Russian trade with Afghanistan in 2019
February 14, 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 Afghanistan in 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Afghanistan
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Afghanistan totaled $126,267,528, up 2.92% ($3,582,724) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2019 totaled $120,961,269, up 1.91% ($2,268,687) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2019 totaled $5,306,259, up 32.91% ($1,314,037) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Afghanistan in 2019 was $115,655,010, a 0.83% increase ($954,650) over 2018.
Afghanistan was Russia’s 110th largest trading partner in 2019 (up from 116th in 2018), accounting for 0.0189% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0178% in 2018).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 99th largest export market in 2019 (up from 100th in 2018), accounting for 0.0286% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0264% in 2018).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 129th largest supplier in 2019 (up from 131st in 2018), accounting for 0.0022% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0017% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Afghanistan
The major share of Russian exports to Afghanistan in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 33.21% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (31.45% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 32.40% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (25.96% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 19.54% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (29.50% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.76% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (3.74% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.69% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (4.55% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.82% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (1.55% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2019 over 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 $7,621,194;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2,827,335;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,169,250;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $882,658;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $849,289;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $843,806;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $481,946.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $12,404,420;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,716,169;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $791,166;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $424,135;
- 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 $378,025;
- 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 $372,467.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 179,431 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 529,366 | 0.44 | 534,559 | -0.97 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 3,272 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 12,350 | 0.01 | 9,721 | 27.04 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 9,558 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 36,881,084 | 30.49 | 29,259,890 | 26.05 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 126,491 | 0.10 | 75,160 | 68.30 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,124,691 | 0.93 | 642,745 | 74.98 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 175,923 | 0.15 | 5,167 | 3,304.74 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 32,496 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 83,518 | 0.07 | 11,011 | 658.50 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 14,760 | 0.01 | 48,462 | -69.54 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 239,375 | 0.20 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 21,281 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 40,155,807 | 33.20 | 37,328,472 | 7.57 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 534 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 90,833 | 0.08 | 514,968 | -82.36 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 703,958 | 0.58 | 981,277 | -28.26 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 7,836 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 70,575 | 0.06 | 1,979 | 3,466.20 |
| 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 | 116,956 | 0.10 | 494,981 | -76.37 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 1,292,500 | 1.07 | 937,846 | 37.82 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,472,810 | 1.22 | 623,521 | 136.21 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 21,829 | 0.02 | 77,197 | -71.72 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 768,330 | 0.64 | 803,300 | -4.35 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 3,368 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 21,799,754 | 18.02 | 34,204,174 | -36.27 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 26,224 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,676,204 | 1.39 | 793,546 | 111.23 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 132,546 | 0.11 | 13,849 | 857.08 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 679 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 40,805 | 0.03 | 14,325 | 184.85 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 145 | 0.00 | 132 | 9.85 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 47,510 | 0.04 | 19,795 | 140.01 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 6,786 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 541,999 | 0.45 | 278,590 | 94.55 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 314,359 | 0.26 | 1,105,525 | -71.56 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,866,568 | 1.54 | 697,318 | 167.68 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5,702 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 12,700 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3,050 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 503 | 0.00 | 16,221 | -96.90 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11,691 | 0.01 | 1,035 | 1,029.57 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,344,259 | 1.94 | 1,500,453 | 56.24 |
| 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 | 473,922 | 0.39 | 846,389 | -44.01 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 196,194 | 0.16 | 2,912,363 | -93.26 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 244,310 | 0.20 | 139,618 | 74.98 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,780 | 0.00 | 2,873 | -38.04 |
| 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 | 12,313 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 578 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 7,309,496 | 6.04 | 3 548 380 | 106.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Afghanistan
The major share of Russian imports from Afghanistan in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 89.42% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (89.38% in 2018);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 1.71% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (0.56% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.02% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (6.16% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,088,388;
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - an increase of $276,673;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $93,176;
- 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) - an increase of $68,580;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $49,117.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $228,610;
- Carpets and other textile floor coverings (HS code 57) - a decrease of $16,359.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 3,316 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 4,478,541 | 84.40 | 3,390,153 | 32.10 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 1,271 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 266,573 | 5.02 | 173,397 | 53.74 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 49,117 | 0.93 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 82 | 0.00 | 20 | 310.00 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 399,567 | 7.53 | 122,894 | 225.13 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 228,610 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 987 | 0.02 | 17,346 | -94.31 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 54 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 90,851 | 1.71 | 22,271 | 307.93 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 6,384 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,270 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 262 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,164 | 0.02 | 2,781 | -58.14 |
| 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 | 4,482 | 0.08 | 1,316 | 240.58 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 875 | 0.02 | 777 | 12.61 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,592 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 10,104 | 0.19 | 21 424 | -52.84 |