Russian trade with Pakistan in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Pakistan
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Pakistan totaled $732,423,892, up 35.37% ($191,379,466) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Pakistan in 2018 totaled $418,853,600, up 60.47% ($157,831,600) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Pakistan in 2018 totaled $313,570,292, up 11.98% ($33,547,866) from 2017.
Russia’s trade balance with Pakistan went from a deficit of $19,000,426 in 2017, to a surplus of $105,283,308 in 2018.
Pakistan was Russia’s 76th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 78th in 2017), accounting for 0.1064% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0926% in 2017).
Pakistan was Russia’s 76th largest export market in 2018 (up from 80th in 2017), accounting for 0.0931% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0731% in 2017).
Pakistan was Russia’s 64th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 65th in 2017), accounting for 0.1317% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1234% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Pakistan
The major share of Russian exports to Pakistan in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 21.45% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (31.43% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.29% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (15.82% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 12.00% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (12.59% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 10.36% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (12.87% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 10.05% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (12.73% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.29% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (3.04% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $16,493,290;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $9,982,547;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $8,364,776;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $8,058,380;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $4,988,230;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $4,463,814;
- 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 $4,064,498;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $1,440,287.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $1,532,471.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 6,852 | 0.00 | 9,265 | -26.04 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 45,822,012 | 10.94 | 29,328,722 | 56.24 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 649 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 598,139 | 0.14 | 2,130,610 | -71.93 |
10 | Cereals | 2,176,053 | 0.52 | 1,161,827 | 87.30 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,657,973 | 0.40 | 217,686 | 661.64 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 5,000 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 19,294 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,593,268 | 0.62 | 2,779,393 | -6.70 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 26,796 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 40,783,832 | 9.74 | 30,801,285 | 32.41 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 24,999,968 | 5.97 | 20,935,470 | 19.41 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 6,806,677 | 1.63 | 1,818,447 | 274.31 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10,514,786 | 2.51 | 9,725,673 | 8.11 |
31 | Fertilizers | 2,066,326 | 0.49 | 2,368,105 | -12.74 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,394 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 11,502 | -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 | 54,919 | 0.01 | 9,673 | 467.76 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 69,378 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 150,544 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 525,388 | 0.13 | 632,414 | -16.92 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 241,593 | 0.06 | 61,034 | 295.83 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,047,484 | 1.44 | 5,733,841 | 5.47 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 64,919 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,201 | 0.00 | 6,162 | -80.51 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,952,024 | 0.47 | 1,761,535 | 10.81 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 631,147 | 0.15 | 4,481 | 13,984.96 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 39,524,982 | 9.44 | 31,466,602 | 25.61 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,199 | 0.00 | 100 | 1,099.00 |
50 | Silk | 45 | 0.00 | 76 | -40.79 |
52 | Cotton | 17,479 | 0.00 | 423 | 4,032.15 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 28 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 9,625 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 14,455 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 353,997 | 0.08 | 143,454 | 146.77 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 410 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 18,643 | 0.00 | 4 | 465,975.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 20,397 | 0.00 | 139 | 14,574.10 |
69 | Ceramic products | 204 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 183,236 | 0.04 | 94,236 | 94.44 |
72 | Iron and steel | 77,157,457 | 18.42 | 68,792,681 | 12.16 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 12,391,983 | 2.96 | 13,197,427 | -6.10 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 38,238 | 0.01 | 8,320 | 359.59 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 16,405 | 0.00 | 6,501 | 152.35 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 55,476 | 0.01 | 5,220 | 962.76 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,428 | 0.00 | 156 | 815.38 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 142,155 | 0.03 | 34,050 | 317.49 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 31,016 | 0.01 | 7,093 | 337.28 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,327,097 | 1.03 | 4,298,057 | 0.68 |
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 | 1,410,276 | 0.34 | 648,233 | 117.56 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 121,559 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 259,162 | 0.06 | 168,831 | 53.50 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 2,649,197 | 0.63 | 2,013,588 | 31.57 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,139,373 | 1.23 | 675,559 | 660.76 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 27,479 | 0.01 | 4,783 | 474.51 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 354 | 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 | 100,337 | 0.02 | 2,721 | 3,587.50 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 45,000 | 0.01 | 1,000 | 4,400.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 459 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 127,102,212 | 30.35 | 29 829 062 | 326.10 |
Russia’s Imports from Pakistan
The major share of Russian imports from Pakistan in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 54.92% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (59.38% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 28.42% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (23.79% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.66% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (3.92% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.71% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (1.94% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.05% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (0.77% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $7,723,575;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $7,560,145;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $7,386,586;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $7,302,690;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $3,048,479;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $2,098,906;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $1,214,850.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $3,099,044;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - a decrease of $1,661,640.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
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 | 9,293,391 | 2.96 | 1,733,246 | 436.18 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 59,301,060 | 18.91 | 51,998,370 | 14.04 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 749 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 19,441,592 | 6.20 | 12,055,006 | 61.27 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 11,794 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 162,212 | 0.05 | 67,281 | 141.10 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 31,333 | 0.01 | 1,146 | 2,634.12 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 531,439 | 0.17 | 727,782 | -26.98 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 79 | 0.00 | 2,965 | -97.34 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 12,002 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,283 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 10,598 | 0.00 | 8,845 | 19.82 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 533 | -100.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 344,839 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,443,921 | 0.46 | 915,395 | 57.74 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 1,582 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 16,437 | 0.01 | 13,648 | 20.44 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 7,476,903 | 2.38 | 8,234,063 | -9.20 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4,470 | 0.00 | 2,757 | 62.13 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 30,491 | 0.01 | 2,405 | 1,167.82 |
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 | 558,815 | 0.18 | 32,928 | 1,597.08 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 27,033 | 0.01 | 62,486 | -56.74 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,269,434 | 1.04 | 2,554,413 | 27.99 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 86,089 | 0.03 | 74,558 | 15.47 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,603,668 | 0.51 | 1,586,570 | 1.08 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 20,213,696 | 6.45 | 18,114,790 | 11.59 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 4,274 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 21,293 | 0.01 | 11,457 | 85.85 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 9 | 0.00 | 24 | -62.50 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 18 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,516 | 0.00 | 3,044 | -50.20 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 10,990 | 0.00 | 838 | 1,211.46 |
52 | Cotton | 16,568,986 | 5.28 | 19,668,030 | -15.76 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 4,141,746 | 1.32 | 5,803,386 | -28.63 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 7,658,417 | 2.44 | 4,609,938 | 66.13 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 93,520 | 0.03 | 410,941 | -77.24 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 214,210 | 0.07 | 72,580 | 195.14 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 9,042 | 0.00 | 44,715 | -79.78 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 38,261 | 0.01 | 19,056 | 100.78 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 118,964 | 0.04 | 162,582 | -26.83 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 46,936,120 | 14.97 | 46,930,412 | 0.01 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 63,126,083 | 20.13 | 62,446,944 | 1.09 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 22,021,088 | 7.02 | 14,297,513 | 54.02 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 10,584,559 | 3.38 | 11,176,007 | -5.29 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 698,732 | 0.22 | 645,670 | 8.22 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 203 | 0.00 | 232 | -12.50 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,095,215 | 0.35 | 572,782 | 91.21 |
69 | Ceramic products | 4,366 | 0.00 | 4,027 | 8.42 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 3,093 | 0.00 | 6,971 | -55.63 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 8,994 | 0.00 | 29,920 | -69.94 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 57,631 | 0.02 | 83,739 | -31.18 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 22 | 0.00 | 1,173 | -98.12 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,236 | 0.00 | 35,162 | -96.48 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,240,964 | 1.03 | 2,026,114 | 59.96 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 7,913 | 0.00 | 11,106 | -28.75 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 26,036 | 0.01 | 7,787 | 234.35 |
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 | 18,625 | 0.01 | 19,100 | -2.49 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 30,646 | 0.01 | 22,774 | 34.57 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,282,369 | 1.68 | 5,369,827 | -1.63 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 221 | 0.00 | 1,685 | -86.88 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 26,068 | 0.01 | 25,025 | 4.17 |
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 | 762,559 | 0.24 | 826,944 | -7.79 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,813,815 | 2.17 | 6,392,339 | 6.59 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 81,162 | 0.03 | 66,196 | 22.61 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 13 615 | -100.00 |