Russian trade with Yemen 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 Yemen in 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Yemen
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Yemen was $238,546,815, down 4.52% ($11,292,021) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2020 were $238,268,995, down 4.59% ($11,451,204) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2020 totaled $277,820, up 134.18% ($159,183) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Yemen in 2020 was $237,991,175, a 4.65% decrease ($11,610,387) over 2019.
Yemen was Russia’s 97th largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 96th in 2019), accounting for 0.0420% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0375% in 2019).
Yemen was Russia’s 81st largest export market in 2020 (up from 84th in 2019), accounting for 0.0708% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0591% in 2019).
Yemen was Russia’s 159th largest supplier in 2020 (up from 171st in 2019), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0000% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Yemen
The major share of Russian exports to Yemen in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 74.02% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (76.25% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 13.98% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (20.81% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 11.07% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (2.67% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $20,942,180;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $1,256,134.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Yemen 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 $18,641,596;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $14,531,998;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,211,638;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $715,293.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 13,695 | 0.01 | 102,856 | -86.69 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 153,408 | 0.06 | 274,825 | -44.18 |
| 10 | Cereals | 174,334,496 | 73.17 | 188,866,494 | -7.69 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 11,000 | 0.00 | 16,882 | -34.84 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 715,293 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 54,075 | 0.02 | 13,118 | 312.22 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,519,836 | 0.64 | 263,702 | 476.35 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 270,565 | 0.11 | 164,785 | 64.19 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 523 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 33,315,204 | 13.98 | 51,956,800 | -35.88 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 254,830 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 862,073 | 0.36 | 227,944 | 278.20 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 996 | 0.00 | 942 | 5.73 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 69,155 | -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 | 169 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 117,597 | 0.05 | 151,143 | -22.19 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 88,070 | 0.04 | 10,787 | 716.45 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 15,733 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 310,787 | 0.13 | 1,522,425 | -79.59 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 26,067,834 | 10.94 | 5,125,654 | 408.58 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 115,951 | 0.05 | 9,259 | 1,152.31 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 106 | 0.00 | 165 | -35.76 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 24 | 0.00 | 40 | -40.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 596,913 | 0.25 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 14,741 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 44,756 | 0.02 | 189,596 | -76.39 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 121,031 | 0.05 | 570 | 21,133.51 |
| 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 | 281 | 0.00 | 101 | 178.22 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1 | 0.00 | 21,930 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Yemen
The major share of Russian imports from Yemen in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 98.40% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (0.00% in 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.58% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (92.66% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.02% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (7.34% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $262,340;
- 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 $8,766;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $2,255;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $2,091.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $107,626;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $6,476;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $2,167.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 107,626 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 4,391 | 1.58 | 2,300 | 90.91 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 68 | 0.02 | 2,235 | -96.96 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 6,476 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,255 | 0.81 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 8,766 | 3.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 262,340 | 94.43 | 0 | ∞ |