Russian trade with Colombia in 2018
February 10, 2019
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 Colombia in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Colombia
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Colombia was $413,268,340, down 23.67% ($128,127,955) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Colombia in 2018 were $273,647,037, down 35.86% ($152,995,715) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Colombia in 2018 totaled $139,621,303, up 21.67% ($24,867,760) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Colombia in 2018 was $134,025,734, a 57.03% decrease ($177,863,475) over 2017.
Colombia was Russia’s 86th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 77th in 2017), accounting for 0.0601% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0927% in 2017).
Colombia was Russia’s 86th largest export market in 2018 (down from 69th in 2017), accounting for 0.0608% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1195% in 2017).
Colombia was Russia’s 79th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 81st in 2017), accounting for 0.0586% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0506% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Colombia
The major share of Russian exports to Colombia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 47.62% of Russia’s total exports to Colombia (72.10% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 24.90% of Russia’s total exports to Colombia (15.50% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.92% of Russia’s total exports to Colombia (6.33% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.41% of Russia’s total exports to Colombia (3.83% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.60% of Russia’s total exports to Colombia (0.85% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Colombia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $13,837,431;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3,727,719;
- 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 $3,645,735;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,373,352;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,262,602;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $1,554,812;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,061,460.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Colombia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $177,310,945;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $2,124,456;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $1,574,695;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,561,372;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $908,589.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 7,938 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 129,968 | 0.05 | 47,200 | 175.36 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 30 | 0.00 | 51 | -41.18 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 130,298,577 | 47.62 | 307,609,522 | -57.64 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,893,994 | 0.69 | 2,802,583 | -32.42 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4,724,097 | 1.73 | 996,378 | 374.13 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 55,463,986 | 20.27 | 55,167,865 | 0.54 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 347,964 | 0.13 | 163,000 | 113.47 |
| 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 | 4,829 | 0.00 | 1,393 | 246.66 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,345 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,858,470 | 0.68 | 1,964,970 | -5.42 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,873,532 | 1.05 | 2,509,659 | 14.50 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 968,911 | 0.35 | 2,530,283 | -61.71 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 82 | 0.00 | 150 | -45.33 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,090,196 | 0.76 | 1,657,091 | 26.14 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 529,180 | 0.19 | 103,719 | 410.21 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,935,001 | 1.07 | 1,873,541 | 56.66 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,555,522 | 0.57 | 710 | 218,987.61 |
| 52 | Cotton | 50 | 0.00 | 4 | 1,150.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 190 | 0.00 | 19 | 900.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 69 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 8,832 | 0.00 | 5,300 | 66.64 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,142 | 0.00 | 190 | 1,027.37 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 89 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 148,255 | 0.05 | 134,942 | 9.87 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,446 | 0.00 | 61 | 3,909.84 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 13 | 0.00 | 20 | -35.00 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 596 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 824,655 | 0.30 | 173,477 | 375.37 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 7,341 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 8,579 | 0.00 | 10,538 | -18.59 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 169,270 | 0.06 | 1,743,965 | -90.29 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 33,993,831 | 12.42 | 20,156,400 | 68.65 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,230,753 | 0.45 | 3,355,209 | -63.32 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 115,259 | 0.04 | 13,231 | 771.13 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 36,676 | 0.01 | 18,581 | 97.38 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,589,199 | 0.95 | 3,335,574 | -22.38 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 899 | 0.00 | 2,295 | -60.83 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 43,794 | 0.02 | 11,961 | 266.14 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 78,808 | 0.03 | 93,216 | -15.46 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,514 | 0.00 | 25,365 | -66.43 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 12,080,744 | 4.41 | 8,707,392 | 38.74 |
| 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 | 9,824,247 | 3.59 | 6,178,512 | 59.01 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 140,352 | 0.05 | 25,542 | 449.49 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,711,120 | 1.36 | 1,448,518 | 156.20 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 31,669 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 340 | 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 | 12,417 | 0.00 | 7,262 | 70.99 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 41,143 | 0.02 | 28,591 | 43.90 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 291 | 0.00 | 63 | 361.90 |
| SS | Classified | 2,852,177 | 1.04 | 3 737 053 | -23.68 |
Russia’s Imports from Colombia
The major share of Russian imports from Colombia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 87.01% of Russia’s total imports from Colombia (87.71% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 7.31% of Russia’s total imports from Colombia (6.76% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.61% of Russia’s total imports from Colombia (1.67% in 2017);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 1.01% of Russia’s total imports from Colombia (0.12% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Colombia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $29,638,871;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $7,159,118;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2,454,034;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $1,271,018;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $1,069,432;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $641,700.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Colombia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $7,237,183;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $5,289,869;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $2,025,972;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $1,340,820;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - a decrease of $842,036.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 43,405,864 | 31.09 | 13,766,993 | 215.29 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 6,089 | 0.00 | 20,503 | -70.30 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5,508,204 | 3.95 | 6,849,024 | -19.58 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 327,600 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 20,243,905 | 14.50 | 27,481,088 | -26.34 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 7,374 | 0.01 | 9,098 | -18.95 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 13,045,396 | 9.34 | 5,886,278 | 121.62 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 18,720,516 | 13.41 | 24,010,385 | -22.03 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,281 | 0.00 | 1,703 | -24.78 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 112 | 0.00 | 663 | -83.11 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 271 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 2,779,177 | 1.99 | 3,160,354 | -12.06 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,200,690 | 2.29 | 2,558,990 | 25.08 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 439 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 81,078 | 0.06 | 58,363 | 38.92 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 14,238,311 | 10.20 | 16,264,283 | -12.46 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 234,328 | 0.17 | 162,380 | 44.31 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6,560 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 86,955 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 10,211,353 | 7.31 | 7,757,319 | 31.64 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 69,808 | 0.05 | 94,266 | -25.95 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 21 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,198 | 0.00 | 1,621 | 220.67 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,642,994 | 1.18 | 573,562 | 186.45 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 184,869 | 0.13 | 301 | 61,318.27 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 299,000 | 0.21 | 1,141,036 | -73.80 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,812 | 0.00 | 38,345 | -87.45 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 40,314 | 0.03 | 66,286 | -39.18 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,617 | 0.00 | 229 | 1,916.16 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 215,715 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 20,067 | 0.01 | 74,793 | -73.17 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 863 | 0.00 | 1,710 | -49.53 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 23,310 | 0.02 | 16,367 | 42.42 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 35 | 0.00 | 35 | 0.00 |
| 50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 5,095 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 557,810 | 0.40 | 567,772 | -1.75 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 303,124 | 0.22 | 201,940 | 50.11 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 45,779 | 0.03 | 171,117 | -73.25 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 25,395 | 0.02 | 36,111 | -29.68 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 642 | 0.00 | 1,703 | -62.30 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 437 | 0.00 | 2,207 | -80.20 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 2,147 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 3,067 | 0.00 | 19,341 | -84.14 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,412,005 | 1.01 | 140,987 | 901.51 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,983 | 0.00 | 6,156 | -19.05 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 383 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 14,122 | 0.01 | 13,990 | 0.94 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 17,869 | 0.01 | 9,517 | 87.76 |
| 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 | 2,868 | 0.00 | 511 | 461.25 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 11,035 | 0.01 | 59,292 | -81.39 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 11,970 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,340 | 0.00 | 4 | 33,400.00 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,813 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 406 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,005,297 | 2.15 | 3,101,002 | -3.09 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 601 | 0.00 | 1,902 | -68.40 |