Russian trade in goods with Portugal in Q4 2019
February 13, 2020
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 Portugal in the fourth quarter of 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Portugal
In the 4th quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Portugal was $213,150,501, down 40.53% ($145,270,316) from the 4th quarter of 2018.
Russia’s exports to Portugal in the 4th quarter of 2019 were $58,732,948, down 73.76% ($165,109,645) from the 4th quarter of 2018.
Russia’s imports from Portugal in the 4th quarter of 2019 totaled $154,417,553, up 14.74% ($19,839,329) from the 4th quarter of 2018.
Russia’s trade balance with Portugal went from a surplus of $89,264,369 in the 4th quarter of 2018, to a deficit of $95,684,605 in the 4th quarter of 2019.
Portugal was Russia’s 71st largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2019 (down from 62nd in the 4th quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.1185% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1918% in the 4th quarter of 2018).
Portugal was Russia’s 79th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2019 (down from 60th in the 4th quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0525% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1798% in the 4th quarter of 2018).
Portugal was Russia’s 53rd largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2019 (up from 54th in the 4th quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.2270% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2159% in the 4th quarter of 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Portugal
The major share of Russian exports to Portugal in the 4th quarter of 2019 (and in the 4th quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 60.80% of Russia’s total exports to Portugal (90.44% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.01% of Russia’s total exports to Portugal (2.90% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 9.50% of Russia’s total exports to Portugal (2.56% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.19% of Russia’s total exports to Portugal (3.00% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.30% of Russia’s total exports to Portugal (0.45% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.14% of Russia’s total exports to Portugal (0.10% in the 4th quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Portugal in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $3,383,910;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $540,957;
- 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 $437,891;
- 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 $422,120;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $379,419;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $182,031.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Portugal in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th 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) - a decrease of $165,986,828;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $1,811,569;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $1,120,105;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $753,095;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - a decrease of $539,110;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $302,705.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2019 over Q4 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 362,175 | 0.62 | 247,756 | 46.18 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 65 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 36,585 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 392 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 35,191 | 0.06 | 46,805 | -24.81 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 364,770 | 0.62 | 667,475 | -45.35 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 753,095 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 35,710,773 | 60.80 | 201,697,601 | -82.29 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,592,832 | 7.82 | 1,208,922 | 279.91 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 182,031 | 0.31 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 172,107 | 0.29 | 1,292,212 | -86.68 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 829 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 82 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 225 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 107,857 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 69,999 | 0.12 | 101,015 | -30.70 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,275,913 | 7.28 | 3,896,494 | 9.74 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 128,429 | 0.22 | 667,539 | -80.76 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 30 | 0.00 | 1,020 | -97.06 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,853,399 | 6.56 | 5,664,968 | -31.98 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 15,551 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,543,687 | 2.63 | 1,002,730 | 53.95 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,164 | 0.00 | 24,334 | -95.22 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 835 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 3,465 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 183,664 | 0.31 | 158,567 | 15.83 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 25,373 | 0.04 | 2,515 | 908.87 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,179 | 0.01 | 45 | 13,631.11 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,984 | 0.01 | 4,439 | -10.25 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 13,621 | 0.02 | 1,480 | 820.34 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 113 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 21,418 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 207 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 93,102 | 0.16 | 81,324 | 14.48 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 5,491,621 | 9.35 | 5,428,305 | 1.17 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,592 | 0.01 | 34,310 | -86.62 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,468 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 65,275 | 0.11 | 233,874 | -72.09 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 18,054 | 0.03 | 28,280 | -36.16 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 76 | 0.00 | 1,823 | -95.83 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 72,852 | 0.12 | 78,538 | -7.24 |
| 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 | 540,260 | 0.92 | 102,369 | 427.76 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,243 | 0.00 | 302 | 311.59 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 53,899 | 0.09 | 39,379 | 36.87 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 450 | 0.00 | 550 | -18.18 |
| 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 | 712,334 | 1.21 | 290,214 | 145.45 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 21,827 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 4,381 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 2,329 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 20,553 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Portugal
The major share of Russian imports from Portugal in the 4th quarter of 2019 (and in the 4th quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 25.27% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (25.89% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 22.47% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (21.57% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.81% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (16.08% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.91% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (11.89% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.84% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (10.07% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.96% of Russia’s total imports from Portugal (2.23% in the 4th quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Portugal in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $5,647,938;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $4,966,523;
- 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 $2,624,128;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $2,339,072;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $2,082,547;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $2,074,631;
- Cork and articles of cork (HS code 45) - an increase of $1,903,951;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,354,644;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1,105,507;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $989,747;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $844,023;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $828,099;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $689,188;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $635,509.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Portugal in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - a decrease of $7,315,381;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $678,687;
- 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 $614,197.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2019 over Q4 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,546,877 | 1.00 | 1,684,361 | -8.16 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5,658,976 | 3.66 | 3,584,345 | 57.88 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 17,123 | 0.01 | 1,837 | 832.12 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,518,733 | 1.63 | 1,164,089 | 116.37 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 54,219 | 0.04 | 44,062 | 23.05 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 54,580 | 0.04 | 186,629 | -70.75 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 255,740 | 0.17 | 240,810 | 6.20 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 13,024 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 32,098 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 109,842 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 418,495 | 0.27 | 225,942 | 85.22 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,339,468 | 0.87 | 703,959 | 90.28 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 243,317 | 0.16 | 246,142 | -1.15 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 9,009,424 | 5.83 | 7,903,917 | 13.99 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 221,186 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 63,831 | 0.04 | 742,518 | -91.40 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 13,565 | 0.01 | 5,812 | 133.40 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 274 | 0.00 | 35,079 | -99.22 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 7,937,040 | 5.14 | 2,289,102 | 246.73 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 15,999,379 | 10.36 | 11,032,856 | 45.02 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 46,341 | 0.03 | 48,439 | -4.33 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 662,870 | 0.43 | 902,839 | -26.58 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 319,252 | 0.21 | 350,140 | -8.82 |
| 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 | 175,417 | 0.11 | 196,199 | -10.59 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 183,861 | 0.12 | 239,183 | -23.13 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 49,104 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 126,539 | 0.08 | 347,792 | -63.62 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,886,534 | 3.81 | 5,197,346 | 13.26 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 741,870 | 0.48 | 994,875 | -25.43 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 5,338 | 0.00 | 4,458 | 19.74 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 66,909 | 0.04 | 40,536 | 65.06 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 913 | 0.00 | 14,183 | -93.56 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 880,396 | 0.57 | 796,626 | 10.52 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 13,014,744 | 8.43 | 11,110,793 | 17.14 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 90 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,286,362 | 0.83 | 1,556,428 | -17.35 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,960 | 0.00 | 92,692 | -92.49 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 41,351 | 0.03 | 14,351 | 188.14 |
| 52 | Cotton | 133,102 | 0.09 | 56,121 | 137.17 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 587 | 0.00 | 1,810 | -67.57 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 676,143 | 0.44 | 427,200 | 58.27 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 371,611 | 0.24 | 352,218 | 5.51 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,529,884 | 0.99 | 1,092,349 | 40.05 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 154,107 | 0.10 | 79,385 | 94.13 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 21,539 | 0.01 | 5,581 | 285.93 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,099,637 | 0.71 | 1,057,733 | 3.96 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 11,988,259 | 7.76 | 9,649,187 | 24.24 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 6,884,528 | 4.46 | 7,013,565 | -1.84 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,787,470 | 1.16 | 1,393,445 | 28.28 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 9,943,336 | 6.44 | 7,860,789 | 26.49 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 69,000 | 0.04 | 23,715 | 190.96 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 315 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 352 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,278,020 | 0.83 | 986,634 | 29.53 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 1,547,525 | 1.00 | 8,862,906 | -82.54 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 377,969 | 0.24 | 522,859 | -27.71 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 13,416 | 0.01 | 4,579 | 192.99 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 7,593 | 0.00 | 18,421 | -58.78 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,681,408 | 1.74 | 1,691,661 | 58.51 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 28,260 | 0.02 | 7,497 | 276.95 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 102,900 | 0.07 | 126,385 | -18.58 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 3,633 | 0.00 | 1,061 | 242.41 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 676 | 0.00 | 1,571 | -56.97 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 23,446 | 0.02 | 11,324 | 107.05 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,341,878 | 0.87 | 918,860 | 46.04 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 379,347 | 0.25 | 228,082 | 66.32 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 16,083,129 | 10.42 | 15,239,106 | 5.54 |
| 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 | 18,604,402 | 12.05 | 15,980,274 | 16.42 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,826,639 | 2.48 | 2,998,540 | 27.62 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 93,482 | 0.06 | 110,544 | -15.43 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 417,867 | 0.27 | 508,908 | -17.89 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 20,275 | 0.01 | 20,927 | -3.12 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 299 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 3,525,290 | 2.28 | 4,139,487 | -14.84 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 74,936 | 0.05 | 133,679 | -43.94 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 202,115 | 0.13 | 135,983 | 48.63 |
| SS | Classified | 134,512 | 0.09 | 904 122 | -85.12 |