Russian trade in goods with Sudan in Q2 2019
August 10, 2019
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Sudan in the second quarter of 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In the 2nd quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Sudan was $35,697,858, down 78.49% ($130,291,544) from the 2nd quarter of 2018.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 2nd quarter of 2019 were $35,597,273, down 78.55% ($130,364,413) from the 2nd quarter of 2018.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 2nd quarter of 2019 totaled $100,585, up 262.91% ($72,869) from the 2nd quarter of 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in the 2nd quarter of 2019 was $35,496,688, a 78.61% decrease ($130,437,282) over the 2nd quarter of 2018.
Sudan was Russia’s 103rd largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2019 (down from 79th in the 2nd quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0223% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0971% in the 2nd quarter of 2018).
Sudan was Russia’s 92nd largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2019 (down from 67th in the 2nd quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0353% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1506% in the 2nd quarter of 2018).
Sudan was Russia’s 154th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2019 (up from 157th in the 2nd quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0002% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0000% in the 2nd quarter of 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan in the 2nd quarter of 2019 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 65.31% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (92.34% in the 2nd quarter of 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 17.85% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.07% in the 2nd quarter of 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.87% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.19% in the 2nd quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.64% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (5.03% in the 2nd quarter of 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.29% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (1.38% in the 2nd quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 2nd quarter of 2019 over the 2nd quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $6,113,415;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $2,627,328;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $666,587;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $177,887;
- Headgear and parts thereof (HS code 65) - an increase of $142,815.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 2nd quarter of 2019 over the 2nd quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $123,361,225;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $6,529,087;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $5,231,911;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,825,991;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1,064,530;
- 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 $465,942;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $266,788;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $179,340;
- 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) - a decrease of $164,270.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2019 over Q2 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 2,939 | 0.01 | 12,437 | -76.37 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 602 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 134 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 16,230,688 | 45.60 | 139,591,913 | -88.37 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,043 | 0.01 | 4,041 | -49.44 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6,991,863 | 19.64 | 13,520,950 | -48.29 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 16,580 | 0.05 | 52,284 | -68.29 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,880 | 0.01 | 6,286 | -54.18 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 281 | 0.00 | 7,124 | -96.06 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 431 | 0.00 | 52,353 | -99.18 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 457,818 | 1.29 | 2,283,809 | -79.95 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,130,594 | 17.22 | 17,179 | 35,586.56 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 80,000 | 0.22 | 5,626 | 1,321.97 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 310 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 25,600 | 0.07 | 63 | 40,534.92 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 104 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 6,941 | 0.02 | 9,031 | -23.14 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 25,060 | 0.07 | 40,214 | -37.68 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 84,287 | 0.24 | 36,427 | 131.39 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 43 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 7,561 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 91,378 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 886,871 | 2.49 | 220,284 | 302.60 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,627,328 | 7.38 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 231 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 89 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 715 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 6,749 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1 | 0.00 | 104 | -99.04 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 60 | 0.00 | 63,905 | -99.91 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 142,815 | 0.40 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 5,179 | 0.01 | 6,359 | -18.56 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 990 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,303 | 0.01 | 8,275 | -72.17 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 45,933 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 120,795 | 0.34 | 300,135 | -59.75 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,785 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 201,178 | 0.57 | 23,291 | 763.76 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 8,055 | 0.02 | 14,736 | -45.34 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 2,792 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 945,570 | 2.66 | 1,212,358 | -22.01 |
| 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 | 17,727 | 0.05 | 483,669 | -96.33 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 28,429 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 323,487 | 0.91 | 1,388,017 | -76.69 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,410 | 0.02 | 5,239,321 | -99.86 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 16,321 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 164,270 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1,073 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 249,365 | 0.70 | 990 075 | -74.81 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan in the 2nd quarter of 2019 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 60.83% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (100.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 36.42% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (0.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.12% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (0.00% in the 2nd quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 2nd quarter of 2019 over the 2nd 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 $40,667;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $36,346;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $1,604;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $1,123.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 2nd quarter of 2019 over the 2nd quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $7,200.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2019 over Q2 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 7,200 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 61,183 | 60.83 | 20,516 | 198.22 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 34 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,604 | 1.59 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,123 | 1.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 36,346 | 36.13 | 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 | 181 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 110 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |