Russian trade with Yemen in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Yemen
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Yemen was $300,441,524, down 1.20% ($3,652,118) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2018 were $300,315,116, down 1.23% ($3,753,039) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2018 totaled $126,408, up 395.97% ($100,921) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Yemen in 2018 was $300,188,708, a 1.27% decrease ($3,853,960) over 2017.
Yemen was Russia’s 93rd largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 89th in 2017), accounting for 0.0437% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0521% in 2017).
Yemen was Russia’s 83rd largest export market in 2018 (down from 75th in 2017), accounting for 0.0667% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0852% in 2017).
Yemen was Russia’s 168th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 181st in 2017), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0000% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Yemen
The major share of Russian exports to Yemen in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 88.19% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (88.06% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.82% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (10.72% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.64% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (1.08% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Yemen 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 $1,652,092.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $3,337,475;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $1,972,575.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 16,464 | 0.01 | 600,105 | -97.26 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 226,029 | 0.08 | 402,241 | -43.81 |
| 10 | Cereals | 264,592,895 | 88.11 | 266,565,470 | -0.74 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 202,655 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 7,012 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,929,656 | 1.64 | 3,277,564 | 50.41 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 7,100 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 496,014 | 0.17 | 157,077 | 215.78 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 571 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 21,170 | 0.01 | 26,255 | -19.37 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 57,920 | 0.02 | 25,248 | 129.40 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,157 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 34,630 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 268,575 | 0.09 | 10,625 | 2,427.76 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 29,227,902 | 9.73 | 32,565,377 | -10.25 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 132 | 0.00 | 90 | 46.67 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 147,897 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 25,788 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 399,374 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 62,898 | 0.02 | 10,345 | 508.00 |
| 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 | 1,098 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 7,318 | 0.00 | 6,619 | 10.56 |
Russia’s Imports from Yemen
The major share of Russian imports from Yemen in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.71% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (96.06% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (1.40% in 2017).
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (2.33% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $101,561.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $594.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 126,043 | 99.71 | 24,482 | 414.84 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 594 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 365 | 0.29 | 55 | 563.64 |
| 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 | 356 | -100.00 |