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Russian trade in goods with Israel in Q1 2020

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Israel in the first quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Israel

In the 1st quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Israel was $491,259,425, down 26.00% ($172,575,487) from the 1st quarter of 2019.

Russia’s exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2020 were $258,470,940, down 42.76% ($193,110,661) from the 1st quarter of 2019.

Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2020 totaled $232,788,485, up 9.67% ($20,535,174) from the 1st quarter of 2019.

Russia’s trade surplus with Israel in the 1st quarter of 2020 was $25,682,455, a 89.27% decrease ($213,645,835) over the 1st quarter of 2019.

Israel was Russia’s 47th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2020 (down from 40th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.3456% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4217% in the 1st quarter of 2019).

Israel was Russia’s 52nd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2020 (down from 40th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.2905% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.4326% in the 1st quarter of 2019).

Israel was Russia’s 37th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 38th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.4379% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.4002% in the 1st quarter of 2019).

Russia’s Exports to Israel

The major share of Russian exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 30.84% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (22.42% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 16.71% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (10.40% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.34% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (4.98% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 10.20% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (5.09% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 8.52% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (52.90% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.07% of Russia’s total exports to Israel (3.06% in the 1st quarter of 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $6,917,276;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $3,355,050;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $3,272,526;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $2,813,208;
  • 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 $1,668,560;
  • Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $942,394.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Israel 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) - a decrease of $215,422,693;
  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $21,553,808;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $10,066,652;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $1,780,297;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $1,429,785;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $1,283,387;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,117,108;
  • Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - a decrease of $881,167;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $852,243.
Russia’s exports to Israel in the 1st quarter of 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q1 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2020
over Q1 2019
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 47,980 0.02 142,869-66.42
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 47,809 0.02 34,06840.33
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 579,021 0.22 496,26216.68
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 950 0.00 1,315-27.76
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 940,248 0.36 681,93937.88
10 Cereals 8,717,804 3.37 10,498,101-16.96
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 357,393 0.14 357,918-0.15
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 160,765 0.06 56828,203.70
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 7,303,516 2.83 4,490,30862.65
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 29,246 0.01 38,937-24.89
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 1,129,437 0.44 187,043503.84
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 1,082,522 0.42 662,38463.43
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 984,921 0.38 773,30627.36
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 1,818,090 0.70 1,218,44049.21
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 2,981,336 1.15 2,554,12016.73
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 537,108 0.21 322,04466.78
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 6,219 0.00 14,794-57.96
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 344,343 0.13 1,774,128-80.59
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 21,672,386 8.38 237,095,079-90.86
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 4,536,944 1.76 2,868,38458.17
29 Organic chemicals 3,688,526 1.43 4,971,913-25.81
30 Pharmaceutical products 9,064 0.00 16,766-45.94
31 Fertilizers 11,617,901 4.49 8,262,85140.60
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 87,419 0.03 89,729-2.57
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 346,375 0.13 187,38484.85
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 273,076 0.11 62,762335.10
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 0 0.00 10,748-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 3,976,388 1.54 4,176,198-4.78
39 Plastics and articles thereof 1,421,953 0.55 2,274,196-37.47
40 Rubber and articles thereof 407,741 0.16 77,019429.40
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 37,095 0.01 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 2,327 0.00 1731,245.09
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 12,122,354 4.69 8,849,82836.98
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0 0.00 19-100.00
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 1,046,440 0.40 1,342,034-22.03
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 2,217,005 0.86 3,334,113-33.51
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 294,484 0.11 290,1441.50
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 0 0.00 35-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 21 0.00 23-8.70
55 Man-made staple fibers 9 0.00 13-30.77
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 35 0.00 0
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 163-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 21,462 0.01 68,576-68.70
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 26,947 0.01 20,96328.55
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 10,132 0.00 15,291-33.74
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 544,280 0.21 80,402576.95
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 9,455 0.00 8,05217.42
65 Headgear and parts thereof 11 0.00 111-90.09
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 0 0.00 88-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 2,021,652 0.78 1,507,61634.10
69 Ceramic products 38,547 0.01 76,951-49.91
70 Glass and glassware 3,424 0.00 105,091-96.74
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 79,706,173 30.84 101,259,981-21.29
72 Iron and steel 33,479,408 12.95 26,562,13226.04
73 Articles of iron or steel 548,362 0.21 299,76282.93
74 Copper and articles thereof 2,605 0.00 0
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 4,953,075 1.92 15,019,727-67.02
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 4,148,246 1.60 5,029,413-17.52
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 2,425 0.00 13,959-82.63
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 66,423 0.03 41,34560.66
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 287,099 0.11 84,835238.42
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 792,236 0.31 359,295120.50
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 40 0.00 33,119-99.88
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 280,834 0.11 431,000-34.84
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 27 0.00 245-88.98
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 1,018 0.00 1,999-49.07
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 600,739 0.23 365,72164.26
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 54,837 0.02 187,090-70.69
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 30,621 0.01 9,736214.51
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 3,034 0.00 0
SS Classified 40,011,577 15.48 1 840 9832,073.38

Russia’s Imports from Israel

The major share of Russian imports from Israel 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) - 52.36% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (47.50% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.08% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (21.57% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.52% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (21.56% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.42% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (3.83% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.92% of Russia’s total imports from Israel (2.30% in the 1st quarter of 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $12,841,836;
  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $9,268,573;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $2,778,731;
  • 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 $2,376,243;
  • Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $2,189,316;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $1,481,135;
  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $1,354,919;
  • Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $1,139,791;
  • 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 $1,059,226;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,042,776;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $939,388;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $750,498.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • 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 $8,403,191;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $4,214,285;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $820,118;
  • Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $750,873.
Russia’s imports from Israel in the 1st quarter of 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q1 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q1 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2020
over Q1 2019
01 Live animals 232,559 0.10 253,502-8.26
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 2,662 0.00 249,572-98.93
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 689,443 0.30 1,288,709-46.50
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 80,514,188 34.59 71,245,61513.01
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 31,465,968 13.52 18,624,13268.95
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 190,793 0.08 247,338-22.86
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 12,445 0.01 0
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 1,741,898 0.75 1,880,950-7.39
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 20,752 0.01 5,140303.74
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 96,331 0.04 54,33977.28
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 99,883 0.04 128,730-22.41
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 27,671 0.01 41,990-34.10
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 211,770 0.09 381,472-44.49
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 5,609,880 2.41 5,511,5631.78
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 776,160 0.33 638,04121.65
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 184,965 0.08 277,459-33.34
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 1,004,379 0.43 1,434,488-29.98
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 204,318 0.09 199,9472.19
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,408,183 0.60 924,89852.25
29 Organic chemicals 961,871 0.41 1,286,424-25.23
30 Pharmaceutical products 6,525,080 2.80 10,739,365-39.24
31 Fertilizers 2,070,716 0.89 1,320,21856.85
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 3,360,806 1.44 4,111,679-18.26
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 8,416,862 3.62 6,935,72721.36
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 2,949,837 1.27 1,890,61156.03
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 14,057 0.01 24,085-41.64
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 193,595 0.08 155,78124.27
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 7,462,132 3.21 7,554,687-1.23
39 Plastics and articles thereof 12,902,063 5.54 10,123,33227.45
40 Rubber and articles thereof 488,254 0.21 713,597-31.58
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 204,643 0.09 107,47090.42
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 2,419 0.00 31,873-92.41
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 703,056 0.30 773,321-9.09
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 111,126 0.05 53,094109.30
52 Cotton 536,193 0.23 516,0743.90
54 Man-made filaments 43,194 0.02 96,777-55.37
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 5,629,676 2.42 3,440,36063.64
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 166-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 374,417 0.16 384,143-2.53
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 16,830 0.01 93,735-82.05
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 20,142 0.01 48,019-58.05
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 2,036 0.00 54,044-96.23
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 168,379 0.07 237,588-29.13
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 13,590 0.01 0
65 Headgear and parts thereof 38 0.00 947-95.99
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 0 0.00 1,339-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 773,049 0.33 382,758101.97
69 Ceramic products 173 0.00 514,423-99.97
70 Glass and glassware 136,224 0.06 208,789-34.76
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 353,800 0.15 455,215-22.28
72 Iron and steel 105 0.00 5,452-98.07
73 Articles of iron or steel 531,373 0.23 322,90764.56
74 Copper and articles thereof 1,361,987 0.59 7,06819,169.77
75 Nickel and articles thereof 11,066 0.00 3630,638.89
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 79,488 0.03 367,639-78.38
78 Lead and articles thereof 0 0.00 5,695-100.00
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 8,584 0.00 19,186-55.26
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 8,130,253 3.49 6,990,46216.30
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 161,727 0.07 405,027-60.07
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 11,283,389 4.85 10,240,61310.18
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 14,687,903 6.31 23,091,094-36.39
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 272,863 0.12 329,934-17.30
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 174,269 0.07 994,387-82.47
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 12,036,113 5.17 11,096,7258.47
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 0 0.00 49,175-100.00
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 4,541,454 1.95 2,165,211109.75
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 335,427 0.14 298,31812.44
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 15,499 0.01 41,717-62.85
SS Classified 228,479 0.10 179 13927.54
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia