Russian trade in goods with Sudan in Q4 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In the 4th quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Sudan was $115,733,434, down 22.55% ($33,696,027) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 4th quarter of 2018 were $115,634,411, down 22.56% ($33,677,259) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 4th quarter of 2018 were $99,023, down 15.93% ($18,768) from the 4th quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in the 4th quarter of 2018 was $115,535,388, a 22.56% decrease ($33,658,491) over the 4th quarter of 2017.
Sudan was Russia’s 84th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 78th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0619% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0894% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Sudan was Russia’s 77th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 67th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0929% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1452% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Sudan was Russia’s 157th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2018 (down from 150th in the 4th quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0002% of Russia’s total imports (just as in the 4th quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan 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) - 85.76% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (62.89% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.78% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.18% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.83% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (1.60% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.65% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.84% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $7,496,925;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $6,630,093;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $845,159;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $641,939;
- 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 $461,270.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $1,187,500;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $570,445.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 153 | 0.00 | 96,000 | -99.84 |
| 10 | Cereals | 89,130,559 | 77.08 | 82,500,466 | 8.04 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 42,671 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 9,989,500 | 8.64 | 11,177,000 | -10.62 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 128,729 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 3,393 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 68 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,902,612 | 1.65 | 1,260,673 | 50.92 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 137,191 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 7,496,925 | 6.48 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 43,267 | 0.04 | 354 | 12,122.32 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 324 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 114 | 0.00 | 591 | -80.71 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 230 | 0.00 | 1,095 | -79.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 67,176 | 0.06 | 49,210 | 36.51 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 91,812 | 0.08 | 224,468 | -59.10 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 139 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 20,890 | 0.02 | 13 | 160,592.31 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 357,096 | 0.31 | 311,610 | 14.60 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 448 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 145 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 93 | 0.00 | 76 | 22.37 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,023 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 445 | 0.00 | 2,641 | -83.15 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 11,055 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 36 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 56,855 | 0.05 | 573 | 9,822.34 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,217 | 0.00 | 16,348 | -86.44 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,875 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 124,245 | 0.11 | 82,376 | 50.83 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 165 | 0.00 | 4,696 | -96.49 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 13,017 | 0.01 | 9,217 | 41.23 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 328,903 | 0.28 | 5,983 | 5,397.29 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 802 | 0.00 | 8,164 | -90.18 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,083,964 | 0.94 | 933,082 | 16.17 |
| 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 | 711,708 | 0.62 | 250,438 | 184.19 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 764 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 546,898 | 0.47 | 1,117,343 | -51.05 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 925,129 | 0.80 | 79,970 | 1,056.85 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 57 | 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 | 32,648 | 0.03 | 134,177 | -75.67 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,125 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 437 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 2,519,449 | 2.18 | 50 898 075 | -95.05 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan in the 4th quarter of 2018 (and in the 4th quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 54.67% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (54.60% in the 4th quarter of 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 45.33% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (45.40% in the 4th quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan 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 increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 4th quarter of 2018 over the 4th quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $8,597;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $5,929;
- 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 $4,242.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2018 over Q4 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 44,886 | 45.33 | 53,483 | -16.07 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 54,137 | 54.67 | 60,066 | -9.87 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,242 | -100.00 |