Russian trade with Iraq in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Iraq
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Iraq was $264,467,041, down 65.45% ($501,075,111) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2019 were $264,430,729, down 65.46% ($501,037,662) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2019 were $36,312, down 50.77% ($37,449) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iraq in 2019 was $264,394,417, a 65.46% decrease ($501,000,213) over 2018.
Iraq was Russia’s 94th largest trading partner in 2019 (down from 75th in 2018), accounting for 0.0397% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1113% in 2018).
Iraq was Russia’s 83rd largest export market in 2019 (down from 61st in 2018), accounting for 0.0625% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1701% in 2018).
Iraq was Russia’s 183rd largest supplier in 2019 (down from 174th in 2018), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Iraq
The major share of Russian exports to Iraq in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 51.53% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (68.82% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 17.14% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (8.69% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.01% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (3.22% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 10.60% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (4.82% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.43% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (0.77% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.72% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (1.22% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $16,151,639;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $9,781,440;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $4,578,349;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $2,025,202;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $911,876;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $840,406;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $826,571.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $386,387,755;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $25,554,026;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $9,195,102;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $9,002,728;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $7,684,779;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $4,070,914;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $1,961,590.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
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 | 45,103 | -100.00 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 14,883 | 0.01 | 3,995 | 272.54 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,535,798 | 0.58 | 695,392 | 120.85 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 9,042 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 507,326 | 0.19 | 8,192,105 | -93.81 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,055,380 | 0.40 | 355,989 | 196.46 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 41,450 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 370,449 | 0.14 | 25,924,475 | -98.57 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 341,831 | 0.13 | 81,311 | 320.40 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 10,080,200 | 3.81 | 8,054,998 | 25.14 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,525,628 | 0.58 | 1,590,076 | -4.05 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 69,587 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,217,842 | 1.22 | 5,179,432 | -37.87 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 839,806 | 0.32 | 469,482 | 78.88 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 9,999 | -100.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 25,726,433 | 9.73 | 15,944,993 | 61.34 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,669 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 9,822,538 | 3.71 | 9,309,337 | 5.51 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 31,550 | 0.01 | 15,315 | 106.01 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 200,940 | 0.08 | 55,313 | 263.28 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,083,196 | 3.06 | 3,504,847 | 130.63 |
31 | Fertilizers | 2,325 | 0.00 | 474,403 | -99.51 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 55,568 | 0.02 | 142,739 | -61.07 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,223,639 | 0.46 | 397,068 | 208.17 |
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 | 174,442 | 0.07 | 2,689 | 6,387.24 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 197,541 | 0.07 | 543,937 | -63.68 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 22,967 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,461,448 | 0.55 | 549,572 | 165.92 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 209,538 | 0.08 | 147,859 | 41.71 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 59,770 | 0.02 | 33,103 | 80.56 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,432 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 26,541,262 | 10.04 | 35,543,990 | -25.33 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,481,124 | 0.56 | 1,190,984 | 24.36 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 867 | 0.00 | 134,149 | -99.35 |
50 | Silk | 27 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 1,069 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 114,298 | 0.04 | 43,478 | 162.89 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 57,909 | 0.02 | 6,734 | 759.95 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 126,797 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 43,028 | 0.02 | 2,095 | 1,953.84 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 21,679 | 0.01 | 17,243 | 25.73 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 765 | 0.00 | 317 | 141.32 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 32,130 | 0.01 | 37,030 | -13.23 |
69 | Ceramic products | 10,550 | 0.00 | 44,388 | -76.23 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 715,789 | 0.27 | 499,360 | 43.34 |
72 | Iron and steel | 14,878,439 | 5.63 | 24,073,541 | -38.20 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 16,635,392 | 6.29 | 483,753 | 3,338.82 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,203 | 0.00 | 3,934 | -69.42 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1,008 | 0.00 | 5,351 | -81.16 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,617 | 0.00 | 3,849 | -32.01 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 214 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 5,581 | 0.00 | 2,272 | 145.64 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 152,871 | 0.06 | 28,952 | 428.02 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 71,630 | 0.03 | 43,809 | 63.51 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,478,254 | 1.32 | 4,128,362 | -15.75 |
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 | 5,078,519 | 1.92 | 4,511,038 | 12.58 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 126,287,789 | 47.76 | 512,675,544 | -75.37 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,418,517 | 0.54 | 5,489,431 | -74.16 |
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 | 123,870 | 0.05 | 86,062 | 43.93 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 19,511 | 0.01 | 45,566 | -57.18 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 250,053 | 0.09 | 55,553 | 350.12 |
SS | Classified | 1,860 | 0.00 | 94 577 963 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Iraq
The major share of Russian imports from Iraq in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 60.24% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (39.64% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 37.73% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.00% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.03% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (31.68% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (28.62% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $21,874;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $13,700;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $738.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $22,428;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $20,595;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $17,436;
- 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 $8,645;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $3,675;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $940.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 13,700 | 37.73 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 17,436 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 3,675 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 940 | -100.00 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 738 | 2.03 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 22,428 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 21,874 | 60.24 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 8,645 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 20,595 | -100.00 |