Russian trade with Croatia in 2020
February 14, 2021
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 Croatia in 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Croatia
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Croatia was $981,881,559, down 41.18% ($687,510,571) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Croatia in 2020 were $778,732,336, down 47.17% ($695,412,609) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Croatia in 2020 totaled $203,149,223, up 4.05% ($7,902,038) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Croatia in 2020 was $575,583,113, a 54.99% decrease ($703,314,647) over 2019.
Croatia was Russia’s 63rd largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 56th in 2019), accounting for 0.1729% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2504% in 2019).
Croatia was Russia’s 57th largest export market in 2020 (down from 47th in 2019), accounting for 0.2315% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.3487% in 2019).
Croatia was Russia’s 75th largest supplier in 2020 (up from 76th in 2019), accounting for 0.0878% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0801% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Croatia
The major share of Russian exports to Croatia in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 83.64% of Russia’s total exports to Croatia (91.69% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.06% of Russia’s total exports to Croatia (6.38% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.42% of Russia’s total exports to Croatia (0.44% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.23% of Russia’s total exports to Croatia (0.41% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Croatia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $15,822,517;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,832,498;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $4,174,953.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Croatia 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 $700,356,603;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $16,082,328.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 120 | -100.00 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 113,348 | 0.01 | 43,004 | 163.58 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 260,833 | 0.03 | 10,857 | 2,302.44 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 199,540 | 0.03 | 349,700 | -42.94 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 257 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,929 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 66,797 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 262,083 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 24,592 | 0.00 | 6,091 | 303.74 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 651,294,276 | 83.64 | 1,351,650,879 | -51.81 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 13,676 | 0.00 | 189,249 | -92.77 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 580,688 | 0.07 | 366,694 | 58.36 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 890 | 0.00 | 5,037 | -82.33 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 7,581,345 | 0.97 | 3,406,392 | 122.56 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 107,829 | 0.01 | 93,744 | 15.02 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 12,453 | 0.00 | 2,747 | 353.33 |
| 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 | 15,137 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 552 | -100.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 2,828 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 64,976 | 0.01 | 4,379 | 1,383.81 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,205,467 | 0.28 | 1,720,967 | 28.15 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 525,946 | 0.07 | 750,883 | -29.96 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 6,431 | 0.00 | 8,188 | -21.46 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 777 | 0.00 | 650 | 19.54 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,122,437 | 0.27 | 2,525,686 | -15.97 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,415,409 | 0.18 | 1,870,357 | -24.32 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 9,278 | 0.00 | 151,681 | -93.88 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 7,655 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 8,144 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 57,809 | 0.01 | 53,618 | 7.82 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 31,279 | 0.00 | 60 | 52,031.67 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 318 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 662 | 0.00 | 939 | -29.50 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 600 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,040,657 | 0.39 | 4,171,998 | -27.12 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,015,989 | 0.26 | 1,866,132 | 8.03 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 158,317 | 0.02 | 11,549 | 1,270.83 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 16,499 | 0.00 | 5,261 | 213.61 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4,039 | 0.00 | 13,246 | -69.51 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,548,149 | 0.20 | 1,408,323 | 9.93 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 67,321 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 133,745 | 0.02 | 823,877 | -83.77 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 14,094 | 0.00 | 9,647 | 46.10 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 751,396 | 0.10 | 673,135 | 11.63 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 29,613 | 0.00 | 44,085 | -32.83 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 17,978,963 | 2.31 | 2,156,446 | 733.73 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 339 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 75,158,833 | 9.65 | 91,241,161 | -17.63 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,272 | 0.00 | 131 | 2,397.71 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 88 | 0.00 | 1,272 | -93.08 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,691,531 | 0.99 | 2,859,033 | 169.03 |
| 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 | 1,619,450 | 0.21 | 1,743,794 | -7.13 |
| 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 | 1,066,227 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 156 | 0.00 | 31,678 | -99.51 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 24,440 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 234,264 | 0.03 | 269,537 | -13.09 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 4,528 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 750 | -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 | 569,716 | 0.07 | 640,031 | -10.99 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 13,335 | 0.00 | 64,540 | -79.34 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,276 | 0.00 | 4,733 | -30.78 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 2,813 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 967,199 | 0.12 | 1 507 508 | -35.84 |
Russia’s Imports from Croatia
The major share of Russian imports from Croatia in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 42.53% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (50.82% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 25.07% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (19.01% in 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 15.16% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (10.80% in 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 7.42% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (10.25% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.57% of Russia’s total imports from Croatia (4.45% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Croatia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $12,478,373;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $9,791,010;
- 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 $3,602,089;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $2,331,804;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,439,331.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Croatia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $9,119,310;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $4,212,879;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $3,431,286;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $2,457,963;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $2,125,275;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $821,932.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 2,779 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 34,822 | 0.02 | 25,184 | 38.27 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 22,968,458 | 11.31 | 13,177,448 | 74.30 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 163,547 | 0.08 | 12,592 | 1,198.82 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 6,177 | 0.00 | 21,781 | -71.64 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 485,268 | 0.24 | 12,400 | 3,813.45 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 807,298 | 0.40 | 937,739 | -13.91 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 145,522 | 0.07 | 302,930 | -51.96 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,798,638 | 2.85 | 6,231,723 | -6.95 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 120,750 | 0.06 | 82,899 | 45.66 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 240,897 | 0.12 | 276,546 | -12.89 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 22,803 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 799,334 | 0.39 | 1,376,192 | -41.92 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 71,326 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 440 | 0.00 | 700 | -37.14 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 440,900 | 0.22 | 472,782 | -6.74 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 69,376,009 | 34.15 | 78,495,319 | -11.62 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,798 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 63,929 | 0.03 | 106,969 | -40.24 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 12,362,344 | 6.09 | 14,820,307 | -16.59 |
| 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 | 123,273 | 0.06 | 137,532 | -10.37 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 329,420 | 0.16 | 430,081 | -23.41 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,474,886 | 1.71 | 4,296,818 | -19.13 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 237,752 | 0.12 | 465,176 | -48.89 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 93,678 | 0.05 | 39,803 | 135.35 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 14,425 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 159,602 | 0.08 | 287,721 | -44.53 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 272 | 0.00 | 253 | 7.51 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,231,472 | 0.61 | 1,294,287 | -4.85 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 72,542 | 0.04 | 36,447 | 99.03 |
| 52 | Cotton | 696,521 | 0.34 | 419,478 | 66.04 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 12,611 | 0.01 | 1,624 | 676.54 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 21,834 | 0.01 | 20,976 | 4.09 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 80 | 0.00 | 34 | 135.29 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 7,788,674 | 3.83 | 11,219,960 | -30.58 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,840,215 | 1.40 | 4,965,490 | -42.80 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 12,335 | 0.01 | 9,119 | 35.27 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3,402,242 | 1.67 | 3,099,745 | 9.76 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 243,061 | 0.12 | 239,055 | 1.68 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 53,853 | 0.03 | 42,730 | 26.03 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 256,971 | 0.13 | 277,827 | -7.51 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 605,469 | 0.30 | 158,974 | 280.86 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 384,412 | 0.19 | 106,209 | 261.94 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 36 | 0.00 | 227,846 | -99.98 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 5,513,532 | 2.71 | 4,921,920 | 12.02 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 19,945 | 0.01 | 29,501 | -32.39 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 173,944 | 0.09 | 6,040 | 2,779.87 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,537,094 | 1.25 | 2,608,883 | -2.75 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 179 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 235,931 | 0.12 | 175,194 | 34.67 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 808,292 | 0.40 | 937,952 | -13.82 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 24,206,573 | 11.92 | 28,419,452 | -14.82 |
| 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 | 10,469,212 | 5.15 | 6,867,123 | 52.45 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,160,086 | 0.57 | 648,605 | 78.86 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 12,478,373 | 6.14 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,614,824 | 1.29 | 1,175,493 | 122.44 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 95 | 0.00 | 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 | 475,452 | 0.23 | 992,778 | -52.11 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 969 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,575,024 | 3.24 | 4,243,220 | 54.95 |
| SS | Classified | 1,351 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |