,191,146;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $2,330,888;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,073,819;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,025,071;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $183,874;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $175,454;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $169,124;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $167,653;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $123,500.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in the 3rd quarter of 2018 over the 3rd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $1,570,099;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $350,594.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 111,438 | 0.42 | 91,835 | 21.35 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,372,447 | 5.14 | 298,628 | 359.58 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 229,120 | 0.86 | 61,467 | 272.75 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 142,500 | 0.53 | 19,000 | 650.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 3,195 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,807 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 34,500 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,238,414 | 12.13 | 47,268 | 6,751.18 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 10,663,207 | 39.93 | 9,638,136 | 10.64 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 987 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 645,954 | 2.42 | 618,659 | 4.41 |
| 52 | Cotton | 6,851,169 | 25.65 | 4,520,281 | 51.57 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 169,124 | 0.63 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 31,376 | 0.12 | 28,686 | 9.38 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 201,307 | 0.75 | 169,991 | 18.42 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 17,331 | 0.06 | 7,066 | 145.27 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 77,780 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 264,049 | 0.99 | 80,175 | 229.34 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 83 | 0.00 | 9,853 | -99.16 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,544,730 | 9.53 | 4,114,829 | -38.16 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 801 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 175,454 | 0.66 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,098 | 0.03 | 357,692 | -98.02 |