Russian trade in goods with Sudan in Q1 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In the 1st quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Sudan totaled $88,323,085, up 14.57% ($11,231,476) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2020 totaled $88,117,094, up 14.41% ($11,096,284) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2020 totaled $205,991, up 190.95% ($135,192) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2020 was $87,911,103, a 14.24% increase ($10,961,092) over the 1st quarter of 2019.
Sudan was Russia’s 82nd largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 84th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0621% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0490% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Sudan was Russia’s 71st largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 75th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0990% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0738% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Sudan was Russia’s 140th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 156th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0004% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0001% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan 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) - 94.25% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (92.98% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.06% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.59% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.45% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (3.01% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $12,794,525;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $898,774;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $269,994.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $1,883,485;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $1,242,066;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $363,151.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 70,824,954 | 80.38 | 58,030,429 | 22.05 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 1,242,066 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 12,227,000 | 13.88 | 12,339,000 | -0.91 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 702,534 | 0.80 | 653,923 | 7.43 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 124,030 | 0.14 | 231,274 | -46.37 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 62 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 24,962 | 0.03 | 3,067 | 713.89 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 43,523 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 1,507 | -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 | 20,625 | 0.02 | 607 | 3,297.86 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 353 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 34,055 | 0.04 | 11,120 | 206.25 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 10,296 | 0.01 | 2,315 | 344.75 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,161 | 0.01 | 370,312 | -98.07 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 58,220 | 0.07 | 41,870 | 39.05 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 335,736 | 0.38 | 389,798 | -13.87 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 1,883,485 | -100.00 |
| 50 | Silk | 101 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 111 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 164 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 253 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 199 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 79,723 | 0.09 | 20,172 | 295.22 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 109 | 0.00 | 254 | -57.09 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 33 | 0.00 | 369 | -91.06 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 317 | 0.00 | 27,689 | -98.86 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 33 | 0.00 | 5,409 | -99.39 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,067,675 | 1.21 | 168,901 | 532.13 |
| 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 | 382,680 | 0.43 | 165,789 | 130.82 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 345,990 | 0.39 | 75,996 | 355.27 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 22,774 | 0.03 | 45,690 | -50.16 |
| 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 | 21,705 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 1,803,895 | 2.05 | 1 287 589 | 40.10 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 74.42% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (0.00% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 25.58% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (100.00% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan 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) - an increase of $79,600;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $48,400;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $25,300.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $18,108.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 52,691 | 25.58 | 70,799 | -25.58 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 25,300 | 12.28 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 79,600 | 38.64 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 48,400 | 23.50 | 0 | ∞ |