Russian trade with Qatar 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 Qatar in 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Qatar
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Qatar totaled $100,616,522, up 21.80% ($18,010,925) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Qatar in 2020 totaled $63,956,447, up 38.76% ($17,865,897) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Qatar in 2020 totaled $36,660,075, up 0.40% ($145,028) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Qatar in 2020 was $27,296,372, a 185.06% increase ($17,720,869) over 2019.
Qatar was Russia’s 118th largest trading partner in 2020 (up from 123rd in 2019), accounting for 0.0177% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0124% in 2019).
Qatar was Russia’s 115th largest export market in 2020 (up from 119th in 2019), accounting for 0.0190% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0109% in 2019).
Qatar was Russia’s 100th largest supplier in 2020 (down from 99th in 2019), accounting for 0.0158% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0150% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Qatar
The major share of Russian exports to Qatar in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 42.67% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (20.21% in 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 37.16% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (59.66% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 9.70% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (8.07% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.83% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (2.77% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.72% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (3.55% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.11% of Russia’s total exports to Qatar (3.30% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Qatar in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $17,915,578;
- 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 $2,248,780;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $1,785,898;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $691,230;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $579,960;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - an increase of $486,345;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $236,275;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $198,168.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Qatar in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $4,203,376;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $585,350;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $559,453;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $403,036;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $395,254;
- 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 $388,188.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 111,049 | 0.17 | 117,660 | -5.62 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 178,264 | 0.28 | 737,717 | -75.84 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 151,805 | 0.24 | 554,841 | -72.64 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0 | 0.00 | 8,420 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 138,164 | 0.22 | 97,022 | 42.40 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,831,388 | 4.43 | 3,416,738 | -17.13 |
| 10 | Cereals | 17,171,362 | 26.85 | 21,374,738 | -19.67 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 5,852 | 0.01 | 6,694 | -12.58 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 58,026 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 4,235 | 0.01 | 10,483 | -59.60 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,299,896 | 3.60 | 513,998 | 347.45 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 26,685 | 0.04 | 9,126 | 192.41 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,371 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 9,769 | 0.02 | 53,086 | -81.60 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 338,766 | 0.53 | 399,252 | -15.15 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 436,005 | 0.68 | 199,730 | 118.30 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,739,163 | 2.72 | 1,638,000 | 6.18 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10,640 | 0.02 | 398,828 | -97.33 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 41,920 | 0.07 | 64,292 | -34.80 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 142,000 | 0.22 | 156,600 | -9.32 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 89,102 | 0.14 | 70,193 | 26.94 |
| 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 | 651 | 0.00 | 34,147 | -98.09 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 502 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 687,436 | 1.07 | 583,626 | 17.79 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 88,016 | 0.14 | 79,311 | 10.98 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 287,066 | 0.45 | 132,916 | 115.98 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,972 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,497,445 | 2.34 | 917,485 | 63.21 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 308,069 | 0.48 | 359,455 | -14.30 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,103 | 0.01 | 899 | 356.40 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 63 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 7,200 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 70 | 0.00 | 120 | -41.67 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 115 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 9,429 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 376,602 | 0.59 | 178,434 | 111.06 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 75 | 0.00 | 237 | -68.35 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 7,001 | 0.01 | 1,568 | 346.49 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,106 | -100.00 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,150 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 2,120 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 43,476 | 0.07 | 65,612 | -33.74 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 204,282 | 0.32 | 61,546 | 231.92 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,079,873 | 1.69 | 593,528 | 81.94 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 20 | 0.00 | 504 | -96.03 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 26,660,834 | 41.69 | 8,745,256 | 204.86 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 529,253 | 0.83 | 386,974 | 36.77 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 4,067 | 0.01 | 164,052 | -97.52 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 10,021 | 0.02 | 2,365 | 323.72 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,981 | 0.00 | 5,223 | -42.93 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 85,121 | 0.13 | 8,004 | 963.48 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 79 | 0.00 | 1,673 | -95.28 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,302,856 | 3.60 | 1,611,626 | 42.89 |
| 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 | 3,324,255 | 5.20 | 1,075,475 | 209.10 |
| 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 | 23,844 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 63,592 | 0.10 | 458,846 | -86.14 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 490,586 | 0.77 | 573,887 | -14.52 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 3,446 | 0.01 | 83 | 4,051.81 |
| 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 | 23,204 | 0.04 | 66,131 | -64.91 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 19,752 | 0.03 | 24,278 | -18.64 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 32,317 | 0.05 | 7,315 | 341.79 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,800 | 0.00 | 65,488 | -97.25 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 38 141 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Qatar
The major share of Russian imports from Qatar in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 66.72% of Russia’s total imports from Qatar (60.38% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 33.15% of Russia’s total imports from Qatar (39.55% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Qatar 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 $2,412,622;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $1,566,037.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Qatar in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $2,625,302;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $1,095,762;
- 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 $136,179.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 7,659 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,745 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 456 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 358 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 529 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 1,299 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 1,301 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 564 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 24,460,060 | 66.72 | 22,047,438 | 10.94 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 369,215 | 1.01 | 505,394 | -26.95 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 9,201,296 | 25.10 | 7,635,259 | 20.51 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 387 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 25,300 | 0.07 | 1,121,062 | -97.74 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,555,110 | 6.97 | 5,180,412 | -50.68 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 344 | 0.00 | 235 | 46.38 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 725 | 0.00 | 364 | 99.18 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 19 | 0.00 | 3,404 | -99.44 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 12,008 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 1,171 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,177 | 0.01 | 878 | 261.85 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 16,068 | 0.04 | 253 | 6,250.99 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 47 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 6,824 | 0.02 | 3,814 | 78.92 |
| 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 | 9,088 | 0.02 | 463 | 1,862.85 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 481 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 360 | 0.00 | 555 | -35.14 |