Russian trade with Guatemala 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 Guatemala in 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Guatemala
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Guatemala was $91,404,617, down 16.43% ($17,965,675) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Guatemala in 2019 were $71,014,938, down 12.93% ($10,548,458) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Guatemala in 2019 were $20,389,679, down 26.67% ($7,417,217) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Guatemala in 2019 was $50,625,259, a 5.82% decrease ($3,131,241) over 2018.
Guatemala was Russia’s 119th largest trading partner in 2019 (up from 122nd in 2018), accounting for 0.0137% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0159% in 2018).
Guatemala was Russia’s 109th largest export market in 2019 (up from 111th in 2018), accounting for 0.0168% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0181% in 2018).
Guatemala was Russia’s 111th largest supplier in 2019 (down from 104th in 2018), accounting for 0.0084% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0117% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Guatemala
The major share of Russian exports to Guatemala in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 47.51% of Russia’s total exports to Guatemala (24.06% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 41.64% of Russia’s total exports to Guatemala (67.85% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.12% of Russia’s total exports to Guatemala (3.28% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.05% of Russia’s total exports to Guatemala (3.70% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.44% of Russia’s total exports to Guatemala (1.02% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Guatemala in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $14,135,777;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,477,827;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $223,373.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Guatemala in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $25,771,809;
- 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 $550,362.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 6,896 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 22,500 | 0.03 | 5,400 | 316.67 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 43,857 | 0.06 | 33,280 | 31.78 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,877,144 | 4.05 | 3,020,205 | -4.74 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 157,003 | 0.22 | 206,515 | -23.98 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 664,140 | 0.94 | 854,025 | -22.23 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,041 | 0.01 | 25,590 | -64.67 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 32,097,694 | 45.20 | 17,961,917 | 78.70 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 198,350 | 0.28 | 237,400 | -16.45 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 209,148 | 0.29 | 39,607 | 428.06 |
| 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 | 236 | 0.00 | 2,354 | -89.97 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 17,655 | 0.02 | 84,341 | -79.07 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 256,926 | 0.36 | 33,553 | 665.73 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 127,375 | 0.18 | 177,620 | -28.29 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 458,862 | 0.65 | 268,881 | 70.66 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,884,350 | 5.47 | 2,406,523 | 61.41 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 624 | 0.00 | 416 | 50.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 324 | 0.00 | 9,461 | -96.58 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 90,962 | 0.13 | 19,219 | 373.29 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,783 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 15,184 | 0.02 | 1,424 | 966.29 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 424 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 29,392,355 | 41.39 | 55,164,164 | -46.72 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 167,300 | 0.24 | 10,736 | 1,458.31 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 9,086 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 144,086 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 404 | 0.00 | 18,380 | -97.80 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 75 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 140,805 | 0.20 | 84,387 | 66.86 |
| 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 | 95,818 | 0.13 | 646,180 | -85.17 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 19,162 | 0.03 | 98,148 | -80.48 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 54,519 | 0.08 | 2,688 | 1,928.24 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 660 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 112 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Guatemala
The major share of Russian imports from Guatemala in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.52% of Russia’s total imports from Guatemala (99.12% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.38% of Russia’s total imports from Guatemala (0.75% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Guatemala in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $701,949;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $668,817;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $662,513;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $229,883;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $201,657;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $88,736;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $63,913.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Guatemala in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $7,458,506;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $2,645,853.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
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 | 46,781 | 0.23 | 16,228 | 188.27 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 430,401 | 2.11 | 200,518 | 114.64 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,027,438 | 14.85 | 10,485,944 | -71.13 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 6,510,420 | 31.93 | 5,841,603 | 11.45 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,904,152 | 9.34 | 1,202,203 | 58.39 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 5,567 | 0.03 | 147 | 3,687.07 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,786,783 | 8.76 | 1,124,270 | 58.93 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 129,911 | 0.64 | 87,585 | 48.33 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 88,736 | 0.44 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,398,186 | 6.86 | 1,196,529 | 16.85 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,760,168 | 23.35 | 7,406,021 | -35.73 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 9,219 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,555 | 0.02 | 7,668 | -40.60 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 307 | 0.00 | 1,900 | -83.84 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 7,425 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,757 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 500 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 205,743 | 1.01 | 197,590 | 4.13 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 11,022 | 0.05 | 10,020 | 10.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 63,913 | 0.31 | 0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 4,119 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 107 | 0.00 | 4 | 2,575.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 13,226 | 0.06 | 7,902 | 67.38 |