Russian trade with Ireland 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 Ireland in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ireland
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Ireland totaled $2,006,541,948, up 32.82% ($495,816,547) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2018 totaled $677,893,748, up 72.79% ($285,581,423) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2018 totaled $1,328,648,200, up 18.80% ($210,235,124) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ireland in 2018 was $650,754,452, a 10.38% decrease ($75,346,299) over 2017.
Ireland was Russia’s 47th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 54th in 2017), accounting for 0.2916% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2587% in 2017).
Ireland was Russia’s 67th largest export market in 2018 (up from 70th in 2017), accounting for 0.1507% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1099% in 2017).
Ireland was Russia’s 32nd largest supplier in 2018 (up from 34th in 2017), accounting for 0.5579% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.4928% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Ireland
The major share of Russian exports to Ireland in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 73.08% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (43.69% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.47% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (20.18% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.69% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (1.68% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.85% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (2.41% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.69% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (2.21% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ireland 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) - an increase of $324,011,743;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $10,299,333;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $9,224,193;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $8,368,256;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,136,762;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $2,798,153.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $2,812,848.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 114,978 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 10,299,333 | 1.52 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 262 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 103,278 | 0.02 | 35,570 | 190.35 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 235,640 | 0.03 | 410,763 | -42.63 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 14,395,594 | 2.12 | 6,027,338 | 138.84 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 53,353 | 0.01 | 67,265 | -20.68 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 495,331,586 | 73.07 | 171,319,843 | 189.13 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,075,028 | 0.16 | 2,028,947 | -47.02 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 186,724 | 0.03 | 2,999,572 | -93.77 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 57,183 | 0.01 | 9,923 | 476.27 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 83,056,636 | 12.25 | 73,832,443 | 12.49 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 11,854 | 0.00 | 4,070 | 191.25 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 139,347 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 1,121 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 6,845 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 891 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 6,959 | 0.00 | 18,408 | -62.20 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 81,137 | 0.01 | 92,017 | -11.82 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 18,331 | 0.00 | 35,861 | -48.88 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 690 | 0.00 | 500 | 38.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 11,154,735 | 1.65 | 8,356,582 | 33.48 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,359,870 | 0.20 | 1,113,661 | 22.11 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 466 | 0.00 | 2,034 | -77.09 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 6,827 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 69 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,756 | 0.00 | 397 | 846.10 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,764 | 0.00 | 2,299 | -23.27 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 113 | 0.00 | 5,237 | -97.84 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 64 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 171 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 290,005 | 0.04 | 269,192 | 7.73 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 11,157 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 254 | 0.00 | 2,137 | -88.11 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,211,201 | 0.18 | 763,978 | 58.54 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 714,461 | 0.11 | 1,168,736 | -38.87 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 53,353 | 0.01 | 1,003,492 | -94.68 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 73,522 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 548 | 0.00 | 5,207 | -89.48 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 21,239 | 0.00 | 13,649 | 55.61 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,052,444 | 0.75 | 915,682 | 451.77 |
| 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 | 3,701,305 | 0.55 | 3,751,043 | -1.33 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 109,763 | 0.02 | 81,881 | 34.05 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,589,914 | 0.38 | 3,928,345 | -34.07 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 16,010 | 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 | 228,615 | 0.03 | 18,657 | 1,125.36 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2,869 | 0.00 | 8,974 | -68.03 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,811 | 0.00 | 2,388 | 310.85 |
| SS | Classified | 46,368,650 | 6.84 | 113 750 245 | -59.24 |
Russia’s Imports from Ireland
The major share of Russian imports from Ireland in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 58.06% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (52.37% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 26.57% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (30.77% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.00% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (14.14% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $118,437,688;
- 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 $58,212,330;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $28,072,747;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $12,199,690;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $6,626,800;
- 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 $4,525,994;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $4,310,476.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $18,601,986;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $5,221,746.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 2,046,421 | 0.15 | 1,346,483 | 51.98 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 88,036 | -100.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 788 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 913 | 0.00 | 4,227 | -78.40 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 19,136 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 317,502 | 0.02 | 105,059 | 202.21 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 727,714 | 0.05 | 529,724 | 37.38 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 213,917 | 0.02 | 84,508 | 153.13 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 8,977,169 | 0.68 | 9,808,331 | -8.47 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 522,124 | 0.04 | 269,406 | 93.81 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 48,971,064 | 3.69 | 51,355,463 | -4.64 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 6,261,240 | 0.47 | 5,758,299 | 8.73 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 28,294,731 | 2.13 | 23,984,255 | 17.97 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 75,064,999 | 5.65 | 62,865,309 | 19.41 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,191,862 | 0.09 | 1,826,534 | -34.75 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 64,177 | 0.00 | 153,748 | -58.26 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,487 | 0.00 | 1,709 | 104.04 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 90,719 | 0.01 | 91,185 | -0.51 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 130,830,262 | 9.85 | 72,617,932 | 80.16 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 18,737,884 | 1.41 | 12,111,084 | 54.72 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 430,272,561 | 32.38 | 311,834,873 | 37.98 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 139,732 | 0.01 | 143,703 | -2.76 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 5,487,068 | 0.41 | 6,681,758 | -17.88 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 135,316,801 | 10.18 | 135,603,921 | -0.21 |
| 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 | 1,335,037 | 0.10 | 1,548,036 | -13.76 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 10,481,239 | 0.79 | 11,640,683 | -9.96 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 471 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 9,147,911 | 0.69 | 5,948,186 | 53.79 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 23,501,234 | 1.77 | 20,987,198 | 11.98 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,580,644 | 0.42 | 6,167,351 | -9.51 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 612,371 | 0.05 | 461,968 | 32.56 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 9,936 | 0.00 | 15,133 | -34.34 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 220,868 | 0.02 | 138,989 | 58.91 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 42 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 646,049 | 0.05 | 396,861 | 62.79 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,153,054 | 0.16 | 965,365 | 123.03 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 104,584 | 0.01 | 91,533 | 14.26 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 250 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 14 | 0.00 | 4,191 | -99.67 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 10,526 | 0.00 | 16,084 | -34.56 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 17,179 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 10,126 | 0.00 | 2,116 | 378.54 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 185,067 | 0.01 | 283,558 | -34.73 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 302,341 | 0.02 | 286,185 | 5.65 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 76,127 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,507 | 0.00 | 11,099 | -68.40 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 289,150 | 0.02 | 160,103 | 80.60 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,683 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 728 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 235,969 | 0.02 | 237,496 | -0.64 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 14,066 | 0.00 | 10,585 | 32.89 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 307,585 | 0.02 | 308,856 | -0.41 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,299,840 | 0.10 | 868,895 | 49.60 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 53,564 | 0.00 | 38,703 | 38.40 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,075,561 | 0.08 | 1,019,954 | 5.45 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 950,959 | 0.07 | 779,172 | 22.05 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 565,409 | 0.04 | 502,081 | 12.61 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 80,238 | 0.01 | 92,500 | -13.26 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 15,274 | 0.00 | 1,737 | 779.33 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 4,864 | 0.00 | 6,759 | -28.04 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 218,764 | 0.02 | 128,551 | 70.18 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,303,814 | 0.32 | 3,674,171 | 17.14 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,036,661 | 0.15 | 1,698,576 | 19.90 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 84,733,157 | 6.38 | 103,335,143 | -18.00 |
| 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 | 48,949,370 | 3.68 | 44,423,376 | 10.19 |
| 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 | 78,759 | 0.01 | 39,634 | 98.72 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 560,452 | 0.04 | 519,860 | 7.81 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,632 | 0.00 | 5,223,378 | -99.97 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 218,696,762 | 16.46 | 190,624,015 | 14.73 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 990 | 0.00 | 697 | 42.04 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 2,116 | -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 | 750,965 | 0.06 | 375,629 | 99.92 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,837,491 | 0.44 | 5,551,329 | 5.15 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,678,852 | 0.73 | 12,465,393 | -22.35 |
| SS | Classified | 49,077 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |