Russian trade with Cyprus 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 Cyprus in 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Cyprus
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Cyprus was $279,276,993, down 64.49% ($507,220,888) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Cyprus in 2020 were $263,235,365, down 65.57% ($501,390,308) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Cyprus in 2020 were $16,041,628, down 26.66% ($5,830,580) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Cyprus in 2020 was $247,193,737, a 66.72% decrease ($495,559,728) over 2019.
Cyprus was Russia’s 93rd largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 72nd in 2019), accounting for 0.0492% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1180% in 2019).
Cyprus was Russia’s 78th largest export market in 2020 (down from 61st in 2019), accounting for 0.0783% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1809% in 2019).
Cyprus was Russia’s 111th largest supplier in 2020 (down from 109th in 2019), accounting for 0.0069% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0090% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Cyprus
The major share of Russian exports to Cyprus in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 71.87% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (81.57% in 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.18% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (3.23% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.23% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (5.47% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.33% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (4.10% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.52% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (1.33% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.67% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (2.51% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Cyprus 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 $9,714,113;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $6,377,800;
- 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 $1,266,009.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Cyprus 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 $433,048,812;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $32,016,117;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $17,102,375;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $12,432,214;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $10,308,550;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $1,461,567;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $849,052.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 4,423 | 0.00 | 22,678 | -80.50 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 18,865 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 82,729 | 0.03 | 191 | 43,213.61 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 6,202,719 | 2.36 | 16,511,269 | -62.43 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 48,357 | 0.02 | 9,525 | 407.69 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 164,436 | 0.06 | 86,210 | 90.74 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 9,714,176 | 3.69 | 63 | 15,419,226.98 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 30,192 | 0.01 | 21,610 | 39.71 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 18,521 | 0.01 | 10,083 | 83.69 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 20,938 | 0.01 | 6,294 | 232.67 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 114,268 | 0.04 | 43,778 | 161.02 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 160,180 | 0.06 | 34,223 | 368.05 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 153,382 | 0.06 | 199,603 | -23.16 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 7,443,585 | 2.83 | 7,703,526 | -3.37 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 19,361 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 58,009 | 0.02 | 1,519,576 | -96.18 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 189,125,429 | 71.85 | 622,174,241 | -69.60 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10,373,469 | 3.94 | 3,995,669 | 159.62 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4,872,338 | 1.85 | 36,888,455 | -86.79 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 17,393 | 0.01 | 50,527 | -65.58 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 704 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 16,889 | 0.01 | 170,915 | -90.12 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 50,032 | 0.02 | 52,895 | -5.41 |
| 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 | 34,139 | 0.01 | 35,295 | -3.28 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,485 | 0.00 | 3,776 | -60.67 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 131,436 | 0.05 | 252,018 | -47.85 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 128,468 | 0.05 | 191,778 | -33.01 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 512,662 | 0.19 | 109,325 | 368.93 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 260,752 | 0.10 | 85,820 | 203.84 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 4,355 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 7,749 | 0.00 | 47,566 | -83.71 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 8,498,374 | 3.23 | 9,347,426 | -9.08 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 155 | 0.00 | 256 | -39.45 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 452,748 | 0.17 | 607,917 | -25.52 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 302,411 | 0.11 | 196,283 | 54.07 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 196 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 27 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 85 | 0.00 | 40 | 112.50 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 136 | 0.00 | 4 | 3,300.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,159,949 | 0.44 | 888,836 | 30.50 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 427 | 0.00 | 627 | -31.90 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 44 | 0.00 | 35 | 25.71 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 486 | 0.00 | 523 | -7.07 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,681 | 0.00 | 4,895 | -24.80 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,357 | 0.00 | 6,908 | -22.45 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 57,084 | 0.02 | 15,771 | 261.96 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 6,180 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 319 | 0.00 | 4,444 | -92.82 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 741 | 0.00 | 208 | 256.25 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 116,214 | 0.04 | 261,869 | -55.62 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 11,660 | 0.00 | 16,680 | -30.10 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 245,985 | 0.09 | 49,164 | 400.34 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 17,751 | 0.01 | 72,224 | -75.42 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 321,996 | 0.12 | 267,679 | 20.29 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 463,036 | 0.18 | 276,616 | 67.39 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,781,607 | 0.68 | 1,394,588 | 27.75 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 12,158 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 11,443,887 | 4.35 | 28,546,262 | -59.91 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 726,670 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,399 | 0.00 | 214 | 1,021.03 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 24,892 | 0.01 | 111,577 | -77.69 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 569,969 | 0.22 | 1,019,260 | -44.08 |
| 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 | 3,032,707 | 1.15 | 1,766,698 | 71.66 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,294 | 0.00 | 377,748 | -99.66 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3,237,579 | 1.23 | 15,669,793 | -79.34 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 195,453 | 0.07 | 325,442 | -39.94 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 5,989 | 0.00 | 1,654 | 262.09 |
| 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 | 883,942 | 0.34 | 516,660 | 71.09 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 102,335 | 0.04 | 39,070 | 161.93 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 228,976 | 0.09 | 73,089 | 213.28 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 9,019 | 0.00 | 8,517 | 5.89 |
| SS | Classified | 288,234 | 0.11 | 11 761 529 | -97.55 |
Russia’s Imports from Cyprus
The major share of Russian imports from Cyprus in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 52.75% of Russia’s total imports from Cyprus (28.46% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 40.91% of Russia’s total imports from Cyprus (64.61% in 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.69% of Russia’s total imports from Cyprus (5.15% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Cyprus in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $2,813,703;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $220,578;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $112,991;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $108,367.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Cyprus in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $4,809,627;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,729,868;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $505,481;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $356,849;
- 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) - a decrease of $210,946;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $156,564;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $68,698;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $51,876;
- 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 $50,542;
- Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - a decrease of $49,831.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 23,960 | 0.15 | 180,524 | -86.73 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 18,637 | 0.12 | 31,951 | -41.67 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 193,430 | 1.21 | 550,279 | -64.85 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 5,640 | 0.04 | 20,004 | -71.81 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 1,394 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 45,135 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 274,574 | 1.71 | 53,996 | 408.51 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 236,151 | 1.47 | 244,229 | -3.31 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 7,027 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 7,689,131 | 47.93 | 4,875,428 | 57.71 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 260,963 | 1.63 | 229,267 | 13.82 |
| 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 | 4,411 | 0.03 | 215,357 | -97.95 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 116,344 | 0.73 | 621,825 | -81.29 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 390,304 | 2.43 | 281,937 | 38.44 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 64 | 0.00 | 174 | -63.22 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 300 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 6,373 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 49,243 | 0.31 | 79,541 | -38.09 |
| 52 | Cotton | 17,576 | 0.11 | 9,881 | 77.88 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 456 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 2,356 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 27,686 | 0.17 | 96,384 | -71.28 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 113,033 | 0.70 | 42 | 269,026.19 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 591 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 9,051 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 601 | 0.00 | 6,900 | -91.29 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 11,756 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 50,542 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,318 | 0.02 | 2,501 | 32.67 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,134 | 0.01 | 1,350 | -16.00 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 78 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 34,059 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 49,831 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 7,647 | 0.05 | 1,001 | 663.94 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,055 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,458,503 | 21.56 | 6,188,371 | -44.11 |
| 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 | 3,071,035 | 19.14 | 7,880,662 | -61.03 |
| 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 | 1,655 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 51,876 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 32,149 | 0.20 | 10,638 | 202.21 |
| 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 | 10,794 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 16,315 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 11,610 | 0.07 | 18,683 | -37.86 |
| SS | Classified | 5,123 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |