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Russian trade in goods with the United Arab Emirates in Q4 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 the United Arab Emirates in the fourth quarter of 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with the United Arab Emirates

In the 4th quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with the United Arab Emirates totaled $615,120,155, up 40.27% ($176,594,888) from the 4th quarter of 2018.

Russia’s exports to the United Arab Emirates in the 4th quarter of 2019 totaled $561,753,257, up 46.52% ($178,351,881) from the 4th quarter of 2018.

Russia’s imports from the United Arab Emirates in the 4th quarter of 2019 were $53,366,898, down 3.19% ($1,756,993) from the 4th quarter of 2018.

Russia’s trade surplus with the United Arab Emirates in the 4th quarter of 2019 was $508,386,359, a 54.86% increase ($180,108,874) over the 4th quarter of 2018.

The United Arab Emirates was Russia’s 48th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2019 (up from 57th in the 4th quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.3420% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2347% in the 4th quarter of 2018).

The United Arab Emirates was Russia’s 42nd largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2019 (up from 47th in the 4th quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.5023% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.3080% in the 4th quarter of 2018).

The United Arab Emirates was Russia’s 76th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2019 (down from 72nd in the 4th quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0784% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0884% in the 4th quarter of 2018).

Russia’s Exports to the United Arab Emirates

The major share of Russian exports to the United Arab Emirates 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) - 28.36% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (5.94% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 14.98% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (24.10% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.79% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (18.84% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.19% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (5.69% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.49% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (10.82% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.19% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (2.22% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.09% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (17.74% in the 4th quarter of 2018).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to the United Arab Emirates 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) - an increase of $137,149,399;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $16,826,651;
  • 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 $12,391,317;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $4,316,020;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $4,219,307;
  • Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $2,216,358;
  • Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $1,773,777.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to the United Arab Emirates in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $62,975,834;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $16,544,587;
  • 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 $8,264,316;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,800,939;
  • Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $2,749,557;
  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $2,271,477.
Russia’s exports to the United Arab Emirates in the 4th quarter of 2019 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q4 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q4 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q4 2019
over Q4 2018
01 Live animals 2,178 0.00 34,313-93.65
02 Meat and edible meat offal 1,888,868 0.34 115,0911,541.20
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 58,223 0.01 9226,214.86
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 418,320 0.07 3,167,877-86.79
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 11 0.00 0
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 1,757,194 0.31 4,028,671-56.38
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 3,450 0.00 5,550-37.84
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 76,112 0.01 193,147-60.59
10 Cereals 57,101,959 10.16 52,785,9398.18
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 36,741 0.01 64,593-43.12
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 103,060 0.02 74,06039.16
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 0 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 1,739,778 0.31 952,83182.59
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 28,776 0.01 18,63854.39
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 11,705 0.00 88,776-86.82
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 7,105,942 1.26 4,889,58445.33
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 67,749 0.01 21,309217.94
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 102,777 0.02 67,62451.98
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 4,061,427 0.72 4,584,246-11.40
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 1,792,056 0.32 932,17392.25
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 1,090,545 0.19 193,815462.67
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 42,314 0.01 672,265-93.71
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 159,258,229 28.35 22,108,830620.34
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,657,046 0.29 1,557,3076.40
29 Organic chemicals 230,632 0.04 611,642-62.29
30 Pharmaceutical products 668,573 0.12 310,942115.02
31 Fertilizers 17,195,598 3.06 33,740,185-49.04
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 334,949 0.06 77,713331.01
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 2,426,552 0.43 1,004,619141.54
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 158,868 0.03 61,814157.01
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 263,699 0.05 175,84849.96
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 0 0.00 153-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 710,998 0.13 1,233,319-42.35
39 Plastics and articles thereof 270,176 0.05 722,568-62.61
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,278,754 0.23 1,983,267-35.52
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 5,441 0.00 849540.87
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 0 0.00 5,460-100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,806,955 0.32 2,586,844-30.15
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 525,567 0.09 941,409-44.17
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 4,334,989 0.77 4,969,977-12.78
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 15,216 0.00 20,117-24.36
50 Silk 7,907 0.00 2,187261.55
52 Cotton 13,181 0.00 2096,206.70
54 Man-made filaments 920 0.00 1,805-49.03
55 Man-made staple fibers 0 0.00 489,619-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 419 0.00 13,880-96.98
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 489 0.00 5,580-91.24
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 972 0.00 77525.42
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 64,788 0.01 10,007547.43
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 18,261 0.00 0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 16,623 0.00 292,819-94.32
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 282,712 0.05 267,3175.76
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 129,359 0.02 101,25327.76
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 89,189 0.02 104,840-14.93
65 Headgear and parts thereof 2,398 0.00 13,874-82.72
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 390 0.00 94,233.33
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 0 0.00 884-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 641,779 0.11 129,281396.42
69 Ceramic products 593,711 0.11 318,24686.56
70 Glass and glassware 566,067 0.10 421,44934.31
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 84,130,543 14.98 92,394,859-8.94
72 Iron and steel 3,156,500 0.56 66,132,334-95.23
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,943,343 0.35 713,014172.55
74 Copper and articles thereof 36,913 0.01 24,54250.41
75 Nickel and articles thereof 3,891 0.00 4,067-4.33
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 41,719 0.01 32,90926.77
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 125,961 0.02 414,993-69.65
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 722,486 0.13 691,6344.46
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 81,810 0.01 18,070352.74
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 6,514,100 1.16 9,315,039-30.07
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 20,294,337 3.61 7,903,020156.79
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 87,791-100.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 5,471,156 0.97 1,251,849337.05
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 0 0.00 739,675-100.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 19,349,198 3.44 2,522,547667.05
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 50,126 0.01 27,89479.70
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 0 0.00 940-100.00
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 339,439 0.06 482,628-29.67
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 53,071 0.01 20,878154.20
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 15,274 0.00 13,45513.52
SS Classified 148,362,798 26.41 53 430 917177.67

Russia’s Imports from the United Arab Emirates

The major share of Russian imports from the United Arab Emirates in the 4th quarter of 2019 (and in the 4th quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 33.13% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (36.17% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 24.17% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (36.36% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 23.22% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (8.18% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.66% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (11.82% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.60% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (1.09% in the 4th quarter of 2018);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.44% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (1.39% in the 4th quarter of 2018).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from the United Arab Emirates in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $7,691,358;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1,770,085;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $738,756;
  • Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $392,842;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $316,375;
  • Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $229,916;
  • Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $184,505;
  • Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $168,240;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $166,886.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from the United Arab Emirates in the 4th quarter of 2019 over the 4th 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 $7,806,298;
  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $2,572,336;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1,199,091;
  • 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 $529,746;
  • Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $463,137;
  • Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $445,752;
  • 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 $371,756;
  • Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $228,628;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $212,078;
  • Nickel and articles thereof (HS code 75) - a decrease of $169,424.
Russia’s imports from the United Arab Emirates in the 4th quarter of 2019 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q4 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q4 2018,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q4 2019
over Q4 2018
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 149,618 0.28 89,52767.12
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 1,983 0.00 4,711-57.91
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 23,761 0.04 16,18446.82
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 2,970,484 5.57 5,542,820-46.41
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 0 0.00 14,222-100.00
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 18,338 0.03 21,226-13.61
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 0 0.00 8,007-100.00
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 0 0.00 144,088-100.00
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 109,045 0.20 17,173534.98
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 311,138 0.58 237,90530.78
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 51,954 0.10 70,957-26.78
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 40,426 0.08 109,691-63.15
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 2,010,442 3.77 240,357736.44
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 97,220 0.18 36,516166.24
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 247,425 0.46 285,164-13.23
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 3,446,383 6.46 3,909,520-11.85
29 Organic chemicals 1,321 0.00 213,399-99.38
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 175,693 0.33 404,321-56.55
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1,981,250 3.71 1,664,87519.00
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 872,730 1.64 1,244,486-29.87
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 172 0.00 680-74.71
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 20,376 0.04 4,400363.09
39 Plastics and articles thereof 11,050,570 20.71 12,249,661-9.79
40 Rubber and articles thereof 131,657 0.25 246,536-46.60
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 69,171 0.13 46,02550.29
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 6,448 0.01 6,510-0.95
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 14,193 0.03 69,609-79.61
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 17,734 0.03 11,09659.82
54 Man-made filaments 325,832 0.61 141,327130.55
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 1,513 0.00 31,179-95.15
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 17,896 0.03 4837,183.33
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 181,243 0.34 128,82240.69
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 300,124 0.56 133,238125.25
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 559,665 1.05 166,823235.48
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 276 0.00 44527.27
65 Headgear and parts thereof 35 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 737 0.00 336119.35
69 Ceramic products 484,144 0.91 328,80247.24
70 Glass and glassware 1,320,170 2.47 1,256,7825.04
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 236,339 0.44 766,085-69.15
73 Articles of iron or steel 11,515,383 21.58 3,824,025201.13
74 Copper and articles thereof 19,670 0.04 30,091-34.63
75 Nickel and articles thereof 2,476 0.00 171,900-98.56
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 20,979 0.04 50,067-58.10
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 216,584 0.41 48,344348.01
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 615,069 1.15 385,15359.69
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 11,800,361 22.11 19,606,659-39.81
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 161,337 0.30 210,990-23.53
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 24,111-100.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 142,176 0.27 144,547-1.64
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 796,957 1.49 58,2011,269.32
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 12,740 0.02 15,030-15.24
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 232,155 0.44 677,907-65.75
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9,698 0.02 6,23755.49
SS Classified 573,807 1.08 7 4777,574.29
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia