Russian trade with Turkmenistan 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 Turkmenistan in 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Turkmenistan
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Turkmenistan totaled $694,796,959, up 56.47% ($250,763,280) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in 2019 totaled $543,322,139, up 88.11% ($254,491,591) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in 2019 were $151,474,820, down 2.40% ($3,728,311) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Turkmenistan in 2019 was $391,847,319, a 193.24% increase ($258,219,902) over 2018.
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 74th largest trading partner in 2019 (up from 85th in 2018), accounting for 0.1042% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0645% in 2018).
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 68th largest export market in 2019 (up from 84th in 2018), accounting for 0.1285% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0642% in 2018).
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 80th largest supplier in 2019 (down from 78th in 2018), accounting for 0.0621% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0652% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Turkmenistan
The major share of Russian exports to Turkmenistan in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 36.40% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (11.30% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 18.20% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (27.67% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 18.09% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (25.51% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 13.57% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (23.07% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.54% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (8.86% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.89% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (2.22% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $143,676,021;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $50,457,331;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $19,940,522;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $12,862,702;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $11,906,025;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $6,999,563;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $5,918,430;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $5,325,892;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $4,915,472;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $4,813,893;
- 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 $3,473,617;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $3,442,814;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $3,298,975;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $1,789,034;
- 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) - an increase of $1,698,677.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $49,149,071;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $10,593,388;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $6,982,979.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 4,004,439 | 0.74 | 2,567,408 | 55.97 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 39,018 | 0.01 | 2,826 | 1,280.68 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,978,022 | 0.36 | 1,951,299 | 1.37 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 57,100 | 0.01 | 83,767 | -31.83 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 241,806 | 0.04 | 426,285 | -43.28 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 223,289 | 0.04 | 1,375 | 16,139.20 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 479,692 | 0.09 | 998,191 | -51.94 |
| 10 | Cereals | 2,547,541 | 0.47 | 3,497,764 | -27.17 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,186,872 | 0.59 | 2,958,520 | 7.72 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,019,677 | 0.19 | 819,577 | 24.42 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 94,752 | 0.02 | 37,271 | 154.22 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 185,800 | 0.03 | 222,023 | -16.31 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 19,832,293 | 3.65 | 26,815,272 | -26.04 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 211,523 | 0.04 | 173,272 | 22.08 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 7,262,351 | 1.34 | 2,346,879 | 209.45 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 6,514,080 | 1.20 | 5,559,001 | 17.18 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 6,802,419 | 1.25 | 5,894,179 | 15.41 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 967,589 | 0.18 | 595,065 | 62.60 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 8,559,002 | 1.58 | 6,769,968 | 26.43 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 9,429,286 | 1.74 | 4,615,393 | 104.30 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 79,440 | 0.01 | 170,150 | -53.31 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 125,730 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,219,437 | 0.22 | 632,866 | 92.68 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 3,548,308 | 0.65 | 105,494 | 3,263.52 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 5,475,287 | 1.01 | 5,673,920 | -3.50 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,275,156 | 0.60 | 4,607,476 | -28.92 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,085,647 | 0.20 | 890,075 | 21.97 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 19,824,729 | 3.65 | 14,498,837 | 36.73 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 15,043,405 | 2.77 | 3,137,380 | 379.49 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,880,679 | 0.35 | 1,386,436 | 35.65 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 10,767,473 | 1.98 | 7,468,498 | 44.17 |
| 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 | 4,895,405 | 0.90 | 3,196,728 | 53.14 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 401,963 | 0.07 | 918,432 | -56.23 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 1,575,058 | 0.29 | 398,208 | 295.54 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 65,557 | 0.01 | 52,020 | 26.02 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 19,978,444 | 3.68 | 30,571,832 | -34.65 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 8,814,928 | 1.62 | 2,896,498 | 204.33 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 10,667,092 | 1.96 | 3,667,529 | 190.85 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 29,307 | 0.01 | 25,710 | 13.99 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 15,968,456 | 2.94 | 16,800,863 | -4.95 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 836,293 | 0.15 | 1,298,737 | -35.61 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,591,381 | 1.40 | 7,251,955 | 4.68 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 278,702 | 0.05 | 235,352 | 18.42 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 9,816 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 31,950 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 115 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 56,000 | 0.01 | 10,432 | 436.81 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 322,086 | 0.06 | 219,317 | 46.86 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 12 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 98 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 312,373 | 0.06 | 761,697 | -58.99 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 15,192 | 0.00 | 97,477 | -84.41 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 544,151 | 0.10 | 413,979 | 31.44 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 172,199 | 0.03 | 76,929 | 123.84 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 55,300 | 0.01 | 63,455 | -12.85 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 18,157 | 0.00 | 3,201 | 467.23 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 120 | 0.00 | 615 | -80.49 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 2,437 | 0.00 | 1,217 | 100.25 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,256,514 | 0.23 | 416,055 | 202.01 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 86,059 | 0.02 | 25,651 | 235.50 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 965,835 | 0.18 | 585,274 | 65.02 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 8,443 | 0.00 | 10 | 84,330.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 39,669,691 | 7.30 | 19,729,169 | 101.07 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 155,034,051 | 28.53 | 11,358,030 | 1,264.97 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 839,348 | 0.15 | 3,077 | 27,178.13 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 570 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 702,549 | 0.13 | 482,850 | 45.50 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 16,283 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 2,784 | 0.00 | 5,099 | -45.40 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,542 | 0.00 | 36,065 | -95.72 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 573,580 | 0.11 | 223,663 | 156.45 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 919,981 | 0.17 | 795,865 | 15.60 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 18,717,027 | 3.44 | 5,854,325 | 219.71 |
| 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 | 6,514,328 | 1.20 | 3,040,711 | 114.24 |
| 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 | 1,300,415 | 0.24 | 597,923 | 117.49 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 51,937,148 | 9.56 | 1,479,817 | 3,409.70 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 17,103,068 | 3.15 | 66,252,139 | -74.18 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,290,174 | 0.61 | 2,703,784 | 21.69 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,087 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 15 | 0.00 | 94 | -84.04 |
| 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 | 290,514 | 0.05 | 288,947 | 0.54 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 40,121 | 0.01 | 91,276 | -56.04 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 261,594 | 0.05 | 123,863 | 111.20 |
| SS | Classified | 35,352,480 | 6.51 | 700 715 | 4,945.20 |
Russia’s Imports from Turkmenistan
The major share of Russian imports from Turkmenistan in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 44.53% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (32.45% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 35.08% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (37.25% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.85% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (6.28% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 5.97% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (2.82% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.51% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (21.03% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $18,968,839;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $7,690,180;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $4,660,611;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $1,397,334;
- 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 $747,278;
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (HS code 36) - an increase of $683,048.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $27,191,749;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $3,450,517;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $3,238,414;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $1,262,501;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $789,415;
- Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery (HS code 58) - a decrease of $733,291.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
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 | 13,592,110 | 8.97 | 5,901,930 | 130.30 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,209,323 | 1.46 | 2,414,285 | -8.49 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,170 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 29,290 | 0.02 | 47,271 | -38.04 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 75,223 | 0.05 | 113,638 | -33.80 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,837 | 0.00 | 311,594 | -98.45 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 516,342 | 0.34 | 956,672 | -46.03 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 3,195 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,600 | 0.00 | 3,807 | -5.44 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 9,037,129 | 5.97 | 4,376,518 | 106.49 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 881,760 | 0.58 | 134,482 | 555.67 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 101,488 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 29,250 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,765 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 683,048 | 0.45 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 3,238,414 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 65,852,086 | 43.47 | 46,883,247 | 40.46 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 542 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,718 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 9,234 | 0.01 | 8,783 | 5.13 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 2,900,753 | 1.92 | 3,139,903 | -7.62 |
| 52 | Cotton | 36,175,701 | 23.88 | 39,626,218 | -8.71 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 200 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 1,709,254 | 1.13 | 311,920 | 447.98 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 250,001 | 0.17 | 144,730 | 72.74 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 445,951 | 0.29 | 1,179,242 | -62.18 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 37,916 | 0.03 | 17,331 | 118.78 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 111,277 | 0.07 | 27,321 | 307.29 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 182,199 | 0.12 | 971,614 | -81.25 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,158,983 | 0.77 | 1,074,564 | 7.86 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 10,059,771 | 6.64 | 11,322,272 | -11.15 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 100,717 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,421 | 0.00 | 255,157 | -98.27 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 20,166 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,920 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 31,362 | 0.02 | 12,502 | 150.86 |
| 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 | 145,633 | -100.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 5,283,301 | 3.49 | 32,475,050 | -83.73 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,100 | -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 | 48,221 | 0.03 | 2,050 | 2,252.24 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 429 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |