Russian trade in goods with Jamaica in Q1 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Jamaica
In the 1st quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Jamaica totaled $30,221,487, up 0.57% ($171,813) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Jamaica in the 1st quarter of 2020 totaled $1,279,425, up 17.54% ($190,923) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Jamaica in the 1st quarter of 2020 were $28,942,062, down 0.07% ($19,110) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade deficit with Jamaica in the 1st quarter of 2020 was $27,662,637, a 0.75% decrease ($210,033) over the 1st quarter of 2019.
Jamaica was Russia’s 107th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 110th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0213% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0191% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Jamaica was Russia’s 145th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 157th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0014% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0010% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Jamaica was Russia’s 80th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2020 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0544% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0546% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Jamaica
The major share of Russian exports to Jamaica in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 98.08% of Russia’s total exports to Jamaica (90.11% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.16% of Russia’s total exports to Jamaica (7.14% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Jamaica 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 $274,040.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Jamaica 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 $51,708;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $24,661;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $6,489.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,254,890 | 98.08 | 980,850 | 27.94 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 24,661 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 2,037 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,364 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 16 | 0.00 | 51,724 | -99.97 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 20,497 | 1.60 | 19,298 | 6.21 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 6,489 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 158 | 0.01 | 51 | 209.80 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 519 | 0.04 | 2,072 | -74.95 |
| 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 | 383 | 0.03 | 341 | 12.32 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 925 | 0.07 | 1,520 | -39.14 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 109 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Jamaica
The major share of Russian imports from Jamaica 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) - 98.96% of Russia’s total imports from Jamaica (99.44% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.03% of Russia’s total imports from Jamaica (0.56% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Jamaica in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Jamaica in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $158,344.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 54,799 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 3,427 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 243,829 | 0.84 | 158,891 | 53.46 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 28,640,468 | 98.96 | 28,798,812 | -0.55 |
| 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 | 2,966 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | -100.00 |