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Russian trade with Slovakia in 2020

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Slovakia in 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Slovakia

In 2020, Russia’s trade with Slovakia was $4,701,469,128, down 24.48% ($1,524,236,185) from 2019.

Russia’s exports to Slovakia in 2020 were $3,032,079,829, down 25.38% ($1,031,194,065) from 2019.

Russia’s imports from Slovakia in 2020 were $1,669,389,299, down 22.80% ($493,042,120) from 2019.

Russia’s trade surplus with Slovakia in 2020 was $1,362,690,530, a 28.31% decrease ($538,151,945) over 2019.

Slovakia was Russia’s 25th largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 22nd in 2019), accounting for 0.8280% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.9340% in 2019).

Slovakia was Russia’s 22nd largest export market in 2020 (just as in 2019), accounting for 0.9013% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.9611% in 2019).

Slovakia was Russia’s 28th largest supplier in 2020 (down from 25th in 2019), accounting for 0.7213% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.8870% in 2019).

Russia’s Exports to Slovakia

The major share of Russian exports to Slovakia in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 91.10% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (91.36% in 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.71% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (3.86% in 2019);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.57% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (2.33% in 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.34% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (1.82% in 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Slovakia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $18,417,361.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Slovakia 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 $967,912,800;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $24,064,570;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $21,918,498;
  • 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 $13,151,966;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $11,807,388;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $11,396,838;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $10,226,602.
Russia’s exports to Slovakia in 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2020
over 2019
01 Live animals 2,917 0.00 9,400-68.97
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 296,925 0.01 127,871132.21
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 150,195 0.00 96,03256.40
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 34,688 0.00 100,988-65.65
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 4,191 0.00 0
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 47,439 0.00 70,169-32.39
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 317 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 60,487 0.00 0
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 15,716 0.00 0
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 5,929 0.00 4,17941.88
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 72 0.00 728-90.11
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 19,903 0.00 0
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 4,225 0.00 0
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 299,678 0.01 167,79078.60
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 643,194 0.02 339,60689.39
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 48,841 0.00 64,259-23.99
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 900,248 0.03 1,341,285-32.88
26 Ores, slag and ash 126,617,362 4.18 108,200,00117.02
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 2,634,736,172 86.90 3,602,648,972-26.87
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 9,842,045 0.32 22,994,011-57.20
29 Organic chemicals 35,175,328 1.16 45,401,930-22.52
30 Pharmaceutical products 1,200,179 0.04 875,03637.16
31 Fertilizers 87,916 0.00 24,993251.76
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 243,496 0.01 136,66178.18
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 298,418 0.01 108,893174.05
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 115,955 0.00 87,86731.97
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 117,046 0.00 114,6392.10
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 667,354 0.02 1,220,629-45.33
39 Plastics and articles thereof 6,428,496 0.21 5,595,28614.89
40 Rubber and articles thereof 58,346,576 1.92 80,265,074-27.31
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 724,815 0.02 166,661334.90
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 8,823 0.00 7,54216.98
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 9,511,746 0.31 11,793,905-19.35
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 0 0.00 1,751,141-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 2,234,947 0.07 1,268,01176.26
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 48,395 0.00 56,051-13.66
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 47,446 0.00 135,356-64.95
52 Cotton 58,300 0.00 59,116-1.38
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 0 0.00 367-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 216,897 0.01 372,648-41.80
55 Man-made staple fibers 806 0.00 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 20,800 0.00 9,231125.33
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 6 0.00 0
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 8 0.00 28-71.43
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 188,782 0.01 234,749-19.58
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 90 0.00 0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 108,743 0.00 125,187-13.14
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 4,240 0.00 84,557-94.99
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 91,393 0.00 124,290-26.47
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 3,580 0.00 1,491140.11
65 Headgear and parts thereof 1,053 0.00 95010.84
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 0 0.00 502-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 4,813,512 0.16 3,927,27422.57
69 Ceramic products 521 0.00 554-5.96
70 Glass and glassware 1,617,160 0.05 1,524,0086.11
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 1,698 0.00 17,015-90.02
72 Iron and steel 23,491,018 0.77 47,555,588-50.60
73 Articles of iron or steel 2,435,028 0.08 13,831,866-82.40
74 Copper and articles thereof 7,035,261 0.23 7,022,2680.19
75 Nickel and articles thereof 21,690 0.00 4152,802.44
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 5,935,999 0.20 4,057,55846.29
79 Zinc and articles thereof 104 0.00 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 311,880 0.01 143217,997.90
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,072,899 0.04 1,243,597-13.73
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 223,306 0.01 332,842-32.91
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 63,505,206 2.09 75,312,594-15.68
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 8,632,788 0.28 6,533,54032.13
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 3,226,952 0.11 1,547,001108.59
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 973,628 0.03 9,698,415-89.96
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 27,710 0.00 54,760-49.40
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 1,645,339 0.05 1,410,67816.63
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 19,163 0.00 67,423-71.58
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 3,430 0.00 1,030233.01
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 2,852,525 0.09 2,276,54125.30
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 2,161,959 0.07 316,366583.37
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 28,592 0.00 2,818914.62
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 0 0.00 5,786-100.00
SS Classified 12,360,283 0.41 346 1063,471.24

Russia’s Imports from Slovakia

The major share of Russian imports from Slovakia in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 76.26% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (80.21% in 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.31% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (9.06% in 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.50% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (3.34% in 2019);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.77% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (1.50% in 2019);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.62% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (1.31% in 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Slovakia in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $6,610,394.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Slovakia 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 $399,336,464;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $36,829,993;
  • 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 $24,760,826;
  • 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $10,994,003;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $7,464,216;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $6,973,922;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $5,539,981.
Russia’s imports from Slovakia in 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2020
over 2019
01 Live animals 1,613,724 0.10 2,065,615-21.88
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 9,301,715 0.56 10,496,875-11.39
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 0 0.00 53,850-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 2,154 0.00 2,216-2.80
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 1,210 0.00 0
10 Cereals 2,050,340 0.12 1,699,14620.67
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 568,155 0.03 815,686-30.35
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 31,437 0.00 307,756-89.79
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 95,941 0.01 10,967774.82
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 183,209-100.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 1,282,906 0.08 1,298,706-1.22
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 3,666,863 0.22 2,176,70368.46
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 1,065,865 0.06 1,137,416-6.29
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 18,527 0.00 114,301-83.79
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 170,585 0.01 528,868-67.75
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 2,083,056 0.12 1,558,23833.68
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 5,021,054 0.30 5,839,762-14.02
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 5,794,322 0.35 5,561,1264.19
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 82,310 0.00 99,882-17.59
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,752,927 0.11 1,559,90012.37
29 Organic chemicals 15,741,933 0.94 9,131,53972.39
30 Pharmaceutical products 62,531,250 3.75 68,071,231-8.14
31 Fertilizers 593,303 0.04 764,637-22.41
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 385,800 0.02 1,019,824-62.17
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 23,138,059 1.39 20,803,48111.22
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 2,933,587 0.18 3,196,177-8.22
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 777,250 0.05 1,037,302-25.07
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 8,195 0.00 15,254-46.28
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 4,522,833 0.27 5,149,969-12.18
39 Plastics and articles thereof 18,135,449 1.09 19,305,858-6.06
40 Rubber and articles thereof 58,356,983 3.50 65,821,199-11.34
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 32,136 0.00 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 105,772 0.01 100,4475.30
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 152,750 0.01 766,543-80.07
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 144,687 0.01 358,603-59.65
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 2,202 0.00 3,782-41.78
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 16,495 0.00 1,4461,040.73
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 3,742,476 0.22 4,083,615-8.35
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 769,717 0.05 1,498,104-48.62
52 Cotton 0 0.00 2-100.00
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 41 0.00 164-75.00
54 Man-made filaments 810,563 0.05 841,153-3.64
55 Man-made staple fibers 16,634 0.00 16210,167.90
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 1,076,936 0.06 883,88621.84
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 19,722 0.00 52,079-62.13
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 284,651 0.02 860,144-66.91
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 192,695 0.01 160,41020.13
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 56,330 0.00 51,3059.79
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 1,084,117 0.06 2,656,692-59.19
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 3,136,718 0.19 3,912,816-19.83
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 1,147,425 0.07 751,87052.61
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 21,717,985 1.30 22,342,911-2.80
65 Headgear and parts thereof 79,187 0.00 25,684208.31
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 1,423,601 0.09 2,155,584-33.96
69 Ceramic products 4,663,136 0.28 5,036,930-7.42
70 Glass and glassware 17,540,293 1.05 12,628,19338.90
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 77,303 0.00 99,437-22.26
72 Iron and steel 17,618,814 1.06 20,388,880-13.59
73 Articles of iron or steel 26,495,239 1.59 33,469,161-20.84
74 Copper and articles thereof 244,101 0.01 200,59221.69
75 Nickel and articles thereof 0 0.00 463-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 3,212,754 0.19 3,636,801-11.66
78 Lead and articles thereof 0 0.00 34-100.00
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 976,821 0.06 453,131115.57
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,962,434 0.12 2,448,314-19.85
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 7,979,022 0.48 11,547,958-30.91
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 236,586,991 14.17 273,416,984-13.47
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 99,422,134 5.96 124,182,960-19.94
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 1,667,583 0.10 2,253,764-26.01
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 905,767,165 54.26 1,305,103,629-30.60
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 0 0.00 388,000-100.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 29,606,105 1.77 29,033,7841.97
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 13,024 0.00 6,016116.49
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 95,884 0.01 34,028181.78
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 40,767,439 2.44 51,761,442-21.24
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 2,493,502 0.15 3,616,460-31.05
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 13,823,882 0.83 10,806,33027.92
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 4,452 0.00 0
SS Classified 630,648 0.04 584 0337.98
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia