Russian trade in goods with Iran in Q1 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Iran
In the 1st quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Iran totaled $542,917,148, up 14.12% ($67,155,244) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s exports to Iran in the 1st quarter of 2019 totaled $393,734,713, up 32.48% ($96,523,339) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s imports from Iran in the 1st quarter of 2019 were $149,182,435, down 16.45% ($29,368,095) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iran in the 1st quarter of 2019 was $244,552,278, a 106.09% increase ($125,891,434) over the 1st quarter of 2018.
Iran was Russia’s 48th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 50th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.3449% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3018% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Iran was Russia’s 44th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 49th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.3772% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.2885% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Iran was Russia’s 50th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 45th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.2812% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.3270% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Iran
The major share of Russian exports to Iran in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 78.82% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (52.97% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.60% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (10.86% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.97% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (14.61% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.57% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (3.17% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.26% of Russia’s total exports to Iran (17.34% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iran in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $109,674,788;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $40,477,441;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $6,999,917;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $6,368,958;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $4,334,233;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $3,321,566;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $1,470,646;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $1,218,398.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iran in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $50,116,117;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $9,848,643;
- 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 (HS code 86) - a decrease of $8,940,952;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $3,166,902;
- 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 $2,139,683;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $2,036,606.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
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02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 11,288,961 | 2.87 | 6,954,728 | 62.32 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 22,685 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 3,643,602 | 0.93 | 2,172,956 | 67.68 |
10 | Cereals | 153,437,602 | 38.97 | 112,960,161 | 35.83 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 243,390 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 415,240 | 0.11 | 2,451,846 | -83.06 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 141,079,056 | 35.83 | 31,404,268 | 349.24 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 27,848 | 0.01 | 91,754 | -69.65 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 122,745 | 0.03 | 156,650 | -21.64 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 14,581 | 0.00 | 209,808 | -93.05 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 16,350 | 0.00 | 80,902 | -79.79 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 20,761 | 0.01 | 71,231 | -70.85 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 887,285 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 860,070 | 0.22 | 358,985 | 139.58 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,515,332 | 1.15 | 3,684,245 | 22.56 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 1,665,874 | 0.42 | 1,487,340 | 12.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 254,619 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 55,650 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,044,483 | 0.52 | 2,071,714 | -1.31 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 28,116 | 0.01 | 22,856 | 23.01 |
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 | 6,659 | 0.00 | 29,599 | -77.50 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,192 | -100.00 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 20,255 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 51,501 | 0.01 | 193,096 | -73.33 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 634,510 | 0.16 | 1,304,689 | -51.37 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 905,158 | 0.23 | 584,072 | 54.97 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 20,986,619 | 5.33 | 30,835,262 | -31.94 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 4,060,271 | 1.03 | 2,841,873 | 42.87 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,354,729 | 0.85 | 6,521,631 | -48.56 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,993,589 | 0.76 | 3,229,009 | -7.29 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 731 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 1,021,492 | 0.26 | 1,356,179 | -24.68 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 424,134 | 0.11 | 681,896 | -37.80 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,297 | 0.00 | 99,549 | -98.70 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4,820 | 0.00 | 443 | 988.04 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 12,775 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 122 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 3,047 | 0.00 | 108 | 2,721.30 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 69,685 | 0.02 | 117,188 | -40.54 |
69 | Ceramic products | 36 | 0.00 | 369 | -90.24 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 24,463 | 0.01 | 106,966 | -77.13 |
72 | Iron and steel | 320,562 | 0.08 | 50,436,679 | -99.36 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,053,478 | 1.03 | 731,912 | 453.82 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 30,319 | 0.01 | 90,760 | -66.59 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 20,123 | 0.01 | 43,656 | -53.91 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,252 | 0.00 | 193,670 | -99.35 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 16,283 | 0.00 | 601 | 2,609.32 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 91,299 | 0.02 | 26,317 | 246.92 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 439,859 | 0.11 | 930 | 47,196.67 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 13,758,702 | 3.49 | 6,758,785 | 103.57 |
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 | 12,332,162 | 3.13 | 14,471,845 | -14.79 |
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 | 151,050 | 0.04 | 9,092,002 | -98.34 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 41,167 | 0.01 | 190,773 | -78.42 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 547,000 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,576,773 | 1.92 | 1,207,815 | 527.31 |
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 | 44,967 | 0.01 | 1,106 | 3,965.73 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,208 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 577,301 | 0.15 | 392 023 | 47.26 |
Russia’s Imports from Iran
The major share of Russian imports from Iran in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 83.80% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (80.42% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.46% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (5.72% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.76% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (0.40% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.61% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (1.04% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.30% of Russia’s total imports from Iran (10.44% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iran in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $1,975,315;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $1,893,430;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,663,543;
- 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 $1,128,550;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $893,293;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $817,464;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $757,470;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $751,558;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - an increase of $500,297.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iran in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $19,408,863;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $18,448,654;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $1,456,933.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
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03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 887,285 | 0.59 | 135,727 | 553.73 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,063,837 | 0.71 | 923,977 | 15.14 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 5,210 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 73,587,226 | 49.33 | 71,611,911 | 2.76 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 46,151,584 | 30.94 | 65,560,447 | -29.60 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 370,944 | 0.25 | 503,329 | -26.30 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 2,093 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 67,720 | 0.05 | 7,355 | 820.73 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 22,924 | -100.00 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 31,570 | 0.02 | 105,472 | -70.07 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 92 | -100.00 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 21,458 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 78,203 | 0.05 | 114,914 | -31.95 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 108,772 | 0.07 | 80,590 | 34.97 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 175,099 | 0.12 | 369,455 | -52.61 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,364,799 | 1.59 | 3,821,732 | -38.12 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 6,009 | 0.00 | 165,168 | -96.36 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,912 | 0.00 | 11,037 | -73.62 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 90,553 | 0.06 | 150,585 | -39.87 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,245,151 | 0.83 | 990,570 | 25.70 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 35,219 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 58,360 | 0.04 | 224,134 | -73.96 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,289,019 | 0.86 | 160,469 | 703.28 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 277,449 | 0.19 | 673,643 | -58.81 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,402,795 | 4.29 | 5,509,502 | 16.21 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 398 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 30,719 | 0.02 | 13,393 | 129.37 |
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 | 13,463 | 0.01 | 28,699 | -53.09 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 70,264 | 0.05 | 108,787 | -35.41 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 10,523 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 4,415 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,525,462 | 3.03 | 3,707,998 | 22.05 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 613 | 0.00 | 4,538 | -86.49 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 83,772 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 289 | 0.00 | 97 | 197.94 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 53 | 0.00 | 390 | -86.41 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,418 | 0.00 | 1,832 | 141.16 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 44,456 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,918,356 | 1.29 | 24,926 | 7,596.20 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 647 | -100.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 264,760 | 0.18 | 186,431 | 42.02 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 19,305 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 402,892 | 0.27 | 450,378 | -10.54 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 40,787 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,287,680 | 0.86 | 1,026,879 | 25.40 |
69 | Ceramic products | 855,978 | 0.57 | 355,681 | 140.66 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 903,263 | 0.61 | 822,748 | 9.79 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,563 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,665,433 | 1.12 | 1,890 | 88,018.15 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 177,053 | 0.12 | 170,270 | 3.98 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 199 | 0.00 | 18,448,853 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 34,163 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 56,276 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 4,021 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 17,477 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,027,223 | 0.69 | 1,168,788 | -12.11 |
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 | 37,059 | 0.02 | 15,743 | 135.40 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,131,002 | 0.76 | 373,532 | 202.79 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 213,100 | 0.14 | 298,148 | -28.53 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 14,547 | 0.01 | 1,583 | 818.95 |
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 | 110,742 | 0.07 | 55,647 | 99.01 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9,136 | 0.01 | 15,416 | -40.74 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,660 | 0.00 | 488 | 240.16 |
SS | Classified | 363 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |