Russian trade with North Korea in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with North Korea
In 2019, Russia’s trade with North Korea totaled $47,902,329, up 40.62% ($13,836,685) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2019 totaled $44,865,829, up 39.84% ($12,783,247) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2019 totaled $3,036,500, up 53.12% ($1,053,438) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with North Korea in 2019 was $41,829,329, a 38.97% increase ($11,729,809) over 2018.
North Korea was Russia’s 137th largest trading partner in 2019 (up from 144th in 2018), accounting for 0.0072% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0050% in 2018).
North Korea was Russia’s 120th largest export market in 2019 (up from 131st in 2018), accounting for 0.0106% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0071% in 2018).
North Korea was Russia’s 136th largest supplier in 2019 (up from 141st in 2018), accounting for 0.0012% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0008% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to North Korea
The major share of Russian exports to North Korea in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 61.27% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (67.99% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 27.43% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (24.90% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.84% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (5.15% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 4.75% of Russia’s total exports to North Korea (1.20% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to North Korea 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) - an increase of $5,577,273;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $2,673,952;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,123,999;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $1,057,295;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $974,564;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $666,549;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $270,575.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to North Korea in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 (HS code 34) - a decrease of $161,510.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 80,922 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 38,262 | 0.09 | 70 | 54,560.00 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 109,022 | 0.24 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 9,972 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 3,791,113 | 8.45 | 1,117,161 | 239.35 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,424,184 | 7.63 | 2,366,889 | 44.67 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 476,423 | 1.06 | 205,848 | 131.44 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,232,535 | 9.43 | 4,179,809 | 1.26 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 75,412 | 0.17 | 57,988 | 30.05 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 61,727 | 0.14 | 49,891 | 23.72 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 18,987 | 0.04 | 261 | 7,174.71 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 131 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 293,102 | 0.65 | 195,914 | 49.61 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 27,194,322 | 60.61 | 21,617,049 | 25.80 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,002 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,514,610 | 5.60 | 1,390,611 | 80.83 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,382 | 0.01 | 25,207 | -86.58 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,047 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 195 | 0.00 | 161,705 | -99.88 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 4,653 | 0.01 | 301 | 1,445.85 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 268 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,307 | 0.01 | 2,513 | -8.20 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 40,789 | 0.09 | 37,385 | 9.11 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 51,942 | 0.12 | 31,842 | 63.12 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 18 | 0.00 | 7,577 | -99.76 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 9,934 | 0.02 | 6 | 165,466.67 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 1,519 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 324 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 435 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 210 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 510 | 0.00 | 541 | -5.73 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 678 | 0.00 | 3,028 | -77.61 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,547 | 0.00 | 707 | 118.81 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 186 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 825 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 42,083 | 0.09 | 18,831 | 123.48 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 43 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 2,808 | 0.01 | 10,374 | -72.93 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 89,741 | 0.20 | 169,603 | -47.09 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,214 | 0.00 | 310 | 614.19 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 134,728 | 0.30 | 949 | 14,096.84 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 6,183 | 0.01 | 1,908 | 224.06 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,853 | 0.01 | 8,628 | -43.75 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,298,705 | 2.89 | 324,141 | 300.66 |
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 | 120,173 | 0.27 | 23,717 | 406.70 |
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 | 27,690 | 0.06 | 19,351 | 43.09 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 867 | 0.00 | 3,359 | -74.19 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 681,822 | 1.52 | 15,273 | 4,364.23 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 300 | -100.00 |
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 | 25,251 | 0.06 | 17,372 | 45.35 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 550 | 0.00 | 1,778 | -69.07 |
Russia’s Imports from North Korea
The major share of Russian imports from North Korea in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 23.83% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (14.54% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.33% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (11.25% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.61% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (1.09% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.08% of Russia’s total imports from North Korea (0.07% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from North Korea 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 $478,250;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $422,019;
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 92) - an increase of $157,999;
- 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 $93,372;
- 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 $79,255;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $32,201;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $24,706;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $21,766;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $16,492;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $14,754.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from North Korea in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $176,046;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $108,389;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $13,839.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 77 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 108 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 515 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 32,760 | 1.08 | 559 | 5,760.47 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 175 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,485 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2,790 | 0.09 | 1,148 | 143.03 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 422,019 | 13.90 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 2,850 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 12,474 | 0.41 | 3,474 | 259.07 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 4,200 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 106 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 34,390 | 1.13 | 210,436 | -83.66 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 22,692 | 0.75 | 926 | 2,350.54 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 528 | 0.02 | 748 | -29.41 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 128 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,881 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 7,779 | 0.26 | 2,547 | 205.42 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,527 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,666 | 0.12 | 4,549 | -19.41 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 16,492 | 0.54 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 17 | 0.00 | 244 | -93.03 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 487 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 427 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 28 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 3,618 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 22,756 | 0.75 | 17,959 | 26.71 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 59 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 24,706 | 0.81 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,233 | 0.04 | 5 | 24,560.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 586,660 | 19.32 | 108,410 | 441.15 |
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 | 119,529 | 3.94 | 40,274 | 196.79 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 814 | 0.03 | 109,203 | -99.25 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 16,670 | 0.55 | 30,509 | -45.36 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,591,802 | 52.42 | 1,433,803 | 11.02 |
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 | 93,372 | 3.07 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,985 | 0.13 | 4,277 | -6.83 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 15,220 | 0.50 | 466 | 3,166.09 |