Russian trade with Australia in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Australia
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Australia totaled $812,384,967, up 28.75% ($181,415,542) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Australia in 2018 totaled $141,046,147, up 16.85% ($20,338,613) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Australia in 2018 totaled $671,338,820, up 31.57% ($161,076,929) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Australia in 2018 was $530,292,673, a 36.13% increase ($140,738,316) over 2017.
Australia was Russia’s 72nd largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 74th in 2017), accounting for 0.1181% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1080% in 2017).
Australia was Russia’s 97th largest export market in 2018 (down from 94th in 2017), accounting for 0.0313% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0338% in 2017).
Australia was Russia’s 48th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 54th in 2017), accounting for 0.2819% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2248% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Australia
The major share of Russian exports to Australia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 37.93% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (8.12% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 32.39% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (30.44% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 13.95% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (7.92% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.02% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (5.68% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.99% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (4.78% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.62% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (2.48% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Australia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $27,336,996;
- 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 $16,855,348;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $10,121,750;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $9,091,062;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $1,499,706;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $1,448,282;
- 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 $557,761.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Australia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $544,132.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 5,000 | -100.00 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 33,575 | 0.02 | 7,063 | 375.36 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 123 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 67 | 0.00 | 57 | 17.54 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,229 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 408,274 | 0.29 | 21,742 | 1,777.81 |
10 | Cereals | 226 | 0.00 | 95,815 | -99.76 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 50,418 | 0.04 | 69,771 | -27.74 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 26,891 | 0.02 | 570 | 4,617.72 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 33,735 | 0.02 | 48,372 | -30.26 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 5,238 | 0.00 | 9,018 | -41.92 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 196,317 | 0.14 | 150,897 | 30.10 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 147,467 | 0.10 | 129,673 | 13.72 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 38,218 | 0.03 | 234,730 | -83.72 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 30,909 | 0.02 | 24,496 | 26.18 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 433,073 | 0.31 | 400,058 | 8.25 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 164,897 | 0.12 | 59,394 | 177.63 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,128,549 | 1.51 | 1,736,362 | 22.59 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 93 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,154 | 0.00 | 1,084 | 6.46 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 19,680,234 | 13.95 | 9,558,484 | 105.89 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 20,465,065 | 14.51 | 3,609,717 | 466.94 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 1,707,125 | 1.21 | 1,979,692 | -13.77 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 13,337 | -100.00 |
31 | Fertilizers | 29,932,876 | 21.22 | 2,595,880 | 1,053.09 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 651,746 | 0.46 | 821,865 | -20.70 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 38,044 | 0.03 | 24,056 | 58.15 |
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 | 56,188 | 0.04 | 2,616 | 2,047.86 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 15,924 | 0.01 | 3,904 | 307.89 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 3,353 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 9,733 | 0.01 | 47,865 | -79.67 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 260,085 | 0.18 | 228,700 | 13.72 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 352,144 | 0.25 | 477,301 | -26.22 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 7,379 | 0.01 | 1,479 | 398.92 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 44,338,508 | 31.44 | 35,247,446 | 25.79 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,285,052 | 0.91 | 1,435,764 | -10.50 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 54,457 | 0.04 | 57,353 | -5.05 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 2,348 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 79,382 | 0.06 | 75,803 | 4.72 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 285 | 0.00 | 95 | 200.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 484 | 0.00 | 149 | 224.83 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 87,977 | 0.06 | 45,393 | 93.81 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 30,858 | 0.02 | 44,599 | -30.81 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 8,698 | 0.01 | 6,690 | 30.01 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 375,650 | 0.27 | 293,350 | 28.06 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 170,425 | 0.12 | 149,642 | 13.89 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,097 | 0.00 | 773 | 171.28 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 51,410 | 0.04 | 22,530 | 128.18 |
69 | Ceramic products | 26,655 | 0.02 | 2,570 | 937.16 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 965,566 | 0.68 | 732,669 | 31.79 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 53,761 | 0.04 | 6,311 | 751.86 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,229,928 | 0.87 | 1,525,327 | -19.37 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 198,184 | 0.14 | 395,133 | -49.84 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 13,889 | 0.01 | 4,122 | 236.95 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 4,135,140 | 2.93 | 2,686,858 | 53.90 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 108 | 0.00 | 100 | 8.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,796 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,411,055 | 1.00 | 1,108,791 | 27.26 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 42,545 | 0.03 | 45,626 | -6.75 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,454,505 | 1.74 | 2,370,354 | 3.55 |
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 | 2,492,154 | 1.77 | 1,934,393 | 28.83 |
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 | 2,761 | 0.00 | 2,394 | 15.33 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,529,338 | 1.79 | 1,029,632 | 145.65 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 86,332 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,007,520 | 0.71 | 1,429,578 | -29.52 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 214 | 0.00 | 77 | 177.92 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 50,580 | 0.04 | 1,550 | 3,163.23 |
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 | 920,044 | 0.65 | 1,464,176 | -37.16 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 130,448 | 0.09 | 67,615 | 92.93 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,800 | 0.00 | 1,355 | 106.64 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 6,337 | 0.00 | 73,770 | -91.41 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 46 000 000 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Australia
The major share of Russian imports from Australia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 69.90% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (76.02% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.26% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (4.55% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 12.54% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (14.62% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.76% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (1.93% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Australia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $77,237,077;
- Live animals (HS code 01) - an increase of $66,919,550;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $8,550,952;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $2,789,170;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,056,901.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Australia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - a decrease of $2,631,201.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 66,919,550 | 9.97 | 0 | ∞ |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 7,191,915 | 1.07 | 7,317,637 | -1.72 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 17,755 | 0.00 | 22,105 | -19.68 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 17,737 | 0.00 | 22,890 | -22.51 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 5,942 | 0.00 | 6,904 | -13.93 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 24,276 | 0.00 | 44,896 | -45.93 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 195 | 0.00 | 5,605 | -96.52 |
10 | Cereals | 551,938 | 0.08 | 352,901 | 56.40 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,584 | 0.00 | 1,506 | 5.18 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,537,895 | 0.23 | 1,676,372 | -8.26 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 48,982 | 0.01 | 3,476 | 1,309.15 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 34,540 | 0.01 | 1,538,937 | -97.76 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 14,394 | 0.00 | 617 | 2,232.90 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 37,662 | 0.01 | 65,100 | -42.15 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 64,921 | 0.01 | 100,052 | -35.11 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 158,132 | 0.02 | 313,072 | -49.49 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 288,173 | 0.04 | 364,920 | -21.03 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 10,240,423 | 1.53 | 8,309,037 | 23.24 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,880,609 | 0.28 | 3,054,011 | -38.42 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 4,456,025 | 0.66 | 4,413,737 | 0.96 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 51,480 | 0.01 | 114,946 | -55.21 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 17,711 | 0.00 | 15,149 | 16.91 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 438,543,408 | 65.32 | 361,306,331 | 21.38 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 3,263,749 | 0.49 | 474,579 | 587.71 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,885,190 | 0.73 | 4,088,176 | 19.50 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,442 | 0.00 | 63,001 | -97.71 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,367,095 | 0.20 | 369,676 | 269.81 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,752,286 | 0.41 | 1,825,197 | 50.79 |
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 | 875,927 | 0.13 | 711,573 | 23.10 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 6,669,014 | 0.99 | 9,300,215 | -28.29 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 6,101,416 | 0.91 | 5,308,386 | 14.94 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,482,019 | 0.52 | 3,195,697 | 8.96 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,341,784 | 0.20 | 1,249,852 | 7.36 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 5,119,752 | 0.76 | 4,713,459 | 8.62 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 16,830 | 0.00 | 6,544 | 157.18 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 38,432 | 0.01 | 1,049 | 3,563.68 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 51,668 | 0.01 | 26,650 | 93.88 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 222,046 | 0.03 | 133,765 | 66.00 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 1,385 | -100.00 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 462 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 12 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 718 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,727,223 | 0.70 | 3,471,088 | 36.19 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 47,637 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 61,595 | 0.01 | 66,106 | -6.82 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 16,476 | 0.00 | 91,173 | -81.93 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 95,268 | 0.01 | 130,964 | -27.26 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 18,276 | 0.00 | 10,281 | 77.76 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 14,274 | 0.00 | 43,304 | -67.04 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 262 | 0.00 | 463 | -43.41 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,008 | 0.00 | 1,184 | -14.86 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 52,608 | 0.01 | 49,590 | 6.09 |
69 | Ceramic products | 177,225 | 0.03 | 92,204 | 92.21 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 942,185 | 0.14 | 742,752 | 26.85 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 81,520 | 0.01 | 53,726 | 51.73 |
72 | Iron and steel | 49,661 | 0.01 | 779 | 6,274.97 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 9,820,757 | 1.46 | 8,270,204 | 18.75 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 205,871 | 0.03 | 185,995 | 10.69 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 148,804 | 0.02 | 158,115 | -5.89 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 50,575 | 0.01 | 110,346 | -54.17 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 193,731 | 0.03 | 448,759 | -56.83 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 9,509 | 0.00 | 10,485 | -9.31 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 974,792 | 0.15 | 654,801 | 48.87 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 332,277 | 0.05 | 21,828 | 1,422.25 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 51,174,129 | 7.62 | 42,623,177 | 20.06 |
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 | 8,362,763 | 1.25 | 9,704,771 | -13.83 |
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 | 122,410 | 0.02 | 57,414 | 113.21 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 4,909,668 | 0.73 | 2,852,767 | 72.10 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 4,012 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 19,592,606 | 2.92 | 19,333,165 | 1.34 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 9,256 | 0.00 | 384 | 2,310.42 |
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 | 538,936 | 0.08 | 277,026 | 94.54 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 293,385 | 0.04 | 104,875 | 179.75 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 60,668 | 0.01 | 119,128 | -49.07 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 6,731 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 3 265 | -100.00 |