Russian trade with Afghanistan in 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Afghanistan
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Afghanistan totaled $157,095,855, up 24.42% ($30,828,327) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2020 totaled $153,562,499, up 26.95% ($32,601,230) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2020 were $3,533,356, down 33.41% ($1,772,903) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Afghanistan in 2020 was $150,029,143, a 29.72% increase ($34,374,133) over 2019.
Afghanistan was Russia’s 106th largest trading partner in 2020 (up from 110th in 2019), accounting for 0.0277% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0189% in 2019).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 93rd largest export market in 2020 (up from 99th in 2019), accounting for 0.0456% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0286% in 2019).
Afghanistan was Russia’s 130th largest supplier in 2020 (down from 129th in 2019), accounting for 0.0015% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0022% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Afghanistan
The major share of Russian exports to Afghanistan in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 50.87% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (32.40% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 20.49% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (33.21% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 20.00% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (19.54% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.16% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (1.82% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.10% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (3.76% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.73% of Russia’s total exports to Afghanistan (2.69% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan in 2020 over 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 $31,921,663;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $5,435,644;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $3,927,747;
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $2,198,348;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $2,181,330;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,799,033;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $1,056,063;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $615,138.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Afghanistan 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 $8,720,951;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $1,438,683;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,282,504;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $508,688.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 117,659 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 810,794 | 0.53 | 529,366 | 53.16 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 42,665 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 140,348 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 1,068,413 | 0.70 | 12,350 | 8,551.12 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,181,330 | 1.42 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 68,802,747 | 44.80 | 36,881,084 | 86.55 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 2,324,839 | 1.51 | 126,491 | 1,737.95 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,242,446 | 0.81 | 1,124,691 | 10.47 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 791,061 | 0.52 | 175,923 | 349.66 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,860 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 327,276 | 0.21 | 83,518 | 291.86 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 142,063 | 0.09 | 14,760 | 862.49 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 115,580 | 0.08 | 239,375 | -51.72 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 26,909 | 0.02 | 21,281 | 26.45 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 31,434,856 | 20.47 | 40,155,807 | -21.72 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 90,833 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 849,740 | 0.55 | 703,958 | 20.71 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 7,836 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 23,564 | 0.02 | 70,575 | -66.61 |
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 | 309,860 | 0.20 | 116,956 | 164.94 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 1,155,000 | 0.75 | 1,292,500 | -10.64 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 34,127 | 0.02 | 1,472,810 | -97.68 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 100,550 | 0.07 | 21,829 | 360.63 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 746,068 | 0.49 | 768,330 | -2.90 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 27,235,398 | 17.74 | 21,799,754 | 24.93 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 26,224 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,475,237 | 2.26 | 1,676,204 | 107.33 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,553 | 0.00 | 132,546 | -94.30 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 799 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,103 | 0.00 | 40,805 | -94.85 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 598 | 0.00 | 145 | 312.41 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 55,854 | 0.04 | 47,510 | 17.56 |
69 | Ceramic products | 9,783 | 0.01 | 6,786 | 44.16 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 33,311 | 0.02 | 541,999 | -93.85 |
72 | Iron and steel | 4,242,106 | 2.76 | 314,359 | 1,249.45 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 584,064 | 0.38 | 1,866,568 | -68.71 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 691 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 18,540 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,050 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 503 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 613 | 0.00 | 11,691 | -94.76 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,934,407 | 1.26 | 2,344,259 | -17.48 |
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 | 452,382 | 0.29 | 473,922 | -4.55 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 252,558 | 0.16 | 196,194 | 28.73 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 22,765 | 0.01 | 244,310 | -90.68 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,780 | -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 | 1,500 | 0.00 | 12,313 | -87.82 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,419 | 0.00 | 578 | 491.52 |
SS | Classified | 2,437,063 | 1.59 | 7 309 496 | -66.66 |
Russia’s Imports from Afghanistan
The major share of Russian imports from Afghanistan in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 94.53% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (89.42% in 2019);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.15% of Russia’s total imports from Afghanistan (1.71% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Afghanistan in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $1,343,433;
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - a decrease of $220,178;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $85,651;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $61,653;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $49,117.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,135,108 | 88.73 | 4,478,541 | -30.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 204,920 | 5.80 | 266,573 | -23.13 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 49,117 | -100.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 82 | -100.00 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 179,389 | 5.08 | 399,567 | -55.10 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 594 | 0.02 | 987 | -39.82 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 54 | -100.00 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 102 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 5,200 | 0.15 | 90,851 | -94.28 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,270 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,944 | 0.08 | 1,164 | 152.92 |
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 | 615 | 0.02 | 4,482 | -86.28 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 875 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,592 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 4,484 | 0.13 | 10 104 | -55.62 |