Russian trade with Yemen in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Yemen
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Yemen was $249,838,836, down 16.84% ($50,602,688) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2019 were $249,720,199, down 16.85% ($50,594,917) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2019 were $118,637, down 6.15% ($7,771) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Yemen in 2019 was $249,601,562, a 16.85% decrease ($50,587,146) over 2018.
Yemen was Russia’s 96th largest trading partner in 2019 (down from 93rd in 2018), accounting for 0.0375% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0437% in 2018).
Yemen was Russia’s 84th largest export market in 2019 (down from 83rd in 2018), accounting for 0.0591% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0667% in 2018).
Yemen was Russia’s 171st largest supplier in 2019 (down from 168th in 2018), accounting for 0.0000% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0001% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Yemen
The major share of Russian exports to Yemen in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 76.25% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (88.19% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 20.81% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (1.64% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.67% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (9.82% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Yemen 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 $47,027,144;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,253,850.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $75,726,401;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $24,102,248.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 102,856 | 0.04 | 16,464 | 524.73 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 274,825 | 0.11 | 226,029 | 21.59 |
| 10 | Cereals | 188,866,494 | 75.63 | 264,592,895 | -28.62 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 16,882 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 715,293 | 0.29 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 13,118 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 263,702 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 164,785 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 51,956,800 | 20.81 | 4,929,656 | 953.96 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 7,100 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 227,944 | 0.09 | 496,014 | -54.04 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 942 | 0.00 | 571 | 64.97 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 69,155 | 0.03 | 21,170 | 226.67 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 151,143 | 0.06 | 57,920 | 160.95 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 10,787 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 15,733 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,522,425 | 0.61 | 268,575 | 466.85 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,125,654 | 2.05 | 29,227,902 | -82.46 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 9,259 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 165 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 132 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 399,374 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 189,596 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 570 | 0.00 | 62,898 | -99.09 |
| 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 | 101 | 0.00 | 1,098 | -90.80 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 21,930 | 0.01 | 7,318 | 199.67 |
Russia’s Imports from Yemen
The major share of Russian imports from Yemen in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 92.66% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (99.71% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 7.34% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (0.29% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $6,476;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $2,300;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,870.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $18,417.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 107,626 | 90.72 | 126,043 | -14.61 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,300 | 1.94 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,235 | 1.88 | 365 | 512.33 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6,476 | 5.46 | 0 | ∞ |