Russian trade with Mongolia in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Mongolia
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Mongolia totaled $1,649,900,534, up 20.60% ($281,802,802) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Mongolia in 2018 totaled $1,606,636,151, up 21.09% ($279,774,852) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Mongolia in 2018 totaled $43,264,383, up 4.92% ($2,027,950) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Mongolia in 2018 was $1,563,371,768, a 21.60% increase ($277,746,902) over 2017.
Mongolia was Russia’s 52nd largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 59th in 2017), accounting for 0.2398% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2342% in 2017).
Mongolia was Russia’s 44th largest export market in 2018 (up from 46th in 2017), accounting for 0.3571% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.3716% in 2017).
Mongolia was Russia’s 95th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 96th in 2017), accounting for 0.0182% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Mongolia
The major share of Russian exports to Mongolia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 63.80% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (63.37% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.48% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (13.56% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 7.00% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (8.93% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.82% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (7.60% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.91% of Russia’s total exports to Mongolia (3.67% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Mongolia 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 $183,613,258;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $40,123,761;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $39,374,583;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $15,792,681;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $5,654,279;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $5,076,885.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Mongolia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $16,121,569;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $13,978,322;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $4,895,404.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 200,700 | 0.01 | 908,206 | -77.90 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 1,358,854 | 0.08 | 231,273 | 487.55 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 17,524 | 0.00 | 36,280 | -51.70 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 12,010,472 | 0.75 | 10,015,602 | 19.92 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 87 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 65,793 | 0.00 | 46,757 | 40.71 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 506,517 | 0.03 | 272,511 | 85.87 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,337,957 | 0.15 | 2,798,558 | -16.46 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 867,935 | 0.05 | 904,488 | -4.04 |
10 | Cereals | 55,747,956 | 3.47 | 16,373,373 | 240.48 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,720,480 | 0.23 | 4,399,171 | -15.43 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 17,586,260 | 1.09 | 31,564,582 | -44.28 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 5,085 | 0.00 | 20,242 | -74.88 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 20,789,203 | 1.29 | 19,779,589 | 5.10 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2,173,836 | 0.14 | 2,188,831 | -0.69 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 7,072,839 | 0.44 | 7,702,954 | -8.18 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 25,269,837 | 1.57 | 23,243,587 | 8.72 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 23,086,256 | 1.44 | 21,548,276 | 7.14 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,732,325 | 0.23 | 3,428,250 | 8.87 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 19,617,628 | 1.22 | 17,220,343 | 13.92 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 9,008,641 | 0.56 | 8,294,919 | 8.60 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 8,026,388 | 0.50 | 6,868,878 | 16.85 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,400,299 | 0.21 | 2,115,073 | 60.77 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,047,738 | 0.13 | 1,386,760 | 47.66 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,023,001,186 | 63.67 | 839,387,928 | 21.87 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,668,624 | 0.10 | 1,431,852 | 16.54 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 9,680,034 | 0.60 | 11,655,988 | -16.95 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 13,660,151 | 0.85 | 10,579,454 | 29.12 |
31 | Fertilizers | 32,115,363 | 2.00 | 27,038,478 | 18.78 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,674,577 | 0.23 | 3,122,981 | 17.66 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 11,117,360 | 0.69 | 11,165,940 | -0.44 |
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 | 10,727,403 | 0.67 | 9,963,347 | 7.67 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 259,321 | 0.02 | 284,589 | -8.88 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 6,904,663 | 0.43 | 7,714,884 | -10.50 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2,479 | 0.00 | 5,023 | -50.65 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 9,035,645 | 0.56 | 10,309,200 | -12.35 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,285,826 | 0.45 | 5,069,756 | 43.71 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,443,990 | 0.21 | 2,526,682 | 36.30 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,449,064 | 0.09 | 1,345,644 | 7.69 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 16,813 | 0.00 | 17,697 | -5.00 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 7,482 | 0.00 | 4,587 | 63.11 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 5,492,657 | 0.34 | 5,470,315 | 0.41 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 8,503 | 0.00 | 7,433 | 14.40 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 477 | 0.00 | 3,861 | -87.65 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 2,193,652 | 0.14 | 2,047,750 | 7.12 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,085,439 | 0.38 | 2,986,991 | 103.73 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 167,284 | 0.01 | 112,438 | 48.78 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 242,811 | 0.02 | 325,419 | -25.39 |
52 | Cotton | 185,280 | 0.01 | 191,092 | -3.04 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 456 | 0.00 | 863 | -47.16 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 3,161 | 0.00 | 6,309 | -49.90 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 6,864 | 0.00 | 10,231 | -32.91 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 836,179 | 0.05 | 618,227 | 35.25 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 129,801 | 0.01 | 118,845 | 9.22 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 14,101 | 0.00 | 3,462 | 307.31 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 110,039 | 0.01 | 132,416 | -16.90 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 479 | 0.00 | 1,401 | -65.81 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 483,845 | 0.03 | 404,039 | 19.75 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 784,704 | 0.05 | 379,020 | 107.03 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 139,162 | 0.01 | 109,439 | 27.16 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,015,209 | 0.06 | 722,210 | 40.57 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 73,493 | 0.00 | 51,483 | 42.75 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 73 | 0.00 | 1,157 | -93.69 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 10,937 | 0.00 | 2,638 | 314.59 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 9,647,473 | 0.60 | 6,789,210 | 42.10 |
69 | Ceramic products | 1,283,049 | 0.08 | 941,959 | 36.21 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 12,792,946 | 0.80 | 10,803,482 | 18.42 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 78,031 | 0.00 | 91,444 | -14.67 |
72 | Iron and steel | 69,720,574 | 4.34 | 29,596,813 | 135.57 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 21,194,362 | 1.32 | 15,540,083 | 36.39 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 309,614 | 0.02 | 192,843 | 60.55 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 21,675 | 0.00 | 2,250 | 863.33 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,144,248 | 0.13 | 2,268,342 | -5.47 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 9,237 | 0.00 | 1,483 | 522.86 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 22,271 | 0.00 | 24,480 | -9.02 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 62,585 | 0.00 | 35,558 | 76.01 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 23 | 0.00 | 1,057 | -97.82 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 800,728 | 0.05 | 415,421 | 92.75 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 730,899 | 0.05 | 664,405 | 10.01 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 35,241,158 | 2.19 | 40,136,562 | -12.20 |
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 | 30,629,039 | 1.91 | 46,750,608 | -34.48 |
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 | 19,338,712 | 1.20 | 21,025,709 | -8.02 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 24,853,564 | 1.55 | 9,060,883 | 174.30 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 5,956 | 0.00 | 29,659 | -79.92 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,470,220 | 0.15 | 1,465,930 | 68.51 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,129 | 0.00 | 2,028 | 4.98 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,504 | 0.00 | 1,657 | -9.23 |
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 | 2,010,458 | 0.13 | 2,124,720 | -5.38 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 201,656 | 0.01 | 236,289 | -14.66 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,895,732 | 0.12 | 1,830,286 | 3.58 |
SS | Classified | 483,111 | 0.03 | 148 566 | 225.18 |
Russia’s Imports from Mongolia
The major share of Russian imports from Mongolia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 67.69% of Russia’s total imports from Mongolia (69.96% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 20.63% of Russia’s total imports from Mongolia (19.48% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 11.13% of Russia’s total imports from Mongolia (10.03% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Mongolia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $1,476,126;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $751,080;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $439,657;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $401,321;
- Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric (HS code 51) - an increase of $305,354;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $138,537.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Mongolia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $1,067,809;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $215,909;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $207,963;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $148,055;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - a decrease of $132,944.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 7,347,151 | 16.98 | 6,596,071 | 11.39 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 430 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 215,909 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 21,788 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 14,800 | -100.00 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 207,963 | -100.00 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,266,387 | 2.93 | 826,730 | 53.18 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 10,569 | 0.02 | 4,022 | 162.78 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 262 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 111,600 | 0.26 | 77,020 | 44.90 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 169,084 | 0.39 | 90,815 | 86.19 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 27,850,689 | 64.37 | 26,374,563 | 5.60 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 1,081,670 | 2.50 | 2,149,479 | -49.68 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 352,556 | 0.81 | 322,939 | 9.17 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 12,924 | -100.00 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 440 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,924 | 0.01 | 20,650 | -71.31 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 596 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 7,848 | 0.02 | 13,213 | -40.60 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 26,611 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 54,634 | 0.13 | 2,909 | 1,778.10 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,767 | 0.01 | 11,223 | -75.35 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 18,430 | 0.04 | 7,343 | 150.99 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 743,479 | 1.72 | 438,125 | 69.70 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 31 | 0.00 | 746 | -95.84 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 2,499 | 0.01 | 135,443 | -98.15 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 361 | 0.00 | 1,293 | -72.08 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,258,694 | 7.53 | 2,857,373 | 14.05 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 212,139 | 0.49 | 360,194 | -41.10 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 174,565 | 0.40 | 127,835 | 36.55 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 218,325 | 0.50 | 79,788 | 173.63 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 204,215 | 0.47 | 136,654 | 49.44 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 1,504 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 300 | 0.00 | 1,929 | -84.45 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 1,103 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 19 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,626 | 0.01 | 3,429 | 5.75 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,335 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 551 | 0.00 | 3,427 | -83.92 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 297 | 0.00 | 158 | 87.97 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,092 | 0.00 | 760 | 43.68 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 18,830 | 0.04 | 25,165 | -25.17 |
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 | 2,712 | 0.01 | 33,451 | -91.89 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 205 | 0.00 | 118 | 73.73 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,221 | -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 | 91,997 | 0.21 | 74,086 | 24.18 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,702 | 0.00 | 31 | 5,390.32 |