Russian trade in goods with Chile in Q1 2020
May 24, 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 Chile in the first quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Chile
In the 1st quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Chile totaled $242,380,020, up 14.88% ($31,400,129) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Chile in the 1st quarter of 2020 were $15,170,457, down 12.17% ($2,103,025) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Chile in the 1st quarter of 2020 totaled $227,209,563, up 17.30% ($33,503,154) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade deficit with Chile in the 1st quarter of 2020 was $212,039,106, a 20.18% increase ($35,606,179) over the 1st quarter of 2019.
Chile was Russia’s 66th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 69th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.1705% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1340% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Chile was Russia’s 103rd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 107th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0170% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0165% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Chile was Russia’s 39th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 42nd in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.4274% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.3652% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Chile
The major share of Russian exports to Chile in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 40.15% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (45.29% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 37.32% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (27.97% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.71% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (2.82% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.94% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (13.47% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.78% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (8.23% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.56% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (0.68% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Chile in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 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 $829,339;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $542,138;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $446,767;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $333,254;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $283,414;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $196,269;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $111,927;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $105,275;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $81,392;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $48,708.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Chile in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,952,250;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,397,791;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $879,426;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $294,637;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $269,752;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $222,035;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $75,838;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $66,493.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 20,647 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 105,275 | 0.69 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 446,767 | 2.94 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 336,316 | 2.22 | 52,902 | 535.73 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 19,517 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 6,000 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 123,486 | 0.81 | 393,238 | -68.60 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 5,661,172 | 37.32 | 4,831,833 | 17.16 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,069,004 | 7.05 | 1,363,641 | -21.61 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,194,541 | 7.87 | 998,272 | 19.66 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 2,558,897 | 16.87 | 2,016,759 | 26.88 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 157,870 | 1.04 | 130,617 | 20.86 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 80,344 | 0.53 | 41,851 | 91.98 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 8,207 | 0.05 | 74,700 | -89.01 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 183,864 | 1.21 | 405,899 | -54.70 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 838,760 | 5.53 | 2,791,010 | -69.95 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 265 | 0.00 | 37 | 616.22 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 790,764 | 5.21 | 821,535 | -3.75 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 107,280 | 0.71 | 1,505,071 | -92.87 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,432 | 0.02 | 91 | 2,572.53 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 81,392 | 0.54 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 150 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 45 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,320 | 0.01 | 43 | 2,969.77 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 87,292 | 0.58 | 100,679 | -13.30 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 212,363 | 1.40 | 163,655 | 29.76 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 111,927 | 0.74 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,093 | 0.02 | 882,519 | -99.65 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,790 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 458,254 | 3.02 | 534,092 | -14.20 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 413 | 0.00 | 558 | -25.99 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 40,539 | 0.27 | 4,186 | 868.44 |
| 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 | 116,639 | 0.77 | 96,330 | 21.08 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 348,683 | 2.30 | 15,429 | 2,159.92 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 34,660 | 0.23 | 2,286 | 1,416.19 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 981 | -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 | 1,881 | 0.01 | 299 | 529.10 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 402 | 0.00 | 1 | 40,100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Chile
The major share of Russian imports from Chile in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 73.47% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (84.48% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 11.99% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (3.01% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 7.37% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (7.90% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.52% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (2.48% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.36% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (2.01% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Chile in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $21,424,300;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $19,585,808;
- 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 $10,178,549;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $7,794,872;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $1,453,902;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $1,141,483;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $1,060,447.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Chile in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $24,630,259;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $3,076,970;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - a decrease of $926,288;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $704,327.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 899,433 | 0.40 | 25,529,692 | -96.48 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 108,923,964 | 47.94 | 89,338,156 | 21.92 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,328,370 | 1.46 | 4,032,697 | -17.47 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 926,288 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,776 | 0.00 | 3,419 | -48.05 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,088,929 | 0.48 | 703,716 | 54.74 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 30,937,082 | 13.62 | 23,142,210 | 33.68 |
| 10 | Cereals | 187,821 | 0.08 | 278,608 | -32.59 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,504,189 | 1.54 | 4,137,528 | -15.31 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 541,288 | 0.24 | 643,593 | -15.90 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 26,924 | 0.01 | 4,181 | 543.96 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 4,448,619 | 1.96 | 3,388,172 | 31.30 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,319,078 | 1.46 | 2,177,595 | 52.42 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 304,009 | 0.13 | 106,825 | 184.59 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 9,423,016 | 4.15 | 9,234,336 | 2.04 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,953 | 0.00 | 2,945 | -33.68 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 16,752,174 | 7.37 | 15,298,272 | 9.50 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 14,727,656 | 6.48 | 4,549,107 | 223.75 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 30,111 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 20,260 | 0.01 | 8,822 | 129.65 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 3,574 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 57,082 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 68,835 | 0.03 | 151,782 | -54.65 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 111,475 | 0.05 | 63,338 | 76.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 604,071 | 0.27 | 3,681,041 | -83.59 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 93,869 | 0.04 | 144,121 | -34.87 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,958 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 1,451 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,456 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 16,300 | 0.01 | 16,300 | 0.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 273 | 0.00 | 11,305 | -97.59 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 27,242,022 | 11.99 | 5,817,722 | 368.26 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 620,490 | 0.27 | 221,648 | 179.94 |
| 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 | 10,085 | 0.00 | 547 | 1,743.69 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 186 | 0.00 | 225 | -17.33 |