Russian trade with Iraq 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 Iraq in 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Iraq
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Iraq was $127,648,677, down 51.73% ($136,818,364) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2020 were $127,251,513, down 51.88% ($137,179,216) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2020 totaled $397,164, up 993.75% ($360,852) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Iraq in 2020 was $126,854,349, a 52.02% decrease ($137,540,068) over 2019.
Iraq was Russia’s 111th largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 94th in 2019), accounting for 0.0225% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0397% in 2019).
Iraq was Russia’s 96th largest export market in 2020 (down from 83rd in 2019), accounting for 0.0378% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0625% in 2019).
Iraq was Russia’s 154th largest supplier in 2020 (up from 183rd in 2019), accounting for 0.0002% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0000% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Iraq
The major share of Russian exports to Iraq in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 25.84% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (12.01% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 25.46% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (10.60% in 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 20.70% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (17.14% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.03% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (51.53% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.13% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (4.43% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.80% of Russia’s total exports to Iraq (3.72% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Iraq 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 $7,906,837;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $6,494,307;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $4,366,309;
- 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 $1,731,534;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $772,028;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $637,436;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $586,060;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $539,288;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $445,841.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Iraq in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $125,064,621;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $17,436,722;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $5,511,388;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $4,991,846;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $3,837,295;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $1,562,722;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $776,579;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $439,729.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 35,582 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 14,883 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 759,219 | 0.60 | 1,535,798 | -50.57 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 1,540 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 533,552 | 0.42 | 507,326 | 5.17 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,098,345 | 0.86 | 1,055,380 | 4.07 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 41,450 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 104,272 | 0.08 | 370,449 | -71.85 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 171,767 | 0.13 | 341,831 | -49.75 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 8,517,478 | 6.69 | 10,080,200 | -15.50 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,111,688 | 1.66 | 1,525,628 | 38.41 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 398,531 | 0.31 | 69,587 | 472.71 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,757,130 | 2.95 | 3,217,842 | 16.76 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 538,684 | 0.42 | 839,806 | -35.86 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 23,200 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 8,289,711 | 6.51 | 25,726,433 | -67.78 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 692 | 0.00 | 2,669 | -74.07 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,830,692 | 3.80 | 9,822,538 | -50.82 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 59,735 | 0.05 | 31,550 | 89.33 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 147,292 | 0.12 | 200,940 | -26.70 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,245,901 | 3.34 | 8,083,196 | -47.47 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 2,325 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,399 | 0.00 | 55,568 | -97.48 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,491,909 | 1.17 | 1,223,639 | 21.92 |
| 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 | 105,585 | 0.08 | 174,442 | -39.47 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 78,110 | 0.06 | 197,541 | -60.46 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 22,967 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,907,289 | 1.50 | 1,461,448 | 30.51 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 981,566 | 0.77 | 209,538 | 368.44 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 60,279 | 0.05 | 59,770 | 0.85 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 282 | 0.00 | 2,432 | -88.40 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 30,907,571 | 24.29 | 26,541,262 | 16.45 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,484,130 | 1.17 | 1,481,124 | 0.20 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,367 | 0.00 | 867 | 57.67 |
| 50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 27 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 243 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 637,436 | 0.50 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 169,097 | 0.13 | 114,298 | 47.94 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 154 | 0.00 | 57,909 | -99.73 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 11 | 0.00 | 126,797 | -99.99 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,923 | 0.00 | 43,028 | -95.53 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 141 | 0.00 | 21,679 | -99.35 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 32 | 0.00 | 765 | -95.82 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 554 | 0.00 | 32,130 | -98.28 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 10,550 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 345,948 | 0.27 | 715,789 | -51.67 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 21,372,746 | 16.80 | 14,878,439 | 43.65 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 11,124,004 | 8.74 | 16,635,392 | -33.13 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 216,971 | 0.17 | 1,203 | 17,935.83 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 6,187 | 0.00 | 1,008 | 513.79 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,107 | 0.01 | 2,617 | 171.57 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 159 | 0.00 | 214 | -25.70 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 1,524 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 522 | 0.00 | 5,581 | -90.65 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 133,491 | 0.10 | 152,871 | -12.68 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 24,813 | 0.02 | 71,630 | -65.36 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 11,385,091 | 8.95 | 3,478,254 | 227.32 |
| 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 | 6,810,053 | 5.35 | 5,078,519 | 34.10 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,223,168 | 0.96 | 126,287,789 | -99.03 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 978,788 | 0.77 | 1,418,517 | -31.00 |
| 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 | 68,658 | 0.05 | 123,870 | -44.57 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 42,661 | 0.03 | 19,511 | 118.65 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 55,533 | 0.04 | 250,053 | -77.79 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 1 860 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Iraq
The major share of Russian imports from Iraq in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 80.57% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (0.00% in 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 17.61% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (37.73% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.63% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (60.24% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.19% of Russia’s total imports from Iraq (2.03% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Iraq 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) - an increase of $320,000;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $56,248;
- 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 $6,471.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Iraq in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $21,874.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
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 | 69,948 | 17.61 | 13,700 | 410.57 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 320,000 | 80.57 | 0 | ∞ |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 745 | 0.19 | 738 | 0.95 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 21,874 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 6,471 | 1.63 | 0 | ∞ |