Russian trade in goods with Sudan in Q3 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In the 3rd quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Sudan was $84,453,005, down 15.08% ($14,997,948) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 were $84,421,311, down 14.70% ($14,547,535) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 were $31,694, down 93.43% ($450,413) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 was $84,389,617, a 14.31% decrease ($14,097,122) over the 3rd quarter of 2019.
Sudan was Russia’s 84th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (down from 83rd in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0618% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0600% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
Sudan was Russia’s 69th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (up from 76th in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.1073% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0958% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
Sudan was Russia’s 160th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (down from 140th in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0008% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 75.94% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (96.93% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.60% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.06% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $6,081,000;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $2,167,694.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $37,907,539.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2020 over Q3 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 51,384,841 | 60.87 | 89,292,380 | -42.45 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 940 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 12,721,000 | 15.07 | 6,640,000 | 91.58 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 716,122 | 0.85 | 934,261 | -23.35 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 36,945 | 0.04 | 67,716 | -45.44 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 74 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 16,077 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 72,770 | 0.09 | 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 | 101,884 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 936 | 0.00 | 7,226 | -87.05 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 20,783 | 0.02 | 29,184 | -28.79 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 77,080 | 0.09 | 90,537 | -14.86 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 264,510 | 0.31 | 457,566 | -42.19 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 3,292 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 13,620 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 3,490 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 114 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 77,582 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 2,167,694 | 2.57 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,507 | 0.01 | 32,182 | -82.89 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 143 | 0.00 | 8 | 1,687.50 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 17,336 | 0.02 | 20,176 | -14.08 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 276 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 4,399 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 226,296 | 0.27 | 303,369 | -25.41 |
| 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 | 456,836 | 0.54 | 295,955 | 54.36 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 98,020 | 0.12 | 63,748 | 53.76 |
| 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 | 1,465 | 0.00 | 2,787 | -47.43 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1,932 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 16,037,059 | 19.00 | 624 039 | 2,469.88 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 54.76% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (86.75% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 45.24% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (12.82% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd 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 Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $398,584;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $26,708;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $20,782;
- 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 $2,295.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2020 over Q3 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 20,782 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 14,337 | 45.24 | 41,045 | -65.07 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 17,357 | 54.76 | 415,941 | -95.83 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,295 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 2 044 | -100.00 |