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Russian trade in goods with Tajikistan in Q3 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 Tajikistan in the third quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Tajikistan

In the 3rd quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Tajikistan was $191,461,022, down 22.85% ($56,694,707) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.

Russia’s exports to Tajikistan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 were $183,170,092, down 23.54% ($56,385,175) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.

Russia’s imports from Tajikistan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 were $8,290,930, down 3.60% ($309,532) from the 3rd quarter of 2019.

Russia’s trade surplus with Tajikistan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 was $174,879,162, a 24.28% decrease ($56,075,643) over the 3rd quarter of 2019.

Tajikistan was Russia’s 69th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (down from 68th in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.1402% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1496% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).

Tajikistan was Russia’s 54th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (up from 56th in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.2329% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.2319% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).

Tajikistan was Russia’s 100th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (down from 98th in the 3rd quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0143% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0138% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).

Russia’s Exports to Tajikistan

The major share of Russian exports to Tajikistan 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) - 23.13% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (21.30% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 22.36% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (41.47% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 15.02% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (10.18% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.46% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (4.85% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.84% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (13.68% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.71% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (4.38% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.71% of Russia’s total exports to Tajikistan (1.95% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Tajikistan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $12,585,158;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $2,810,628;
  • 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 $1,708,147;
  • 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 $975,466;
  • Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $914,905;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $650,657;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $634,623;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $581,285.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Tajikistan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd 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 $58,334,762;
  • 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 $14,955,511;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $4,080,792;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $2,013,888;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,503,873;
  • Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $1,240,067;
  • Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $1,214,619;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $965,134;
  • Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $963,398;
  • Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $848,535;
  • Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $714,686.
Russia’s exports to Tajikistan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q3 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q3 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q3 2020
over Q3 2019
01 Live animals 0 0.00 176,166-100.00
02 Meat and edible meat offal 1,202,418 0.66 1,454,459-17.33
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 734,258 0.40 1,948,877-62.32
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 1,815,814 0.99 1,779,3612.05
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 2,527-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 224,460 0.12 138,20562.41
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 94,983 0.05 153,658-38.19
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 924,978 0.50 491,69688.12
10 Cereals 272,429 0.15 36,474646.91
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 1,972,294 1.08 1,057,38986.52
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 471 0.00 39,295-98.80
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 10,502 0.01 8,58622.32
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 22-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 9,767,901 5.33 13,848,693-29.47
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 497,507 0.27 491,7181.18
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 4,055,408 2.21 4,903,943-17.30
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 4,355,098 2.38 5,595,165-22.16
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 7,082,844 3.87 7,797,530-9.17
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 1,919,869 1.05 1,770,2548.45
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 3,040,906 1.66 3,472,105-12.42
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 3,602,001 1.97 4,565,399-21.10
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 784,433 0.43 893,417-12.20
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 160 0.00 389,267-99.96
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 59,921 0.03 102,044-41.28
26 Ores, slag and ash 29,587 0.02 46,995-37.04
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 40,861,461 22.31 99,196,223-58.81
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 860,361 0.47 15,815,872-94.56
29 Organic chemicals 985,877 0.54 404,592143.67
30 Pharmaceutical products 2,734,889 1.49 2,757,194-0.81
31 Fertilizers 1,007,397 0.55 372,774170.24
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 1,733,782 0.95 1,891,941-8.36
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 2,529,303 1.38 2,270,53511.40
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 4,416,005 2.41 2,707,85863.08
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 51,856 0.03 79,233-34.55
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 545,987 0.30 356,14853.30
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 842 0.00 72016.94
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,272,888 0.69 1,319,965-3.57
39 Plastics and articles thereof 3,648,249 1.99 3,549,4562.78
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,896,646 1.04 1,245,98952.22
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 18,690 0.01 15,00624.55
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 13,586 0.01 99,031-86.28
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 0 0.00 83,745-100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 22,186,370 12.11 19,375,74214.51
45 Cork and articles of cork 473 0.00 0
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 1,356 0.00 0
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 149,712 0.08 210,277-28.80
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 5,005,114 2.73 4,708,2466.31
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 166,196 0.09 84,41696.88
50 Silk 0 0.00 1,143-100.00
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 0 0.00 417,882-100.00
52 Cotton 635 0.00 473,506-99.87
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 0 0.00 30-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 78,902 0.04 26,715195.35
55 Man-made staple fibers 0 0.00 90,515-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 274,283 0.15 267,8282.41
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 442,254 0.24 670,343-34.03
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 104 0.00 19,714-99.47
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 295,725 0.16 256,24115.41
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 20 0.00 0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 34,339 0.02 52,166-34.17
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 27,063 0.01 2,040,951-98.67
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 101,169 0.06 41,605143.17
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 47,397 0.03 74,702-36.55
65 Headgear and parts thereof 2,264 0.00 230,424-99.02
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 14 0.00 757-98.15
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 3,551 0.00 7,019-49.41
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 2,129,407 1.16 2,009,3445.98
69 Ceramic products 568,174 0.31 820,130-30.72
70 Glass and glassware 1,592,779 0.87 1,160,19037.29
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 0 0.00 366-100.00
72 Iron and steel 18,847,803 10.29 6,262,645200.96
73 Articles of iron or steel 3,222,825 1.76 4,726,698-31.82
74 Copper and articles thereof 2,834 0.00 3,365-15.78
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 239,447 0.13 71,705233.93
78 Lead and articles thereof 0 0.00 213-100.00
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 34,199 0.02 10831,565.74
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 90,082 0.05 65,21138.14
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 388,362 0.21 482,191-19.46
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 3,226,245 1.76 4,191,379-23.03
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 4,638,235 2.53 3,662,76926.63
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 0 0.00 279,279-100.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 2,088,139 1.14 1,545,05335.15
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 223 0.00 243-8.23
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 505,698 0.28 815,904-38.02
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 69 0.00 912-92.43
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 3 0.00 14-78.57
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 527,191 0.29 860,164-38.71
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 31,885 0.02 14,325122.58
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 108,490 0.06 146,095-25.74
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 0 0.00 455-100.00
SS Classified 11,085,000 6.05 56 76019,429.60

Russia’s Imports from Tajikistan

The major share of Russian imports from Tajikistan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 82.54% of Russia’s total imports from Tajikistan (79.45% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 15.21% of Russia’s total imports from Tajikistan (7.15% in the 3rd quarter of 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.21% of Russia’s total imports from Tajikistan (12.40% in the 3rd quarter of 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Tajikistan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd 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 $555,982;
  • Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $340,447;
  • Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - an increase of $100,630;
  • Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - an increase of $79,700;
  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $63,340;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $37,939.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Tajikistan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 over the 3rd 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 $1,033,040;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $278,646;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $68,181;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $65,643;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $33,571.
Russia’s imports from Tajikistan in the 3rd quarter of 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q3 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q3 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q3 2020
over Q3 2019
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 75,040 0.91 11,700541.37
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 1,093,155 13.18 537,173103.50
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 43,900 0.53 5,961636.45
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 48,862 0.59 59,917-18.45
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 0 0.00 1,033,040-100.00
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 100,630 1.21 0
39 Plastics and articles thereof 0 0.00 33,571-100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 0 0.00 9,240-100.00
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 6,000 0.07 918553.59
52 Cotton 6,010,184 72.49 5,669,7376.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 14,615 0.18 82,796-82.35
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 791,256 9.54 1,069,902-26.04
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 7,241 0.09 11,043-34.43
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 20,320 0.25 0
73 Articles of iron or steel 0 0.00 65,643-100.00
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 79,700 0.96 0
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 0 0.00 9,821-100.00
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 27 0.00 0
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia