Russian trade with Sri Lanka in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sri Lanka
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Sri Lanka was $397,327,338, down 0.70% ($2,817,255) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2019 totaled $107,910,397, up 2.06% ($2,178,336) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2019 were $289,416,941, down 1.70% ($4,995,591) from 2018.
Russia’s trade deficit with Sri Lanka in 2019 was $181,506,544, a 3.80% decrease ($7,173,927) over 2018.
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 85th largest trading partner in 2019 (up from 88th in 2018), accounting for 0.0596% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0582% in 2018).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 100th largest export market in 2019 (up from 104th in 2018), accounting for 0.0255% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0235% in 2018).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 66th largest supplier in 2019 (down from 65th in 2018), accounting for 0.1187% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1236% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian exports to Sri Lanka in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 44.71% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (18.26% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 20.01% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (10.46% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 15.63% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (10.90% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 11.81% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (16.77% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.64% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (42.03% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $31,091,134;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $10,222,947;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $2,507,118;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,661,389;
- 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 $903,147.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $38,206,333;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $4,835,252;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $1,740,304;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $377,873.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 210 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 1,467 | -100.00 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 70,573 | 0.07 | 448,446 | -84.26 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,388,243 | 1.29 | 3,128,547 | -55.63 |
10 | Cereals | 46,746,432 | 43.32 | 15,655,298 | 198.60 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 26,451 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 14,250 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,096 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 28 | 0.00 | 28,676 | -99.90 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 22,092 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2 | 0.00 | 21,085 | -99.99 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 8,246,989 | 7.64 | 7,935,675 | 3.92 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 13,349,065 | 12.37 | 3,126,118 | 327.02 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,784,450 | 4.43 | 3,881,303 | 23.27 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 8,699 | 0.01 | 26 | 33,357.69 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,622,238 | 6.14 | 4,115,120 | 60.92 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 7,568 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,664 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 17,056 | 0.02 | 2,182 | 681.67 |
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 | 5,593 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 235,298 | 0.22 | 485 | 48,415.05 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 35,961 | 0.03 | 28,523 | 26.08 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 5,156,229 | 4.78 | 3,494,840 | 47.54 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 471 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,449,886 | 1.34 | 1,555,535 | -6.79 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 56,722 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,287,583 | 10.46 | 16,122,835 | -29.99 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,943 | 0.00 | 469 | 314.29 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 145 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 700 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 12,335 | 0.01 | 280 | 4,305.36 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 22,566 | 0.02 | 16,288 | 38.54 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 94 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 41,053 | 0.04 | 4,187 | 880.49 |
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 | 36,343 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 6,030,764 | 5.59 | 44,237,097 | -86.37 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 26,157 | 0.02 | 39,858 | -34.37 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 143 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,559 | 0.01 | 155,932 | -95.15 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 12,325 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,978 | 0.01 | 1,450 | 519.17 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 492,758 | 0.46 | 381,679 | 29.10 |
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 | 97,853 | 0.09 | 209,625 | -53.32 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 21,300 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 375,965 | 0.35 | 211,236 | 77.98 |
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 | 1,812 | 0.00 | 17,248 | -89.49 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 667 | 0.00 | 55,190 | -98.79 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 113 | -100.00 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 1,272 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 1,309,382 | 1.21 | 726 653 | 80.19 |
Russia’s Imports from Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian imports from Sri Lanka in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 48.46% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (53.07% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 42.62% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (38.88% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.22% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (5.82% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.58% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (1.97% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $4,903,137;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $4,542,992;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $2,047,337.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $17,815,169;
- 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 $1,430,793;
- Headgear and parts thereof (HS code 65) - a decrease of $1,259,408.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
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 | 3,000,686 | 1.04 | 3,067,057 | -2.16 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 82 | 0.00 | 224 | -63.39 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 298,298 | 0.10 | 198,928 | 49.95 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 5,936 | 0.00 | 8,969 | -33.82 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 191,749 | 0.07 | 141,311 | 35.69 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 132,165,854 | 45.67 | 149,981,023 | -11.88 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 142,281 | 0.05 | 62,531 | 127.54 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 146,441 | 0.05 | 103,338 | 41.71 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 2,582,519 | 0.89 | 1,829,955 | 41.12 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 749,856 | 0.26 | 491,955 | 52.42 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 3,753 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 93,483 | 0.03 | 54,988 | 70.01 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 846,526 | 0.29 | 290,967 | 190.94 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 10,106 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 11,660 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 2,047,337 | 0.71 | 0 | ∞ |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 13 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 581,455 | 0.20 | 179,605 | 223.74 |
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 | 95,917 | 0.03 | 13,571 | 606.78 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,274,545 | 1.13 | 3,036,652 | 7.83 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 104,225 | 0.04 | 70,224 | 48.42 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 13,932,515 | 4.81 | 13,844,898 | 0.63 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 198,543 | 0.07 | 221,833 | -10.50 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 20,219 | 0.01 | 11,186 | 80.75 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 110 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 52,505 | 0.02 | 35,399 | 48.32 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,457 | 0.00 | 7,776 | -16.96 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 3,327,906 | 1.15 | 2,912,950 | 14.25 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 53,750 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 370,145 | 0.13 | 64,094 | 477.50 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 80 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 417 | 0.00 | 1,109 | -62.40 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 70,383,457 | 24.32 | 65,840,465 | 6.90 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 48,849,545 | 16.88 | 43,946,408 | 11.16 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 21,084 | 0.01 | 19,934 | 5.77 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 23,370 | 0.01 | 158,617 | -85.27 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 265,242 | 0.09 | 1,524,650 | -82.60 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 58,760 | 0.02 | 3,077 | 1,809.65 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 8,441 | 0.00 | 12,738 | -33.73 |
69 | Ceramic products | 266,931 | 0.09 | 239,965 | 11.24 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 24,875 | 0.01 | 46,313 | -46.29 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 32,552 | 0.01 | 49,907 | -34.77 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 186,413 | 0.06 | 40,362 | 361.85 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 204,199 | 0.07 | 108 | 188,973.15 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 10,556 | 0.00 | 300 | 3,418.67 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,892 | 0.00 | 1,453 | 30.21 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 917 | 0.00 | 1,672 | -45.16 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 167,903 | 0.06 | 96,350 | 74.26 |
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 | 3,489,673 | 1.21 | 4,920,466 | -29.08 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 870,409 | 0.30 | 731,923 | 18.92 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 54,716 | 0.02 | 37,923 | 44.28 |
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 | 82,503 | 0.03 | 43,831 | 88.23 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 88,821 | 0.03 | 46,142 | 92.49 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,453 | 0.00 | 19,195 | -50.75 |