Russian trade in goods with Uruguay 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 Uruguay in the first quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Uruguay
In the 1st quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Uruguay was $45,912,778, down 11.82% ($6,154,193) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Uruguay in the 1st quarter of 2020 were $7,478,387, down 0.30% ($22,584) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Uruguay in the 1st quarter of 2020 were $38,434,391, down 13.76% ($6,131,609) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade deficit with Uruguay in the 1st quarter of 2020 was $30,956,004, a 16.48% decrease ($6,109,025) over the 1st quarter of 2019.
Uruguay was Russia’s 94th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 96th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0323% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0331% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Uruguay was Russia’s 122nd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 123rd in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0084% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0072% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Uruguay was Russia’s 78th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2020 (down from 75th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0723% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0840% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Uruguay
The major share of Russian exports to Uruguay 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) - 76.61% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (79.58% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 11.17% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (13.05% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 4.95% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (0.00% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.10% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (3.15% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.37% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (2.20% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.34% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (1.55% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Uruguay in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $922,361;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $453,250;
- Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric (HS code 51) - an increase of $369,421;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $62,347;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $52,895.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Uruguay 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 $1,202,264;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $596,704;
- 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 $110,974.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 161,574 | 2.16 | 160,020 | 0.97 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 9,990 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 408 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 5,191 | 0.07 | 5,192 | -0.02 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 596,704 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 835,313 | 11.17 | 382,063 | 118.63 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 70,200 | 0.94 | 1,272,464 | -94.48 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 17,934 | 0.24 | 39,945 | -55.10 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 5,804 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 5,562,831 | 74.39 | 4,640,470 | 19.88 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 15,876 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 93 | 0.00 | 224 | -58.48 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 94 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 9,401 | 0.13 | 10,455 | -10.08 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 52,895 | 0.71 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 107 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 25,128 | 0.34 | 17,164 | 46.40 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 281,800 | 3.77 | 219,453 | 28.41 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 369,421 | 4.94 | 0 | ∞ |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 254 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 45 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 178 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 414 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,365 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 23,474 | 0.31 | 33,792 | -30.53 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 13 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,607 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 4,466 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 55 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 773 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 985 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 20,504 | 0.27 | 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 | 5,058 | 0.07 | 116,032 | -95.64 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 92 | 0.00 | 84 | 9.52 |
| 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 | 543 | 0.01 | 120 | 352.50 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 268 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Uruguay
The major share of Russian imports from Uruguay 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) - 96.23% of Russia’s total imports from Uruguay (96.88% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.36% of Russia’s total imports from Uruguay (1.86% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.37% of Russia’s total imports from Uruguay (1.23% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Uruguay 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) - an increase of $1,149,525;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $328,369;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $256,638;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $154,896.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Uruguay in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $7,542,181;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $476,540.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
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 | 7,663,916 | 19.94 | 6,514,391 | 17.65 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,396,513 | 3.63 | 1,873,053 | -25.44 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 26,409,327 | 68.71 | 33,951,508 | -22.21 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 594,210 | 1.55 | 265,841 | 123.52 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 291 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 463,366 | 1.21 | 402,847 | 15.02 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 24,150 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 256,638 | 0.67 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 176,210 | 0.46 | 168,477 | 4.59 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 731,039 | 1.90 | 576,143 | 26.88 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,709 | 0.00 | 1,700 | 0.53 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 26,400 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 175,552 | 0.46 | 224,477 | -21.80 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 526,298 | 1.37 | 546,892 | -3.77 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,241 | 0.00 | 1,381 | -10.14 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,980 | -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 | 4,880 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,051 | 0.02 | 10,910 | -17.04 |