Russian trade with South Ossetia 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 South Ossetia in 2018: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with South Ossetia
In 2018, Russia’s trade with South Ossetia was $65,567,733, down 4.65% ($3,200,568) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to South Ossetia in 2018 were $55,400,083, down 6.07% ($3,578,039) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from South Ossetia in 2018 totaled $10,167,650, up 3.86% ($377,471) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with South Ossetia in 2018 was $45,232,433, a 8.04% decrease ($3,955,510) over 2017.
South Ossetia was Russia’s 131st largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 124th in 2017), accounting for 0.0095% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0118% in 2017).
South Ossetia was Russia’s 117th largest export market in 2018 (down from 111th in 2017), accounting for 0.0123% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0165% in 2017).
South Ossetia was Russia’s 121st largest supplier in 2018 (down from 116th in 2017), accounting for 0.0043% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to South Ossetia
The major share of Russian exports to South Ossetia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 30.27% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (25.40% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 18.25% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (26.55% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 17.96% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (15.36% in 2017);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 11.94% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (8.23% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.09% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (7.17% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.97% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (8.81% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.88% of Russia’s total exports to South Ossetia (1.43% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to South Ossetia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $3,169,448;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $2,888,221;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $1,750,933;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $715,713;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - an increase of $431,468;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $328,219;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $300,363;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - an increase of $203,887.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to South Ossetia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,748,523;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,728,769;
- 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 $1,402,045;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $944,733;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $815,815;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $802,289;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $708,838;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $690,451;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $688,778;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $452,271;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $379,408;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $362,777;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $337,373;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $313,007;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $308,660;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $272,670.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 377,933 | 0.68 | 370,046 | 2.13 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 124,144 | 0.22 | 110,052 | 12.80 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 125,388 | 0.23 | 462,761 | -72.90 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0 | 0.00 | 6,384 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,718 | 0.00 | 93,996 | -97.11 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 813 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,647 | 0.00 | 13,300 | -87.62 |
| 10 | Cereals | 895 | 0.00 | 11,266 | -92.06 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 370,530 | 0.67 | 1,172,819 | -68.41 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,887 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 74,190 | 0.13 | 91,155 | -18.61 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 33,092 | 0.06 | 59,893 | -44.75 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 54,831 | 0.10 | 367,838 | -85.09 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 209,034 | 0.38 | 309,895 | -32.55 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 71,075 | 0.13 | 155,295 | -54.23 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 116,233 | 0.21 | 173,105 | -32.85 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 4,989 | 0.01 | 31,055 | -83.93 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,505,993 | 4.52 | 2,627,080 | -4.61 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 11,833 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 5,878,031 | 10.61 | 2,989,810 | 96.60 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 274,424 | 0.50 | 235,398 | 16.58 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 16,495,729 | 29.78 | 14,744,796 | 11.87 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 21,665 | 0.04 | 18,442 | 17.48 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 16,102 | 0.03 | 4,808 | 234.90 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,554,505 | 2.81 | 838,792 | 85.33 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 230 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 357,052 | 0.64 | 338,510 | 5.48 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 7,658 | 0.01 | 6,542 | 17.06 |
| 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 | 28,970 | 0.05 | 116,664 | -75.17 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,968 | 0.01 | 38,080 | -92.21 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 2,894 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 376,889 | 0.68 | 76,526 | 392.50 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 965,969 | 1.74 | 1,328,746 | -27.30 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,151,263 | 2.08 | 1,459,923 | -21.14 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 13,054 | 0.02 | 1,834 | 611.78 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 171,131 | 0.31 | 550,539 | -68.92 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 5,341 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 137,213 | 0.25 | 144,007 | -4.72 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 175,532 | 0.32 | 149,783 | 17.19 |
| 52 | Cotton | 2,999,101 | 5.41 | 3,943,834 | -23.95 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 2,576 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 3,264,628 | 5.89 | 95,180 | 3,329.95 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 7,887 | 0.01 | 33,757 | -76.64 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 36,666 | 0.07 | 31,304 | 17.13 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 196,778 | 0.36 | 272,167 | -27.70 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 9,477 | 0.02 | 25,953 | -63.48 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 62,327 | 0.11 | 22,933 | 171.78 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4,913 | 0.01 | 8,185 | -39.98 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 26,569 | 0.05 | 107,495 | -75.28 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 6,346 | 0.01 | 279,016 | -97.73 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 28,678 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,374 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 649,257 | 1.17 | 1,339,708 | -51.54 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 844,810 | 1.52 | 413,342 | 104.39 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 184,128 | 0.33 | 110,723 | 66.30 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 149,489 | 0.27 | 56,278 | 165.63 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,520,624 | 2.74 | 1,192,405 | 27.53 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,786,260 | 3.22 | 3,515,029 | -49.18 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 18,947 | 0.03 | 42,868 | -55.80 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 447,799 | 0.81 | 296,757 | 50.90 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 41,167 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 9,280 | 0.02 | 6,694 | 38.63 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 76,536 | 0.14 | 102,269 | -25.16 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,174,810 | 7.54 | 4,883,648 | -14.51 |
| 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 | 2,072,557 | 3.74 | 3,474,602 | -40.35 |
| 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 | 6,232 | 0.01 | 1,663 | 274.74 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,827,917 | 5.10 | 3,516,695 | -19.59 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,031,615 | 1.86 | 3,780,138 | -72.71 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 639 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 205,363 | 0.37 | 1,476 | 13,813.48 |
| 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 | 704,971 | 1.27 | 1,520,786 | -53.64 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 86,179 | 0.16 | 538,450 | -83.99 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 279,673 | 0.50 | 145,936 | 91.64 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 28 356 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from South Ossetia
The major share of Russian imports from South Ossetia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 98.43% of Russia’s total imports from South Ossetia (97.90% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.33% of Russia’s total imports from South Ossetia (0.85% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.24% of Russia’s total imports from South Ossetia (1.06% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from South Ossetia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $423,604;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $49,910.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from South Ossetia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $78,457.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,965 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 133,014 | 1.31 | 83,104 | 60.06 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 10,007,813 | 98.43 | 9,584,209 | 4.42 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 24,858 | 0.24 | 103,315 | -75.94 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 12,236 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 7,315 | -100.00 |