Russian trade with Jordan 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 Jordan in 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Jordan
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Jordan was $390,125,398, down 35.26% ($212,495,032) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Jordan in 2019 were $365,105,196, down 37.94% ($223,201,266) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Jordan in 2019 totaled $25,020,202, up 74.80% ($10,706,234) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Jordan in 2019 was $340,084,994, a 40.75% decrease ($233,907,500) over 2018.
Jordan was Russia’s 86th largest trading partner in 2019 (down from 78th in 2018), accounting for 0.0585% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0876% in 2018).
Jordan was Russia’s 76th largest export market in 2019 (down from 69th in 2018), accounting for 0.0864% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1307% in 2018).
Jordan was Russia’s 106th largest supplier in 2019 (up from 115th in 2018), accounting for 0.0103% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0060% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Jordan
The major share of Russian exports to Jordan in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 30.36% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (26.30% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.74% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (11.11% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.91% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (12.62% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.35% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (1.77% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.88% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (0.43% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.72% of Russia’s total exports to Jordan (2.72% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Jordan 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) - an increase of $4,118,632;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $3,636,444;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $1,440,781.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Jordan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $39,204,753;
- 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 $31,875,553;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $26,496,151;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $23,221,291;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $15,334,320;
- 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 $9,553,767;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $9,381,534;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,960,813;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $1,584,417;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $1,462,405;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - a decrease of $1,311,003;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $1,171,880.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 9,100 | 0.00 | 59,100 | -84.60 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 350,058 | 0.10 | 417,964 | -16.25 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 5,711 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 7,996,079 | 2.19 | 6,555,298 | 21.98 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 104,119 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 87 | 0.00 | 92 | -5.43 |
| 10 | Cereals | 96,024,425 | 26.30 | 135,229,178 | -28.99 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 38,163 | 0.01 | 89,319 | -57.27 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 335,953 | 0.09 | 703,689 | -52.26 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,498,315 | 0.41 | 2,670,195 | -43.89 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 3,000 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 2,245 | 0.00 | 788,130 | -99.72 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,040,273 | 0.28 | 2,502,678 | -58.43 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 12,738 | 0.00 | 13,543 | -5.94 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 6,297 | 0.00 | 144,658 | -95.65 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 930,920 | 0.25 | 1,498,818 | -37.89 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 263,982 | 0.07 | 253,043 | 4.32 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 228 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 2,222,874 | 0.61 | 3,807,291 | -41.62 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,636,983 | 1.00 | 539 | 674,664.94 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,235,961 | 0.89 | 2,519,077 | 28.46 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 342,673 | 0.09 | 9,896,440 | -96.54 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 57,175 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 340,856 | 0.09 | 475,626 | -28.34 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 102,409 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 57,760 | 0.02 | 13,265 | 335.43 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 14,585 | 0.00 | 51,458 | -71.66 |
| 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 | 387 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 6,600 | -100.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 21,167 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,758,037 | 1.30 | 4,598,075 | 3.48 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 557,819 | 0.15 | 584,845 | -4.62 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 56,909 | 0.02 | 349,257 | -83.71 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 2,872 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 5,942,820 | 1.63 | 6,749,673 | -11.95 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,629,030 | 0.72 | 3,675,217 | -28.47 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,629 | 0.00 | 2,472 | -34.10 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 579 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 30 | 0.00 | 1,311,033 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 20,643 | 0.01 | 45,714 | -54.84 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 443 | 0.00 | 30 | 1,376.67 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,212 | 0.00 | 2,154 | -43.73 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,900 | 0.00 | 77,401 | -97.55 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 270 | 0.00 | 131,601 | -99.79 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 21,779 | 0.01 | 20,555 | 5.95 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 992 | 0.00 | 10 | 9,820.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 6,644 | 0.00 | 95,183 | -93.02 |
| 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 | 6 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 24,371,428 | 6.68 | 47,592,719 | -48.79 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,177 | 0.00 | 1,966,990 | -99.69 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 15,334,320 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,202 | 0.00 | 238,746 | -99.50 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 315 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 225,877 | 0.06 | 97,964 | 130.57 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,500 | 0.00 | 123,756 | -96.36 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 724,225 | 0.20 | 27,220,376 | -97.34 |
| 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 | 4,586,878 | 1.26 | 36,462,431 | -87.42 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 5,119,198 | 1.40 | 1,000,566 | 411.63 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 73,537 | 0.02 | 28,126 | 161.46 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 133,450 | 0.04 | 9,514,984 | -98.60 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 10,694 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 800 | 0.00 | 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 | 894 | 0.00 | 774,764 | -99.88 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,851 | 0.00 | 17,997 | -89.71 |
| SS | Classified | 197,230,992 | 54.02 | 262 548 543 | -24.88 |
Russia’s Imports from Jordan
The major share of Russian imports from Jordan in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 59.19% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (0.00% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 25.24% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (62.97% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 7.82% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (8.36% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.89% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (26.75% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.76% of Russia’s total imports from Jordan (1.56% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Jordan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $14,810,140;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $959,654;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $778,384;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $565,103;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $260,290.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Jordan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $3,762,051;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $1,925,315;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $647,647;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $188,522.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
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 | 88,703 | 0.35 | 736,350 | -87.95 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,029,804 | 4.12 | 70,150 | 1,368.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,821 | 0.01 | 6,081 | -70.05 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,409 | 0.03 | 14,643 | -56.23 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 124,398 | 0.50 | 190,216 | -34.60 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 2,208 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 36,734 | 0.15 | 71,445 | -48.58 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 222 | 0.00 | 2,892 | -92.32 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 668,299 | 2.67 | 103,196 | 547.60 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 16,002 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,973,579 | 7.89 | 1,195,195 | 65.13 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,050,111 | 12.19 | 6,812,162 | -55.23 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 415,390 | 1.66 | 155,100 | 167.82 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 769,267 | 3.07 | 748,435 | 2.78 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 81,762 | 0.33 | 30,249 | 170.30 |
| 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 | 24,464 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 64 | 0.00 | 72,376 | -99.91 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 38 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 25 | 0.00 | 2,287 | -98.91 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 122 | 0.00 | 4,381 | -97.22 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 134 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,447 | 0.01 | 10,803 | -86.61 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,224,468 | 4.89 | 3,149,783 | -61.13 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 467,425 | 1.87 | 655,947 | -28.74 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 29,408 | 0.12 | 11,599 | 153.54 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 775 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 138 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 3 | 0.00 | 54 | -94.44 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 14,810,140 | 59.19 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,062 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 152 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 185,534 | 0.74 | 221,687 | -16.31 |
| 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 | 517 | 0.00 | 2,056 | -74.85 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,624 | 0.01 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 375 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 24,625 | 0.10 | 27,826 | -11.50 |