Russian trade with Lebanon 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 Lebanon in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Lebanon
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Lebanon was $470,430,607, down 25.77% ($163,289,085) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2018 were $458,935,720, down 26.55% ($165,887,125) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2018 totaled $11,494,887, up 29.20% ($2,598,040) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Lebanon in 2018 was $447,440,833, a 27.35% decrease ($168,485,165) over 2017.
Lebanon was Russia’s 84th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 73rd in 2017), accounting for 0.0684% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1085% in 2017).
Lebanon was Russia’s 75th largest export market in 2018 (down from 64th in 2017), accounting for 0.1020% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1750% in 2017).
Lebanon was Russia’s 118th largest supplier in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 0.0048% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0039% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Lebanon
The major share of Russian exports to Lebanon in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 66.42% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (48.99% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 18.07% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (37.97% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.58% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (3.23% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.31% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (5.61% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.37% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (2.55% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.18% of Russia’s total exports to Lebanon (1.63% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Lebanon in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $16,300,745;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $3,091,336;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $3,065,454;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $1,958,857;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,903,843;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $1,821,871.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Lebanon 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 $154,632,867;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $17,871,200;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $12,936,024;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $4,907,693;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $2,320,528.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 15,866 | 0.00 | 7,318 | 116.81 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 36,556 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 25,560 | 0.01 | 7,800 | 227.69 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,442,916 | 0.31 | 1,506,051 | -4.19 |
| 10 | Cereals | 258,080,459 | 56.23 | 241,779,714 | 6.74 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 47,070 | 0.01 | 7,050 | 567.66 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,165 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 39,762,286 | 8.66 | 57,633,486 | -31.01 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 147,547 | 0.03 | 35,390 | 316.92 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,613,400 | 0.79 | 1,791,529 | 101.69 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 149,028 | 0.03 | 162,341 | -8.20 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,079,773 | 0.24 | 1,470,543 | -26.57 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 417,150 | 0.09 | 1,594,075 | -73.83 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 97,733 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,393,839 | 0.52 | 2,112,844 | 13.30 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 80,526,329 | 17.55 | 235,159,196 | -65.76 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 407,378 | 0.09 | 555,851 | -26.71 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4,643,281 | 1.01 | 6,963,809 | -33.32 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 90,463 | 0.02 | 1,086,061 | -91.67 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,239,618 | 0.27 | 2,310,213 | -46.34 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 54,526 | 0.01 | 138,742 | -60.70 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 129,492 | 0.03 | 53,187 | 143.47 |
| 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 | 203,843 | 0.04 | 164,860 | 23.65 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 7,506,608 | 1.64 | 4,415,272 | 70.01 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,073,724 | 0.23 | 106,599 | 907.26 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 99,482 | 0.02 | 129,711 | -23.30 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 17,104,253 | 3.73 | 14,038,799 | 21.84 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 468,642 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 8,009,055 | 1.75 | 6,105,212 | 31.18 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 24,544 | 0.01 | 15,444 | 58.92 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 1,505 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,373 | 0.00 | 10,687 | -59.08 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 182 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,376 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 14,972 | 0.00 | 19,101 | -21.62 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,480 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 8,581 | 0.00 | 7,469 | 14.89 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 4,457 | 0.00 | 172 | 2,491.28 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 74,840 | 0.02 | 2,187 | 3,322.04 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 21,774,886 | 4.74 | 34,710,910 | -37.27 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 537,430 | 0.12 | 143,590 | 274.28 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 302 | 0.00 | 7 | 4,214.29 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,959,255 | 0.43 | 398 | 492,175.13 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 799 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 100,025 | 0.02 | 171,808 | -41.78 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 6,451 | 0.00 | 4,722 | 36.62 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 815,514 | 0.18 | 375,181 | 117.37 |
| 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 | 256,533 | 0.06 | 466,671 | -45.03 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 4,249,274 | 0.93 | 9,156,967 | -53.60 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 1,194 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 104,319 | 0.02 | 156,408 | -33.30 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 700 | 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 | 107,118 | 0.02 | 101,893 | 5.13 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 32,532 | 0.01 | 24,149 | 34.71 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 62,432 | 0.01 | 29 | 215,182.76 |
| SS | Classified | 20,746 | 0.00 | 18 168 | 14.19 |
Russia’s Imports from Lebanon
The major share of Russian imports from Lebanon in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 44.88% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (37.38% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 28.73% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (25.84% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 12.50% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (23.81% in 2017);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 5.75% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (2.67% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.83% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (3.19% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.53% of Russia’s total imports from Lebanon (5.87% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1,454,818;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $637,791;
- 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 $423,777;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $318,963;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $282,514;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $87,219;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $74,599;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $62,152;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $41,165.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Lebanon in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $606,527;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $59,818;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $56,839;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $53,860;
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - a decrease of $36,360.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 11,580 | 0.10 | 1,580 | 632.91 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 551,355 | 4.80 | 268,841 | 105.09 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 8,415 | 0.07 | 17,704 | -52.47 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,401 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 4,187 | 0.04 | 1,060 | 295.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 11,799 | 0.10 | 22,368 | -47.25 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 8,958 | 0.08 | 1,333 | 572.02 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 20,389 | 0.18 | 37,456 | -45.57 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 21,097 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 3,928 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 254,600 | 2.21 | 180,001 | 41.44 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,152 | 0.03 | 873 | 261.05 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 30,667 | 0.27 | 23,965 | 27.97 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,225,120 | 36.76 | 2,770,302 | 52.51 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,182,815 | 10.29 | 545,024 | 117.02 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 93,940 | 0.82 | 52,775 | 78.00 |
| 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 | 2,166 | 0.02 | 1,792 | 20.87 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 21,058 | 0.18 | 17,454 | 20.65 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,000,790 | 17.41 | 1,681,827 | 18.97 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,871 | 0.02 | 71 | 2,535.21 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 9,359 | 0.08 | 13,374 | -30.02 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 51,461 | 0.45 | 87,821 | -41.40 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 89 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 548 | 0.00 | 57,387 | -99.05 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 405,222 | 3.53 | 465,040 | -12.86 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 6,419 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 44 | 0.00 | 7,290 | -99.40 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,418,708 | 12.34 | 2,025,235 | -29.95 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 11,586 | 0.10 | 65,446 | -82.30 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 20,348 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 605 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 661,525 | 5.75 | 237,748 | 178.25 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 10,860 | 0.09 | 709 | 1,431.73 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 195 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 11,797 | 0.10 | 2 | 589,750.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 97 | 0.00 | 11 | 781.82 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 62,196 | 0.54 | 44 | 141,254.55 |
| 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 | 8,136 | 0.07 | 1,183 | 587.74 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 369,945 | 3.22 | 282,726 | 30.85 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 135 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,412 | 0.05 | 7,312 | -25.98 |