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Russian trade in goods with Israel in Q1 2019

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Israel in the first quarter of 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Israel

In the 1st quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Israel was $663,834,912, down 7.04% ($50,285,348) from the 1st quarter of 2018.

Russia’s exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2019 were $451,581,601, down 7.26% ($35,346,244) from the 1st quarter of 2018.

Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2019 were $212,253,311, down 6.58% ($14,939,104) from the 1st quarter of 2018.

Russia’s trade surplus with Israel in the 1st quarter of 2019 was $239,328,290, a 7.86% decrease ($20,407,140) over the 1st quarter of 2018.

Israel was Russia’s 40th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 38th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.4217% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4530% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

Israel was Russia’s 40th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 39th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.4326% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.4726% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

Israel was Russia’s 38th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 37th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.4002% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.4160% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

Russia’s Exports to Israel

The major share of Russian exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 52.90% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (39.96% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 22.42% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (38.34% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.40% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (6.31% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.09% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (3.50% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.98% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (8.42% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.06% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (2.70% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 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 $42,514,139;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $8,785,033;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $5,547,065;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3,175,194;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $1,950,918;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $1,773,530;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $1,771,896;
  • Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - an increase of $1,758,791;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,498,365.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $85,433,838;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $19,316,142.
Russia’s exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2019 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q1 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2019
over Q1 2018
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 142,869 0.03 68,714107.92
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 34,068 0.01 38,835-12.28
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 496,262 0.11 987,943-49.77
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 1,315 0.00 0
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 681,939 0.15 667,1572.22
10 Cereals 10,498,101 2.32 29,814,243-64.79
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 357,918 0.08 362,990-1.40
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 568 0.00 315,577-99.82
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 4,490,308 0.99 2,539,39076.83
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 38,937 0.01 9,572306.78
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 187,043 0.04 172,5408.41
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 662,384 0.15 1,102,115-39.90
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 773,306 0.17 547,90241.14
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 1,218,440 0.27 981,69924.12
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 2,554,120 0.57 3,083,939-17.18
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 322,044 0.07 310,2043.82
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 14,794 0.00 0
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,774,128 0.39 2,23279,386.02
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 237,095,079 52.50 194,580,94021.85
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 2,868,384 0.64 2,222,61529.05
29 Organic chemicals 4,971,913 1.10 1,796,719176.72
30 Pharmaceutical products 16,766 0.00 15,19910.31
31 Fertilizers 8,262,851 1.83 6,764,48622.15
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 89,729 0.02 151,664-40.84
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 187,384 0.04 0
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 62,762 0.01 1,9393,136.82
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 10,748 0.00 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 4,176,198 0.92 3,933,9106.16
39 Plastics and articles thereof 2,274,196 0.50 2,062,82610.25
40 Rubber and articles thereof 77,019 0.02 74,4033.52
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 25,241-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 173 0.00 224-22.77
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 8,849,828 1.96 7,076,29825.06
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 19 0.00 0
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 1,342,034 0.30 1,130,17618.75
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 3,334,113 0.74 4,572,948-27.09
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 290,144 0.06 361,555-19.75
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 35 0.00 0
54 Man-made filaments 23 0.00 96,732-99.98
55 Man-made staple fibers 13 0.00 366-96.45
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 0 0.00 116-100.00
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 0 0.00 545-100.00
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 163 0.00 53,160.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 68,576 0.02 0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 20,963 0.00 10,85993.05
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 15,291 0.00 6,732127.14
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 80,402 0.02 30,852160.61
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 8,052 0.00 1,790349.83
65 Headgear and parts thereof 111 0.00 52113.46
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 88 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 1,507,616 0.33 973,48254.87
69 Ceramic products 76,951 0.02 32,080139.87
70 Glass and glassware 105,091 0.02 11,658801.45
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 101,259,981 22.42 186,693,819-45.76
72 Iron and steel 26,562,132 5.88 17,777,09949.42
73 Articles of iron or steel 299,762 0.07 134,794122.39
74 Copper and articles thereof 0 0.00 2,698-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 15,019,727 3.33 9,472,66258.56
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 5,029,413 1.11 3,270,62253.78
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 13,959 0.00 0
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 41,345 0.01 48,905-15.46
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 84,835 0.02 592,767-85.69
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 359,295 0.08 1,123,417-68.02
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 33,119 0.01 45,474-27.17
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 431,000 0.10 532,207-19.02
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 245 0.00 911-73.11
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 1,999 0.00 4,490-55.48
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 365,721 0.08 132,793175.41
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 187,090 0.04 87,056114.91
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9,736 0.00 2354,042.98
SS Classified 1,840,983 0.41 66 4322,671.23

Russia’s Imports from Israel

The major share of Russian imports from Israel 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) - 47.50% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (54.15% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 21.57% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (19.66% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 21.56% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (16.83% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.83% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (3.39% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.30% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (2.84% in the 1st quarter of 2018).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • 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 $9,568,440;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $2,346,149;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $987,278;
  • 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) - an increase of $676,980.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Israel 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) - a decrease of $16,607,598;
  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $2,779,663;
  • Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $2,560,867;
  • Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $1,627,803;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,482,807;
  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $1,239,396;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,234,367;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,207,610;
  • 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 (HS code 34) - a decrease of $886,066.
Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2019 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q1 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q1 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2019
over Q1 2018
01 Live animals 253,502 0.12 433,199-41.48
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 249,572 0.12 186,19434.04
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 1,288,709 0.61 3,849,576-66.52
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 71,245,615 33.57 87,853,213-18.90
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 18,624,132 8.77 21,403,795-12.99
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 247,338 0.12 189,17930.74
10 Cereals 0 0.00 95-100.00
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 0 0.00 3,810-100.00
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 1,880,950 0.89 1,665,68512.92
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 5,140 0.00 256,400-98.00
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 5,850-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 54,339 0.03 24,699120.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 128,730 0.06 95,93534.18
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 41,990 0.02 26,24260.01
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 381,472 0.18 346,28810.16
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 5,511,563 2.60 5,687,679-3.10
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 638,041 0.30 832,592-23.37
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 277,459 0.13 161,85571.42
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,434,488 0.68 1,217,61017.81
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 199,947 0.09 213,288-6.25
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 924,898 0.44 684,25735.17
29 Organic chemicals 1,286,424 0.61 1,348,921-4.63
30 Pharmaceutical products 10,739,365 5.06 11,973,732-10.31
31 Fertilizers 1,320,218 0.62 1,070,12623.37
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 4,111,679 1.94 4,189,770-1.86
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 6,935,727 3.27 6,363,2429.00
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 1,890,611 0.89 2,776,677-31.91
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 24,085 0.01 6,868250.68
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 155,781 0.07 65,230138.82
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 7,554,687 3.56 5,208,53845.04
39 Plastics and articles thereof 10,123,332 4.77 10,153,660-0.30
40 Rubber and articles thereof 713,597 0.34 833,115-14.35
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 107,470 0.05 106,6950.73
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 31,873 0.02 19,91160.08
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0 0.00 18,172-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 773,321 0.36 455,78369.67
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 53,094 0.03 78,423-32.30
52 Cotton 516,074 0.24 368,72239.96
54 Man-made filaments 96,777 0.05 201,668-52.01
55 Man-made staple fibers 0 0.00 9-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 3,440,360 1.62 5,068,163-32.12
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 0 0.00 575-100.00
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 166 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 384,143 0.18 564,363-31.93
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 93,735 0.04 12,495650.18
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 48,019 0.02 23,899100.92
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 54,044 0.03 95,195-43.23
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 237,588 0.11 117,486102.23
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 0 0.00 448-100.00
65 Headgear and parts thereof 947 0.00 325191.38
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 1,339 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 382,758 0.18 524,549-27.03
69 Ceramic products 514,423 0.24 40,0051,185.90
70 Glass and glassware 208,789 0.10 223,448-6.56
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 455,215 0.21 1,694,611-73.14
72 Iron and steel 5,452 0.00 0
73 Articles of iron or steel 322,907 0.15 239,45834.85
74 Copper and articles thereof 7,068 0.00 1,617337.11
75 Nickel and articles thereof 36 0.00 137-73.72
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 367,639 0.17 450,942-18.47
78 Lead and articles thereof 5,695 0.00 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 19,186 0.01 26,502-27.61
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 6,990,462 3.29 6,960,5100.43
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 405,027 0.19 22,8421,673.17
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 10,240,613 4.82 11,723,420-12.65
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 23,091,094 10.88 13,522,65470.76
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 329,934 0.16 684,492-51.80
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 994,387 0.47 7,10913,887.72
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 11,096,725 5.23 12,304,335-9.81
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 49,175 0.02 9365,153.74
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 2,165,211 1.02 1,488,23145.49
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 298,318 0.14 581,938-48.74
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 41,717 0.02 9,895321.60
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 0 0.00 5,183-100.00
SS Classified 179,139 0.08 419 949-57.34
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia