Russian trade in goods with North Korea in Q1 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with North Korea
In the 1st quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with North Korea totaled $15,888,048, up 202.40% ($10,633,979) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s exports to North Korea in the 1st quarter of 2019 totaled $15,402,715, up 230.08% ($10,736,310) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s imports from North Korea in the 1st quarter of 2019 were $485,333, down 17.41% ($102,331) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with North Korea in the 1st quarter of 2019 was $14,917,382, a 265.73% increase ($10,838,641) over the 1st quarter of 2018.
North Korea was Russia’s 125th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 144th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0101% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0033% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
North Korea was Russia’s 110th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2019 (up from 128th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0148% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0045% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
North Korea was Russia’s 139th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 136th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0009% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0011% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Russia’s Exports to North Korea
The major share of Russian exports to North Korea 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) - 72.25% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (68.77% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 25.92% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (22.93% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.40% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (8.04% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to North Korea 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 $7,920,577;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $1,741,059;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $1,199,207;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $60,341.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to North Korea in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $172,273;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $85,552.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 70 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 1,199,207 | 7.79 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,972,160 | 12.80 | 231,101 | 753.38 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 752,563 | 4.89 | 838,115 | -10.21 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 40,312 | 0.26 | 3 | 1,343,633.33 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 9,220 | 0.06 | 441 | 1,990.70 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 18,987 | 0.12 | 261 | 7,174.71 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 131 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 28,408 | 0.18 | 29,400 | -3.37 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 11,100,134 | 72.07 | 3,179,557 | 249.11 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 188,995 | 1.23 | 361,268 | -47.69 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 449 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 42 | 0.00 | 2,438 | -98.28 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 19 | 0.00 | 627 | -96.97 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 25,673 | 0.17 | 10,712 | 139.67 |
| 52 | Cotton | 324 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 2,119 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 981 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 855 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 60,341 | 0.39 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 2,687 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 397 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 716 | 0.00 | 10,158 | -92.95 |
| 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 | 144 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 87 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from North Korea
The major share of Russian imports from North Korea in the 1st quarter of 2019 (and in the 1st quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 14.96% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (17.14% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.24% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (0.00% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.36% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (1.16% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.55% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (17.77% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from North Korea in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $50,966;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $20,583;
- 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 $10,024;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $3,381;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $3,194;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - an increase of $2,974.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from North Korea in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $100,401;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $88,391;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $3,618;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - a decrease of $2,100.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 20,583 | 4.24 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 993 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 108 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 2,100 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,615 | 0.33 | 102,016 | -98.42 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 48 | 0.01 | 181 | -73.48 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 169 | 0.03 | 235 | -28.09 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 152 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,194 | 0.66 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 563 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 49 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 3,618 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,559 | 1.35 | 3,178 | 106.39 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 57 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 50,966 | 10.50 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 21,631 | 4.46 | 11,607 | 86.36 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 88,391 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 744 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 378,150 | 77.92 | 375,176 | 0.79 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 805 | 0.17 | 94 | 756.38 |