Russian trade in goods with Sudan in Q1 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In the 1st quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Sudan was $77,091,609, down 34.51% ($40,624,390) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2019 were $77,020,810, down 34.07% ($39,796,309) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2019 were $70,799, down 92.12% ($828,081) from the 1st quarter of 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2019 was $76,950,011, a 33.62% decrease ($38,968,228) over the 1st quarter of 2018.
Sudan was Russia’s 84th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 78th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0490% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0747% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Sudan was Russia’s 75th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 69th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0738% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1134% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Sudan was Russia’s 156th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2019 (down from 130th in the 1st quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0016% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan 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) - 92.98% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (94.41% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.01% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.27% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.85% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (1.38% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.59% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (1.62% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan 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 $1,917,000;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $1,883,485;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $1,242,066;
- 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 $231,122.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $41,016,640;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $953,589;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $716,604;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $713,424;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $412,929;
- 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 $283,354.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 102,371 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 58,030,429 | 75.34 | 99,047,069 | -41.41 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,242,066 | 1.61 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 12,339,000 | 16.02 | 10,422,000 | 18.39 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 713,424 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 3,041 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 653,923 | 0.85 | 1,607,512 | -59.32 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 231,274 | 0.30 | 152 | 152,053.95 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,067 | 0.00 | 48,946 | -93.73 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 140 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 205 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,507 | 0.00 | 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 | 607 | 0.00 | 1,032 | -41.18 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 3,822 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 11,120 | 0.01 | 39,456 | -71.82 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,315 | 0.00 | 59,386 | -96.10 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 370,312 | 0.48 | 167,126 | 121.58 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 41,870 | 0.05 | 7 | 598,042.86 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 389,798 | 0.51 | 317,559 | 22.75 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,883,485 | 2.45 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 111 | 0.00 | 637 | -82.57 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 183 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 164 | 0.00 | 6,987 | -97.65 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 3,571 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 2,665 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 199 | 0.00 | 31,096 | -99.36 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 137 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 20,172 | 0.03 | 134,311 | -84.98 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 254 | 0.00 | 6,427 | -96.05 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 369 | 0.00 | 12,494 | -97.05 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 248 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 27,689 | 0.04 | 8,705 | 218.08 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,409 | 0.01 | 9,238 | -41.45 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 168,901 | 0.22 | 581,830 | -70.97 |
| 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 | 165,789 | 0.22 | 449,143 | -63.09 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 75,996 | 0.10 | 12,322 | 516.75 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 716,604 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 45,690 | 0.06 | 136,870 | -66.62 |
| 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 | 21,705 | 0.03 | 26,399 | -17.78 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 727 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 1,287,589 | 1.67 | 2 143 227 | -39.92 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan 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) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (2.53% in the 1st quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (3.97% in the 1st quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2019 over the 1st quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $48,102.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sudan 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) - a decrease of $17,242;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $13,418;
- 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 $4,985.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2019 over Q1 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 70,799 | 100.00 | 22,697 | 211.93 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 17,242 | -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 | 4,985 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 13,418 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 840 538 | -100.00 |