Russian trade in goods with Albania in Q4 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Albania
In the 4th quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Albania was $35,384,966, down 1.24% ($445,916) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Albania in the 4th quarter of 2018 were $30,286,042, down 6.34% ($2,050,403) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Albania in the 4th quarter of 2018 totaled $5,098,924, up 45.92% ($1,604,487) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Albania in the 4th quarter of 2018 was $25,187,118, a 12.67% decrease ($3,654,890) over the 4th quarter of 2017.
Albania was Russia’s 112th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 109th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0189% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0214% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Albania was Russia’s 99th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 92nd in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0243% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0314% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Albania was Russia’s 111th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2018 (just as in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0082% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0054% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Albania
The major share of Russian exports to Albania in the 4th quarter of 2018 (and in the 4th quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 47.20% of Russia’s total exports to Albania (37.68% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 37.42% of Russia’s total exports to Albania (21.52% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 7.44% of Russia’s total exports to Albania (5.13% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.24% of Russia’s total exports to Albania (0.58% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.96% of Russia’s total exports to Albania (6.66% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.68% of Russia’s total exports to Albania (24.07% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Albania in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $4,376,904;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $2,413,008;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $592,417;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $152,979;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $110,513.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Albania in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $7,569,156;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $1,766,025;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $309,967;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $161,543.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2018 over Q4 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 60,763 | 0.20 | 50,800 | 19.61 |
| 10 | Cereals | 12,526,886 | 41.36 | 10,113,878 | 23.86 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 8,274 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,700,033 | 5.61 | 2,010,000 | -15.42 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 11,226 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,252,624 | 7.44 | 1,660,207 | 35.68 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 138 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 94 | 0.00 | 3,748 | -97.49 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,766,025 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 58,491 | 0.19 | 57,625 | 1.50 |
| 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 | 67,724 | 0.22 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 163,490 | 0.54 | 325,033 | -49.70 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 340,378 | 1.12 | 187,399 | 81.63 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 28,430 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,446 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 232 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,156 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 408 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,713 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 9,081 | 0.03 | 3,885 | 133.75 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,514,630 | 5.00 | 1,404,117 | 7.87 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 11,332,403 | 37.42 | 6,955,499 | 62.93 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,771 | 0.01 | 4,244 | -58.27 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 172,322 | 0.57 | 209,205 | -17.63 |
| 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 | 251 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 22,707 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 7,569,156 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 11,530 | 0.04 | 3,500 | 229.43 |
| 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 | 170 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 760 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Albania
The major share of Russian imports from Albania in the 4th quarter of 2018 (and in the 4th quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 93.13% of Russia’s total imports from Albania (96.88% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.17% of Russia’s total imports from Albania (0.04% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Albania in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $810,435;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $484,289;
- 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 $210,994;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $69,427.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Albania in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2018 over Q4 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,572 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 33,942 | 0.67 | 21,011 | 61.54 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 15,566 | 0.31 | 4,552 | 241.96 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 35,287 | 0.69 | 23,268 | 51.65 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,744,076 | 34.20 | 933,641 | 86.80 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,428,273 | 28.01 | 943,984 | 51.30 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 1,030 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,576,317 | 30.91 | 1,506,890 | 4.61 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,006 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 152 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,890 | 0.08 | 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 | 212,410 | 4.17 | 1,416 | 14,900.71 |
| 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 | 2,814 | 0.06 | 2,057 | 36.80 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 46,299 | 0.91 | 53,844 | -14.01 |