Russian trade with Nicaragua in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Nicaragua
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Nicaragua totaled $67,907,670, up 26.40% ($14,184,174) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Nicaragua in 2019 totaled $51,984,575, up 48.36% ($16,944,239) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Nicaragua in 2019 were $15,923,095, down 14.77% ($2,760,065) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Nicaragua in 2019 was $36,061,480, a 120.46% increase ($19,704,304) over 2018.
Nicaragua was Russia’s 128th largest trading partner in 2019 (up from 133rd in 2018), accounting for 0.0102% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0078% in 2018).
Nicaragua was Russia’s 116th largest export market in 2019 (up from 126th in 2018), accounting for 0.0123% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0078% in 2018).
Nicaragua was Russia’s 113th largest supplier in 2019 (down from 109th in 2018), accounting for 0.0065% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0078% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Nicaragua
The major share of Russian exports to Nicaragua in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 41.89% of Russia’s total exports to Nicaragua (56.15% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 41.05% of Russia’s total exports to Nicaragua (32.84% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.66% of Russia’s total exports to Nicaragua (3.04% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.22% of Russia’s total exports to Nicaragua (2.87% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.05% of Russia’s total exports to Nicaragua (4.24% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Nicaragua in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $4,361,601;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $4,222,378;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $2,638,361;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,365,023;
- 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 $1,160,669;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $186,485.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Nicaragua in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,414,483;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $511,211;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $308,192;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $226,747.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 21,777,463 | 41.89 | 19,139,102 | 13.79 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 226,747 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 308,192 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,152,280 | 2.22 | 1,006,454 | 14.49 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,252 | 0.00 | 112,519 | -98.89 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,028,407 | 9.67 | 666,806 | 654.10 |
31 | Fertilizers | 14,022,174 | 26.97 | 9,799,796 | 43.09 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 922 | -100.00 |
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 | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 37 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,368 | 0.00 | 5,425 | -56.35 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,286,262 | 4.40 | 921,239 | 148.17 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 97,489 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 22 | 0.00 | 168 | -86.90 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 85 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 205 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,254 | 0.00 | 53 | 4,152.83 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 40,773 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 22,153 | 0.04 | 54 | 40,924.07 |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,414,483 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 917 | 0.00 | 45,257 | -97.97 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,064 | 0.00 | 23,539 | -95.48 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 23,156 | 0.04 | 887 | 2,510.60 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 566,762 | 1.09 | 380,277 | 49.04 |
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 | 1,290,035 | 2.48 | 129,366 | 897.20 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 42,669 | 0.08 | 553,880 | -92.30 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 758 | 0.00 | 678 | 11.80 |
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 | 10,553 | 0.02 | 165,873 | -93.64 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 4,000 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 5,750,000 | 11.06 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Nicaragua
The major share of Russian imports from Nicaragua in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 96.02% of Russia’s total imports from Nicaragua (97.46% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.81% of Russia’s total imports from Nicaragua (2.34% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.12% of Russia’s total imports from Nicaragua (0.16% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Nicaragua in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,513,076;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $757,078;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $138,907;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $119,118.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Nicaragua 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) - a decrease of $5,275,582;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $75,526;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $48,093.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 3,807,839 | 23.91 | 3,050,761 | 24.82 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 19,065 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 6,768 | -100.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 3,061 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 7,648,782 | 48.04 | 6,135,706 | 24.66 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,380,052 | 21.23 | 8,655,634 | -60.95 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 25 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 9,246 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 149,002 | 0.94 | 126,404 | 17.88 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 276,016 | 1.73 | 230,607 | 19.69 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 654 | 0.00 | 4,312 | -84.83 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,297 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,297 | 0.01 | 2,983 | -23.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 266,349 | 1.67 | 341,875 | -22.09 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 41,913 | 0.26 | 90,006 | -53.43 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 138,907 | 0.87 | 0 | ∞ |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 5,549 | -100.00 |
69 | Ceramic products | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,761 | 0.02 | 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 | 53,157 | 0.33 | 29,471 | 80.37 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 6,067 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 119,118 | 0.75 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 523 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |