Russian trade with Abkhazia in 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Abkhazia
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Abkhazia was $250,553,430, down 11.26% ($31,778,753) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Abkhazia in 2020 were $176,282,418, down 16.62% ($35,140,668) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Abkhazia in 2020 totaled $74,271,012, up 4.74% ($3,361,915) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Abkhazia in 2020 was $102,011,406, a 27.40% decrease ($38,502,583) over 2019.
Abkhazia was Russia’s 96th largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 89th in 2019), accounting for 0.0441% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0424% in 2019).
Abkhazia was Russia’s 91st largest export market in 2020 (down from 86th in 2019), accounting for 0.0524% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0500% in 2019).
Abkhazia was Russia’s 90th largest supplier in 2020 (up from 92nd in 2019), accounting for 0.0321% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0291% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Abkhazia
The major share of Russian exports to Abkhazia in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 29.20% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (27.38% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 21.02% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (30.07% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 15.52% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (12.00% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 12.62% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (11.02% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.54% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (5.69% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.98% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (3.98% in 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.38% of Russia’s total exports to Abkhazia (2.18% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Abkhazia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,436,873;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $1,561,625;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,519,527;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1,166,783;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $856,065;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $826,968;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $824,703;
- 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 (HS code 94) - an increase of $743,168;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $653,402.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Abkhazia in 2020 over 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 $26,387,851;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $4,167,681;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $3,810,684;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,883,710;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $1,625,515;
- 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 $1,289,676;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $1,220,901;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $1,119,954;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $1,052,663;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $830,006;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $731,876;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $617,422;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $606,750;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $548,564.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 2,527 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,076,329 | 1.18 | 2,808,205 | -26.06 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 31,426 | 0.02 | 28,117 | 11.77 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 6,934,134 | 3.93 | 8,559,649 | -18.99 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 11,671 | 0.01 | 23,185 | -49.66 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 76,874 | 0.04 | 11,470 | 570.22 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 112,154 | 0.06 | 222,294 | -49.55 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 76,736 | 0.04 | 112,561 | -31.83 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,893,918 | 1.64 | 3,060,885 | -5.45 |
10 | Cereals | 128,866 | 0.07 | 105,673 | 21.95 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 6,229,708 | 3.53 | 7,349,662 | -15.24 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 75,044 | 0.04 | 95,531 | -21.45 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 8,460 | 0.00 | 3,867 | 118.77 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 60 | 0.00 | 78 | -23.08 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,475,464 | 0.84 | 1,081,988 | 36.37 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 4,998,253 | 2.84 | 3,436,628 | 45.44 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 2,159,877 | 1.23 | 1,924,986 | 12.20 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,598,583 | 1.47 | 3,428,589 | -24.21 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 5,336,442 | 3.03 | 5,150,117 | 3.62 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,136,494 | 1.21 | 2,190,440 | -2.46 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,859,082 | 1.62 | 4,079,983 | -29.92 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 6,623,788 | 3.76 | 10,791,469 | -38.62 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 647,124 | 0.37 | 614,814 | 5.26 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,978,477 | 2.26 | 2,811,694 | 41.50 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 889,624 | 0.50 | 1,027,019 | -13.38 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 36,156,867 | 20.51 | 62,544,718 | -42.19 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 259,825 | 0.15 | 339,753 | -23.53 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 90,459 | 0.05 | 182,024 | -50.30 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,510,258 | 6.53 | 9,990,731 | 15.21 |
31 | Fertilizers | 922,776 | 0.52 | 813,491 | 13.43 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,663,611 | 0.94 | 1,999,513 | -16.80 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,026,893 | 1.15 | 1,549,083 | 30.84 |
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 | 2,725,210 | 1.55 | 2,367,923 | 15.09 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 162,391 | 0.09 | 120,548 | 34.71 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 61,786 | 0.04 | 21,754 | 184.02 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 3,380 | 0.00 | 7,870 | -57.05 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,182,706 | 1.24 | 1,326,641 | 64.53 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,697,130 | 2.66 | 4,972,808 | -5.54 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,059,056 | 0.60 | 1,676,478 | -36.83 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 15,714 | 0.01 | 12,551 | 25.20 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,187,225 | 1.24 | 2,793,975 | -21.72 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 161,114 | 0.09 | 329,194 | -51.06 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 1,175 | 0.00 | 1,178 | -0.25 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,140,026 | 2.35 | 4,538,876 | -8.79 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 534,193 | 0.30 | 759,922 | -29.70 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 3 | 0.00 | 22,657 | -99.99 |
52 | Cotton | 19,259 | 0.01 | 531 | 3,526.93 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 336 | 0.00 | 41 | 719.51 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 155,115 | 0.09 | 174,989 | -11.36 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 2,974 | 0.00 | 97,232 | -96.94 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 130,127 | 0.07 | 115,105 | 13.05 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 170,411 | 0.10 | 163,826 | 4.02 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 157,401 | 0.09 | 122,783 | 28.19 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 65,084 | 0.04 | 28,760 | 126.30 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 35,457 | 0.02 | 164,273 | -78.42 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 419,296 | 0.24 | 402,999 | 4.04 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,776,185 | 2.14 | 2,949,217 | 28.04 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 920,490 | 0.52 | 267,088 | 244.64 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 69,413 | 0.04 | 42,635 | 62.81 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 8,994 | 0.01 | 8,816 | 2.02 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 3,450 | 0.00 | 37,749 | -90.86 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 25,590 | 0.01 | 2,937 | 771.30 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,205,924 | 0.68 | 1,140,042 | 5.78 |
69 | Ceramic products | 1,449,187 | 0.82 | 1,790,910 | -19.08 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 5,966,562 | 3.38 | 7,019,225 | -15.00 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 133,224 | 0.08 | 96,257 | 38.40 |
72 | Iron and steel | 4,159,503 | 2.36 | 6,043,213 | -31.17 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,071,430 | 2.31 | 4,619,994 | -11.87 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 48,122 | 0.03 | 55,790 | -13.74 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 491,196 | 0.28 | 455,518 | 7.83 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 1,090 | 0.00 | 290 | 275.86 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 8,086 | 0.00 | 3,311 | 144.22 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 5,267 | 0.00 | 165 | 3,092.12 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 335,024 | 0.19 | 206,492 | 62.25 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 639,811 | 0.36 | 639,294 | 0.08 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 9,218,144 | 5.23 | 5,781,271 | 59.45 |
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 | 9,374,870 | 5.32 | 10,664,546 | -12.09 |
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 | 15,585 | 0.01 | 261,802 | -94.05 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,097,183 | 0.62 | 4,907,867 | -77.64 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 66,222 | 0.04 | 22,713 | 191.56 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,481,904 | 1.41 | 1,657,201 | 49.76 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,145 | 0.00 | 6,261 | -65.74 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 8 | 0.00 | 10,285 | -99.92 |
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 | 4,643,455 | 2.63 | 3,900,287 | 19.05 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 365,923 | 0.21 | 399,839 | -8.48 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,394,489 | 0.79 | 1,270,406 | 9.77 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 5,887 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 219,676 | 0.12 | 600 534 | -63.42 |
Russia’s Imports from Abkhazia
The major share of Russian imports from Abkhazia in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 92.02% of Russia’s total imports from Abkhazia (92.49% in 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 7.63% of Russia’s total imports from Abkhazia (6.72% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Abkhazia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $16,861,276;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $1,274,772.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Abkhazia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $13,240,649;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $434,017;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $374,646;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $326,619;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $234,331.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 8,122 | 0.01 | 6,942 | 17.00 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 621 | -100.00 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 113,233 | 0.15 | 32,717 | 246.10 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 252,931 | 0.34 | 206,960 | 22.21 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 958,956 | 1.29 | 1,193,287 | -19.64 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 21,657,006 | 29.16 | 4,795,730 | 351.59 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 16,174 | 0.02 | 162,982 | -90.08 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 13,948 | 0.02 | 2,502 | 457.47 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 125 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 109,935 | 0.15 | 279,535 | -60.67 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 798,745 | 1.08 | 815,367 | -2.04 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 43,952,047 | 59.18 | 57,192,696 | -23.15 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 460,969 | 0.62 | 894,986 | -48.49 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 326,619 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 204 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 16,048 | 0.02 | 2,253 | 612.29 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,464 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 149,153 | 0.20 | 113,926 | 30.92 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 1,078 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 25,413 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 394 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 374,646 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,664,351 | 7.63 | 4,389,579 | 29.04 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 496 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 2,843 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 30,488 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 14,227 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 11,040 | 0.01 | 66,909 | -83.50 |
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 | 9,076 | 0.01 | 11 | 82,409.09 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 22,684 | 0.03 | 14,060 | 61.34 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 12,188 | 0.02 | 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 | 3,438 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |