Russian trade with Ecuador 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 Ecuador in 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ecuador
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Ecuador was $1,490,581,628, down 11.43% ($192,288,150) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Ecuador in 2020 were $215,434,097, down 45.81% ($182,144,774) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Ecuador in 2020 were $1,275,147,531, down 0.79% ($10,143,376) from 2019.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ecuador in 2020 was $1,059,713,434, a 19.38% increase ($172,001,398) over 2019.
Ecuador was Russia’s 56th largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 55th in 2019), accounting for 0.2625% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2525% in 2019).
Ecuador was Russia’s 85th largest export market in 2020 (down from 74th in 2019), accounting for 0.0640% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0940% in 2019).
Ecuador was Russia’s 33rd largest supplier in 2020 (just as in 2019), accounting for 0.5510% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.5272% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Ecuador
The major share of Russian exports to Ecuador in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 41.44% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (22.29% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 28.03% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (66.42% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 16.91% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (5.23% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.43% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (2.64% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.10% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (2.68% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ecuador in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $15,076,880;
- 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 $9,403,701;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $5,895,585;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,130,797.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ecuador 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 $203,634,416;
- 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 $4,500,054;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $2,965,769;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,716,992;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,470,526;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - a decrease of $789,968.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 2,490 | -100.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 2,065,713 | 0.96 | 2,855,681 | -27.66 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 8,491 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,580 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 6,651 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 454 | 0.00 | 40,102 | -98.87 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 60,384,762 | 28.03 | 264,019,178 | -77.13 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,777,586 | 2.68 | 10,277,640 | -43.78 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 163,571 | 0.08 | 239,511 | -31.71 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 209,600 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 77,880,900 | 36.15 | 71,985,315 | 8.19 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 137,746 | 0.06 | 164,505 | -16.27 |
| 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 | 94,021 | 0.04 | 21,681 | 333.66 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 135 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,057,856 | 0.49 | 501,476 | 110.95 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,182,242 | 1.01 | 1,915,268 | 13.94 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,782,754 | 0.83 | 3,499,746 | -49.06 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 212,024 | 0.10 | 149,963 | 41.38 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 1,079,485 | 0.50 | 550,076 | 96.24 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 35,141,865 | 16.31 | 20,064,985 | 75.14 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 9,345 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 7,229 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 364 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 364 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,093 | 0.00 | 1,956 | 7.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 53,315 | 0.02 | 99,975 | -46.67 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 9 | 0.00 | 11,907 | -99.92 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 3,747 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,096 | 0.00 | 27,269 | -95.98 |
| 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 | 136 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 773,665 | 0.36 | 3,739,434 | -79.31 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,769,870 | 0.82 | 639,073 | 176.94 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 18,600 | 0.01 | 5,808 | 220.25 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 564 | 0.00 | 32,199 | -98.25 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 6,247,319 | 2.90 | 6,167,321 | 1.30 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 41 | 0.00 | 346 | -88.15 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 28,015 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 27,115 | 0.01 | 23,368 | 16.03 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,727 | 0.00 | 6,236 | -40.23 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,288,976 | 1.99 | 5,759,502 | -25.53 |
| 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 | 12,223,853 | 5.67 | 2,820,152 | 333.45 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 159,365 | 0.07 | 789,369 | -79.81 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,484,346 | 0.69 | 1,110,602 | 33.65 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 49 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 100 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 38,600 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 72 | 0.00 | 173 | -58.38 |
| SS | Classified | 157,220 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Ecuador
The major share of Russian imports from Ecuador in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.81% of Russia’s total imports from Ecuador (99.96% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ecuador in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $27,142,142.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ecuador in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $20,364,809;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $10,808,255;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $4,787,420;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $3,906,119.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 88,154,268 | 6.91 | 61,012,126 | 44.49 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 47,031,195 | 3.69 | 67,396,004 | -30.22 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,121,220 | 0.17 | 2,347,819 | -9.65 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,074,379,760 | 84.26 | 1,085,188,015 | -1.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 134,548 | 0.01 | 103,605 | 29.87 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 275,717 | 0.02 | 173,521 | 58.90 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 4,944 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 614 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 8,627,548 | 0.68 | 6,570,477 | 31.31 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 1,781 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 21,231,044 | 1.66 | 26,018,464 | -18.40 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 1,180 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 6,522,900 | 0.51 | 7,416,162 | -12.04 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 22,347,846 | 1.75 | 26,253,965 | -14.88 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 179,311 | 0.01 | 180,776 | -0.81 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,716,510 | 0.13 | 2,068,190 | -17.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,267 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,832 | 0.00 | 53 | 3,356.60 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 1,000 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,589 | 0.00 | 2,425 | 171.71 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,990 | 0.00 | 1,547 | 28.64 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 23,100 | -100.00 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 3,347 | 0.00 | 13,193 | -74.63 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 135 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 18 | 0.00 | 224 | -91.96 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 14,707 | 0.00 | 30,175 | -51.26 |
| 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 | 138,117 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 8,654 | 0.00 | 1,920 | 350.73 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,172,048 | 0.17 | 238,597 | 810.34 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 4,285 | 0.00 | 43,412 | -90.13 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 394 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 48,956 | 0.00 | 2,360 | 1,974.41 |
| 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 | 23,794 | 0.00 | 40,897 | -41.82 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 41,355 | 0.00 | 20,030 | 106.47 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 505 | -99.60 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 91,981 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |