Russian trade with Sri Lanka in 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sri Lanka
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Sri Lanka totaled $498,243,338, up 25.40% ($100,916,000) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2020 totaled $239,593,452, up 122.03% ($131,683,055) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2020 were $258,649,886, down 10.63% ($30,767,055) from 2019.
Russia’s trade deficit with Sri Lanka in 2020 was $19,056,434, a 89.50% decrease ($162,450,110) over 2019.
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 77th largest trading partner in 2020 (up from 85th in 2019), accounting for 0.0877% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0596% in 2019).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 80th largest export market in 2020 (up from 100th in 2019), accounting for 0.0712% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0255% in 2019).
Sri Lanka was Russia’s 69th largest supplier in 2020 (down from 66th in 2019), accounting for 0.1118% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1187% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian exports to Sri Lanka in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 38.45% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (44.71% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.59% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (20.01% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.07% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (11.81% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.40% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (15.63% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.71% of Russia’s total exports to Sri Lanka (5.64% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $41,898,873;
- 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) - an increase of $2,222,274;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,215,528;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $1,183,755;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $1,183,599;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $757,341.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sri Lanka 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 $11,791,696;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $6,611,870;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $5,530,725;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $2,508,975;
- 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 $1,594,051.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 210 | -100.00 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 13,233 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 827,914 | 0.35 | 70,573 | 1,073.13 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,603,771 | 1.09 | 1,388,243 | 87.56 |
10 | Cereals | 88,645,305 | 37.00 | 46,746,432 | 89.63 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 28,512 | 0.01 | 14,250 | 100.08 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 1,096 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 28 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 22,092 | -100.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 13,818 | 0.01 | 2 | 690,800.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 9,430,588 | 3.94 | 8,246,989 | 14.35 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,557,369 | 0.65 | 13,349,065 | -88.33 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,190,399 | 1.33 | 4,784,450 | -33.32 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 8,699 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10,368 | 0.00 | 6,622,238 | -99.84 |
31 | Fertilizers | 99,148 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 3,664 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 17,056 | -100.00 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 5,593 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 755 | 0.00 | 235,298 | -99.68 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 18,515 | 0.01 | 35,961 | -48.51 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,830,336 | 2.02 | 5,156,229 | -6.32 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 471 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 943,892 | 0.39 | 1,449,886 | -34.90 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 20,250 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 8,778,608 | 3.66 | 11,287,583 | -22.23 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 956 | 0.00 | 1,943 | -50.80 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 700 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 12,335 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 53,764 | 0.02 | 22,566 | 138.25 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,780 | 0.00 | 41,053 | -95.66 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 2,222,274 | 0.93 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 500,039 | 0.21 | 6,030,764 | -91.71 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 15,171 | 0.01 | 26,157 | -42.00 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 143 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,191,314 | 0.50 | 7,559 | 15,660.21 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 12,325 | -100.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,808 | 0.00 | 8,978 | -35.31 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 201,148 | 0.08 | 492,758 | -59.18 |
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 | 174,107 | 0.07 | 97,853 | 77.93 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 21,300 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 93,419 | 0.04 | 375,965 | -75.15 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,812 | -100.00 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 667 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 114,120,887 | 47.63 | 1 309 382 | 8,615.63 |
Russia’s Imports from Sri Lanka
The major share of Russian imports from Sri Lanka in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 51.95% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (48.46% in 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 38.32% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (42.62% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.85% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (6.22% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.40% of Russia’s total imports from Sri Lanka (1.58% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 14) - an increase of $2,819,412;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,334,613;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,276,225.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sri Lanka in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $11,634,622;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $10,095,132;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $8,274,332;
- Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn (HS code 53) - a decrease of $2,894,271;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $2,047,337;
- 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 $974,247;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $819,796.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
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 | 2,180,890 | 0.84 | 3,000,686 | -27.32 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 47 | 0.00 | 82 | -42.68 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 4,504 | 0.00 | 298,298 | -98.49 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 5,936 | -100.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 100,647 | 0.04 | 191,749 | -47.51 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 123,891,522 | 47.90 | 132,165,854 | -6.26 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 250,974 | 0.10 | 142,281 | 76.39 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 130,244 | 0.05 | 146,441 | -11.06 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 5,401,931 | 2.09 | 2,582,519 | 109.17 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,120,953 | 0.43 | 749,856 | 49.49 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 64,487 | 0.02 | 3,753 | 1,618.28 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,084 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,534 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 246,465 | 0.10 | 93,483 | 163.65 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 925,355 | 0.36 | 846,526 | 9.31 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,806 | 0.00 | 10,106 | -72.23 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 11,660 | -100.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 44,802 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 2,047,337 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 427,666 | 0.17 | 581,455 | -26.45 |
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 | 1,171 | 0.00 | 95,917 | -98.78 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,609,158 | 1.78 | 3,274,545 | 40.76 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 46,232 | 0.02 | 104,225 | -55.64 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 15,208,740 | 5.88 | 13,932,515 | 9.16 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 241,974 | 0.09 | 198,543 | 21.87 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 19 | 0.00 | 20,219 | -99.91 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 86,648 | 0.03 | 52,505 | 65.03 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 256 | 0.00 | 6,457 | -96.04 |
52 | Cotton | 148 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 433,635 | 0.17 | 3,327,906 | -86.97 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 83,333 | 0.03 | 53,750 | 55.04 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 403,191 | 0.16 | 370,145 | 8.93 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 451 | 0.00 | 417 | 8.15 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 58,748,835 | 22.71 | 70,383,457 | -16.53 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 38,754,413 | 14.98 | 48,849,545 | -20.67 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 465,264 | 0.18 | 21,084 | 2,106.72 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 17,000 | 0.01 | 23,370 | -27.26 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 136,513 | 0.05 | 265,242 | -48.53 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 70,426 | 0.03 | 58,760 | 19.85 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 18,421 | 0.01 | 8,441 | 118.23 |
69 | Ceramic products | 437,422 | 0.17 | 266,931 | 63.87 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 22,131 | 0.01 | 24,875 | -11.03 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6,107 | 0.00 | 32,552 | -81.24 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 102,625 | 0.04 | 186,413 | -44.95 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 79,611 | 0.03 | 204,199 | -61.01 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 20,880 | 0.01 | 10,556 | 97.80 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,576 | 0.00 | 1,892 | 141.86 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 958 | 0.00 | 917 | 4.47 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 145,595 | 0.06 | 167,903 | -13.29 |
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 | 2,515,426 | 0.97 | 3,489,673 | -27.92 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 693,243 | 0.27 | 870,409 | -20.35 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 265,357 | 0.10 | 54,716 | 384.97 |
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 | 104,582 | 0.04 | 82,503 | 26.76 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 98,465 | 0.04 | 88,821 | 10.86 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 31,169 | 0.01 | 9,453 | 229.73 |