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Russian trade with Sweden 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 Sweden in 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Sweden

In 2020, Russia’s trade with Sweden was $2,970,241,934, down 34.49% ($1,563,568,231) from 2019.

Russia’s exports to Sweden in 2020 were $1,043,510,193, down 54.60% ($1,254,894,808) from 2019.

Russia’s imports from Sweden in 2020 were $1,926,731,741, down 13.81% ($308,673,423) from 2019.

Russia’s trade balance with Sweden went from a surplus of $62,999,837 in 2019, to a deficit of $883,221,548 in 2020.

Sweden was Russia’s 33rd largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 31st in 2019), accounting for 0.5231% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.6802% in 2019).

Sweden was Russia’s 52nd largest export market in 2020 (down from 40th in 2019), accounting for 0.3102% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.5436% in 2019).

Sweden was Russia’s 26th largest supplier in 2020 (down from 24th in 2019), accounting for 0.8325% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.9170% in 2019).

Russia’s Exports to Sweden

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

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 48.88% of Russia’s total exports to Sweden (65.87% in 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 32.44% of Russia’s total exports to Sweden (23.27% in 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.44% of Russia’s total exports to Sweden (2.90% in 2019);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.84% of Russia’s total exports to Sweden (3.77% in 2019);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.62% of Russia’s total exports to Sweden (1.57% in 2019);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.28% of Russia’s total exports to Sweden (1.56% in 2019);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.03% of Russia’s total exports to Sweden (0.35% in 2019).

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

  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $6,193,790;
  • Nickel and articles thereof (HS code 75) - an increase of $6,109,341.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sweden 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 $1,002,895,985;
  • 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 $150,263,921;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $51,454,112;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $37,142,422;
  • Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - a decrease of $9,395,136;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $6,621,876;
  • 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 $5,658,899;
  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $3,970,853;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $3,235,370.
Russia’s exports to Sweden in 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2020
over 2019
01 Live animals 26,802 0.00 2,2751,078.11
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 244,887 0.02 0
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 69,217-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 0 0.00 37,286-100.00
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 2,356,588 0.23 1,037,673127.10
10 Cereals 469,489 0.04 3,704,859-87.33
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 27,635 0.00 28,777-3.97
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 4,626,506 0.44 1,969,465134.91
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 9,094 0.00 0
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 63,489 0.01 0
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 588,137 0.06 889,082-33.85
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 323,356 0.03 315,5092.49
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 18,576,772 1.78 27,971,908-33.59
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 418,548 0.04 759,681-44.90
26 Ores, slag and ash 9,423 0.00 805,625-98.83
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 509,600,275 48.84 1,512,496,260-66.31
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 232,781,397 22.31 383,045,318-39.23
29 Organic chemicals 8,229,483 0.79 59,683,595-86.21
30 Pharmaceutical products 214,094 0.02 125,36970.77
31 Fertilizers 34,284,283 3.29 28,090,49322.05
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 16,113 0.00 11,98634.43
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 673,641 0.06 924,587-27.14
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 1,763 0.00 50,400-96.50
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 55,176 0.01 57,485-4.02
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 172,787 0.02 337,426-48.79
39 Plastics and articles thereof 5,593,744 0.54 3,152,59177.43
40 Rubber and articles thereof 56,511,103 5.42 59,409,688-4.88
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 224 0.00 1,292-82.66
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 9,310 0.00 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 49,009,649 4.70 86,152,071-43.11
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 767,826 0.07 18,1024,141.66
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 712,110 0.07 423,47568.16
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 5,122 0.00 21,568-76.25
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 97 0.00 0
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 11,382 0.00 7,41153.58
54 Man-made filaments 1,801 0.00 0
55 Man-made staple fibers 309 0.00 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 2,089,910 0.20 1,939,0197.78
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 1,553 0.00 0
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 33 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 2,325,826 0.22 1,449,51260.46
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 1,069,201 0.10 972,01610.00
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 907,603 0.09 1,576,705-42.44
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 4,313,554 0.41 2,096,957105.71
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 0 0.00 44,308-100.00
65 Headgear and parts thereof 0 0.00 297-100.00
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 4,120 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 6,552,394 0.63 5,850,39712.00
69 Ceramic products 30,437 0.00 37,878-19.64
70 Glass and glassware 3,978,907 0.38 4,407,498-9.72
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 4,290 0.00 54,218-92.09
72 Iron and steel 20,737,169 1.99 20,563,1920.85
73 Articles of iron or steel 5,103,434 0.49 4,123,00523.78
74 Copper and articles thereof 779,700 0.07 679,57814.73
75 Nickel and articles thereof 6,110,052 0.59 711859,260.34
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 33,781,785 3.24 40,403,661-16.39
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 411,099 0.04 561,939-26.84
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 159,495 0.02 118,25734.87
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 106,939 0.01 299,312-64.27
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 6,573,402 0.63 6,527,8190.70
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 12,482,858 1.20 18,141,757-31.19
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,037,583 0.10 1,164,870-10.93
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 512,279 0.05 4,483,132-88.57
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 3,161,718 0.30 5,562,011-43.16
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 42,862 0.00 0
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 4,522 0.00 10,264-55.94
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 4,689,570 0.45 5,508,504-14.87
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 139,784 0.01 223,490-37.45
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 4,355 0.00 4,2203.20
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 1,237 0.00 0
SS Classified 107 0.00 0

Russia’s Imports from Sweden

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

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 52.39% of Russia’s total imports from Sweden (54.29% in 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 22.57% of Russia’s total imports from Sweden (21.71% in 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 9.27% of Russia’s total imports from Sweden (9.17% in 2019);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.84% of Russia’s total imports from Sweden (5.71% in 2019);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 5.61% of Russia’s total imports from Sweden (6.30% in 2019);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.04% of Russia’s total imports from Sweden (0.85% in 2019).

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

  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $17,672,734;
  • 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 $5,927,136.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sweden 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 $176,103,032;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $50,220,452;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $34,442,759;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $18,656,796;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $13,088,486;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $9,336,683;
  • Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $6,872,677;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $6,235,861.
Russia’s imports from Sweden in 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2020
over 2019
01 Live animals 205,743 0.01 101,035103.64
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 1,519,646 0.08 4,778,169-68.20
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 19,053-100.00
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 0 0.00 2,039-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 61,214 0.00 65,071-5.93
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 2,039,322 0.11 2,441,322-16.47
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 78,554 0.00 1,053,935-92.55
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 75,350 0.00 60,42724.70
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 15,879 0.00 19,387-18.09
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 67,328,887 3.49 85,985,683-21.70
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 44,106 0.00 95,944-54.03
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 180,797 0.01 441,661-59.06
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 1,812,830 0.09 1,498,12821.01
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 4,731,054 0.25 5,204,393-9.09
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 3,224,295 0.17 2,467,26130.68
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 13,845,395 0.72 13,176,6195.08
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 7,321,406 0.38 8,317,511-11.98
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 2,569,568 0.13 2,685,887-4.33
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 3,090,204 0.16 12,426,887-75.13
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 3,632,429 0.19 2,358,23854.03
26 Ores, slag and ash 2,396,697 0.12 4,710,555-49.12
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 13,963,527 0.72 11,895,66117.38
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 3,654,598 0.19 3,450,0905.93
29 Organic chemicals 29,736,785 1.54 12,064,051146.49
30 Pharmaceutical products 138,193,631 7.17 188,414,083-26.65
31 Fertilizers 2,652,146 0.14 3,173,888-16.44
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 51,557,391 2.68 58,430,068-11.76
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 11,019,646 0.57 17,255,507-36.14
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 25,203,087 1.31 23,326,8378.04
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 11,024,472 0.57 10,868,5471.43
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 2,039,025 0.11 1,896,1547.53
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 2,832 0.00 1,98742.53
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 29,047,903 1.51 32,655,005-11.05
39 Plastics and articles thereof 108,177,605 5.61 111,649,344-3.11
40 Rubber and articles thereof 22,601,275 1.17 22,125,2972.15
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 41-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 1,105,007 0.06 2,519,088-56.13
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 43,999 0.00 258,144-82.96
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 3,285,481 0.17 3,352,112-1.99
45 Cork and articles of cork 3,901 0.00 2,11284.71
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0 0.00 3,456-100.00
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 27,619,905 1.43 26,620,3963.75
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 100,059,350 5.19 96,870,3673.29
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 737,556 0.04 738,090-0.07
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 0 0.00 26-100.00
52 Cotton 39,363 0.00 40,638-3.14
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 68 0.00 1,065-93.62
54 Man-made filaments 130,070 0.01 343,248-62.11
55 Man-made staple fibers 180,655 0.01 392,451-53.97
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 1,058,379 0.05 349,129203.15
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 17,538 0.00 72,433-75.79
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 159,789 0.01 100,15459.54
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 5,345,089 0.28 5,628,937-5.04
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 3,387,293 0.18 1,044,921224.17
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 18,329 0.00 23,245-21.15
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 299,630 0.02 206,87944.83
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 515,540 0.03 623,483-17.31
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 261,688 0.01 345,113-24.17
65 Headgear and parts thereof 256,549 0.01 342,831-25.17
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 747 0.00 8,389-91.10
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 4,463 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 1,633,280 0.08 2,116,994-22.85
69 Ceramic products 1,231,921 0.06 982,76925.35
70 Glass and glassware 4,721,642 0.25 3,431,46937.60
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 28,766 0.00 10,750167.59
72 Iron and steel 46,025,998 2.39 59,114,484-22.14
73 Articles of iron or steel 65,777,730 3.41 70,617,506-6.85
74 Copper and articles thereof 1,401,933 0.07 5,460,778-74.33
75 Nickel and articles thereof 252,845 0.01 631,938-59.99
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 5,601,789 0.29 6,748,710-16.99
78 Lead and articles thereof 4,837 0.00 25,086-80.72
79 Zinc and articles thereof 23,490 0.00 31,137-24.56
80 Tin and articles thereof 852 0.00 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 476,471 0.02 559,512-14.84
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 42,906,032 2.23 42,366,1841.27
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 16,187,246 0.84 19,410,455-16.61
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 524,166,825 27.20 558,609,584-6.17
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 89,074,584 4.62 83,147,4487.13
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 152,397 0.01 42,444259.05
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 321,583,179 16.69 497,686,211-35.38
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 1,201,688 0.06 764,49857.19
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 73,205,265 3.80 73,274,476-0.09
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 42,890 0.00 51,576-16.84
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 153,557 0.01 281,075-45.37
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 19,486,853 1.01 21,468,769-9.23
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 836,068 0.04 902,409-7.35
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2,025,090 0.11 2,075,268-2.42
SS Classified 950,825 0.05 591 16260.84
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia