Russian trade with Qatar in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Qatar
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Qatar totaled $78,791,038, up 7.47% ($5,473,320) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Qatar in 2018 were $42,346,397, down 14.94% ($7,438,638) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Qatar in 2018 totaled $36,444,641, up 54.87% ($12,911,958) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Qatar in 2018 was $5,901,756, a 77.52% decrease ($20,350,596) over 2017.
Qatar was Russia’s 128th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 122nd in 2017), accounting for 0.0115% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0126% in 2017).
Qatar was Russia’s 121st largest export market in 2018 (down from 116th in 2017), accounting for 0.0094% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0139% in 2017).
Qatar was Russia’s 97th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 101st in 2017), accounting for 0.0153% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0104% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Qatar
The major share of Russian exports to Qatar in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 72.67% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (76.84% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 7.41% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (2.36% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.51% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (11.55% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.64% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (3.32% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.25% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (4.06% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.23% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (1.09% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Qatar in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $3,128,087;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,822,013;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - an increase of $673,581;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $399,498;
- 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 $301,762;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $277,131;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $264,715;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $166,854;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $138,007.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Qatar in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $11,002,805;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,707,033;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,589,068;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $223,252;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $129,605;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $127,253.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 35,336 | 0.08 | 37,505 | -5.78 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 78,419 | 0.19 | 208,024 | -62.30 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 857,969 | 2.03 | 184,388 | 365.31 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 3,750 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 24,000 | 0.06 | 130,809 | -81.65 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 3,699,846 | 8.74 | 571,759 | 547.10 |
10 | Cereals | 25,420,960 | 60.03 | 36,423,765 | -30.21 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 14,400 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 87,338 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 42,973 | 0.10 | 19,495 | 120.43 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 51,864 | 0.12 | 8,866 | 484.98 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,966 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 505,686 | 1.19 | 564,113 | -10.36 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 54,525 | 0.13 | 19 | 286,873.68 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 944,503 | 2.23 | 545,005 | 73.30 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 34,499 | -100.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 12,384 | 0.03 | 235,636 | -94.74 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 23,351 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 97,972 | 0.23 | 24,476 | 300.28 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 59,647 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 54,400 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,312,422 | 3.10 | 1,388,339 | -5.47 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 196,335 | 0.46 | 58,328 | 236.61 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 97,123 | 0.23 | 224,376 | -56.71 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 801 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 15,150 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,709,560 | 4.04 | 1,432,429 | 19.35 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 240,467 | 0.57 | 216,041 | 11.31 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 16,308 | 0.04 | 2,001 | 714.99 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 2,177 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 31,543 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,744 | 0.01 | 8,281 | -54.79 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 142,206 | 0.34 | 30,520 | 365.94 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 228 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,585 | 0.01 | 43 | 10,562.79 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 350 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 120 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 130,047 | 0.31 | 28,341 | 358.87 |
69 | Ceramic products | 32,032 | 0.08 | 10,010 | 220.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 515,195 | 1.22 | 250,480 | 105.68 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 64,353 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 2,410,013 | 5.69 | 588,000 | 309.87 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 436,225 | 1.03 | 525,612 | -17.01 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 5,796 | 0.01 | 2,335 | 148.22 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 498 | 0.00 | 23,011 | -97.84 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 77,404 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 1,904 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 202,381 | 0.48 | 35,527 | 469.65 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,753 | 0.01 | 2,760 | 108.44 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 559,803 | 1.32 | 2,148,871 | -73.95 |
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 | 800,679 | 1.89 | 498,917 | 60.48 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,241,308 | 2.93 | 1,241,103 | 0.02 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 155,089 | 0.37 | 1,862,122 | -91.67 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 160 | 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 | 19,726 | 0.05 | 3,772 | 422.96 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,627 | 0.01 | 40,414 | -86.08 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 10,434 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 2,600 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Qatar
The major share of Russian imports from Qatar in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 65.40% of Russia’s total imports from Qatar (43.25% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 32.70% of Russia’s total imports from Qatar (56.58% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.89% of Russia’s total imports from Qatar (0.12% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Qatar 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 $13,657,035;
- 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 $1,120,398;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $686,234;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $627,934.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Qatar in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $1,682,731;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1,463,261.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 23,834,804 | 65.40 | 10,177,769 | 134.18 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,810,610 | 4.97 | 690,212 | 162.33 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 3,490,594 | 9.58 | 5,173,325 | -32.53 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,525,397 | 4.19 | 897,463 | 69.97 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,091,488 | 13.97 | 6,554,749 | -22.32 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 922 | 0.00 | 8 | 11,425.00 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 233 | 0.00 | 8,931 | -97.39 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 379 | 0.00 | 1,120 | -66.16 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 686,242 | 1.88 | 8 | 8,577,925.00 |
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 | 3,765 | 0.01 | 20,872 | -81.96 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 207 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8,224 | -100.00 |