Russian trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina was $137,067,746, down 28.43% ($54,454,896) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 were $38,078,814, down 55.99% ($48,439,345) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 were $98,988,932, down 5.73% ($6,015,551) from 2018.
Russia’s trade deficit with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 was $60,910,118, a 229.49% increase ($42,423,794) over 2018.
Bosnia and Herzegovina was Russia’s 108th largest trading partner in 2019 (down from 104th in 2018), accounting for 0.0206% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0278% in 2018).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was Russia’s 127th largest export market in 2019 (down from 108th in 2018), accounting for 0.0090% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0192% in 2018).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was Russia’s 85th largest supplier in 2019 (just as in 2018), accounting for 0.0406% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0441% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The major share of Russian exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 42.01% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (51.61% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 23.86% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (19.38% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 17.01% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (11.43% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.43% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.54% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.02% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (11.59% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.88% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.09% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $1,048,631;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $504,912;
- 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 $210,242;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $154,159;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $130,286.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 over 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 $28,586,158;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $7,184,996;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $7,143,413;
- 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 $4,128,425;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - a decrease of $1,623,155;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1,387,794;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $546,881;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $205,163.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 62,274 | 0.16 | 267,437 | -76.71 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 128 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 654,372 | 1.72 | 674,804 | -3.03 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 72,796 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 15,995,261 | 42.01 | 44,581,419 | -64.12 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 940,546 | 2.47 | 8,125,542 | -88.42 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 54,855 | 0.14 | 40,796 | 34.46 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 907 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 37,911 | 0.10 | 9,473 | 300.20 |
| 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 | 51,381 | 0.13 | 36,054 | 42.51 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 818 | -100.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 4,190 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 28,460 | 0.07 | 215 | 13,137.21 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 286,577 | 0.75 | 1,674,371 | -82.88 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 126,871 | 0.33 | 144,381 | -12.13 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 1,623,155 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,019,982 | 5.30 | 971,351 | 107.96 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 430,135 | 1.13 | 353,219 | 21.78 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 214 | 0.00 | 5,736 | -96.27 |
| 52 | Cotton | 59,437 | 0.16 | 29,161 | 103.82 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 69 | 0.00 | 305 | -77.38 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3,669 | 0.01 | 237 | 1,448.10 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 537 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,019 | 0.01 | 8,965 | -66.32 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 1,022 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 224,075 | 0.59 | 69,916 | 220.49 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 5,777 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 71,467 | 0.19 | 43,481 | 64.36 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 8,705,010 | 22.86 | 15,848,423 | -45.07 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 348,784 | 0.92 | 262,681 | 32.78 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3,296 | 0.01 | 2,423 | 36.03 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 10,045 | 0.03 | 556,926 | -98.20 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,760 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,005 | 0.00 | 120 | 737.50 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 13,700 | 0.04 | 96,155 | -85.75 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,183,933 | 5.74 | 2,125,526 | 2.75 |
| 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 | 1,550,972 | 4.07 | 5,679,397 | -72.69 |
| 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 | 26,504 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,480,970 | 6.52 | 1,976,058 | 25.55 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 236,026 | 0.62 | 105,740 | 123.21 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 15,572 | 0.04 | 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 | 987,760 | 2.59 | 777,518 | 27.04 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 130 | 0.00 | 142 | -8.45 |
| SS | Classified | 456,138 | 1.20 | 346 491 | 31.64 |
Russia’s Imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina
The major share of Russian imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 53.90% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (54.23% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 21.12% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (17.04% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 15.05% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (14.86% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.64% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (10.00% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.29% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.40% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 $3,155,601;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $974,314;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $678,996;
- 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 $584,498.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $3,419,455;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $2,945,118;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1,336,848;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,205,859;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $776,417;
- Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (HS code 59) - a decrease of $546,004;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $435,613;
- 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 $435,520;
- 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 $424,677.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 5,794 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 115,450 | 0.12 | 167,796 | -31.20 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 19,241,578 | 19.44 | 16,085,977 | 19.62 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 185 | 0.00 | 190 | -2.63 |
| 10 | Cereals | 6,333 | 0.01 | 7,455 | -15.05 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,195 | 0.01 | 16,765 | -63.05 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 1,794 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 2,159 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,412,717 | 1.43 | 1,436,044 | -1.62 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 116,350 | 0.12 | 162,563 | -28.43 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 7,438 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 8,516 | -100.00 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 114,995 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 17,934 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,211,974 | 1.22 | 1,636,651 | -25.95 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 2,084 | 0.00 | 126,959 | -98.36 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 51,853,962 | 52.38 | 54,799,080 | -5.37 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 32,978 | 0.03 | 12,081 | 172.97 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,637 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 685 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 113,353 | 0.11 | 116,465 | -2.67 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 132,876 | 0.13 | 247,263 | -46.26 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5,684 | 0.01 | 3,247 | 75.05 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 543,327 | 0.55 | 330,685 | 64.30 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 638 | 0.00 | 436,251 | -99.85 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 263 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 674 | 0.00 | 25,884 | -97.40 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3 | 0.00 | 166 | -98.19 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 8,488 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 117 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 778 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 546,004 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,878,604 | 1.90 | 1,947,168 | -3.52 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,480,060 | 2.51 | 3,256,477 | -23.84 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 17,244 | 0.02 | 173 | 9,867.63 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 10,512,390 | 10.62 | 9,833,394 | 6.91 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 9,578 | 0.01 | 10,976 | -12.74 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 2,097 | 0.00 | 2,103 | -0.29 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 9,649 | 0.01 | 27,834 | -65.33 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 326 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 14,279 | 0.01 | 1,388 | 928.75 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 46,801 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 90,563 | 0.09 | 1,296,422 | -93.01 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,211 | 0.00 | 1,675 | -27.70 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 46,163 | 0.05 | 9,840 | 369.14 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 38,643 | 0.04 | 38,710 | -0.17 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 21,170 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 23,816 | 0.02 | 22,322 | 6.69 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 65,667 | 0.07 | 52,136 | 25.95 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,886,839 | 2.92 | 6,306,294 | -54.22 |
| 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 | 3,236,367 | 3.27 | 2,651,869 | 22.04 |
| 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 | 8,966 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 200,719 | 0.20 | 1,537,567 | -86.95 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 236,953 | 0.24 | 1,650 | 14,260.79 |
| 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 | 833,175 | 0.84 | 1,268,695 | -34.33 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,456,105 | 1.47 | 481,791 | 202.23 |
| SS | Classified | 61 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |