Russian trade in goods with Chile in Q1 2021
May 17, 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 Chile in the first quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Chile
In the 1st quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Chile was $189,790,560, down 21.70% ($52,589,460) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Chile in the 1st quarter of 2021 were $13,702,047, down 9.68% ($1,468,410) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Chile in the 1st quarter of 2021 were $176,088,513, down 22.50% ($51,121,050) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Chile in the 1st quarter of 2021 was $162,386,466, a 23.42% decrease ($49,652,640) over the 1st quarter of 2020.
Chile was Russia’s 68th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 66th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1228% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1705% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Chile was Russia’s 116th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 103rd in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0149% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0170% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Chile was Russia’s 44th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 39th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.2827% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.4274% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Chile
The major share of Russian exports to Chile in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 38.19% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (40.15% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 20.21% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (5.94% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 19.57% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (37.32% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.57% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (3.56% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.80% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (6.71% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.99% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (3.78% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.18% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (0.55% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Chile in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $1,475,891;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $594,392;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $379,796;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $375,712;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $319,173;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $318,967;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $227,803;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $209,760;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $198,016;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $144,892;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $85,499;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $80,681;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $69,815.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Chile in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 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 $2,979,391;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $1,393,805;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $670,338;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $450,587;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $290,314;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $134,615;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $123,084;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $105,275;
- 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 $58,704.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 105,275 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 312,152 | 2.28 | 446,767 | -30.13 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 46,002 | 0.34 | 336,316 | -86.32 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 209,760 | 1.53 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 204,016 | 1.49 | 6,000 | 3,300.27 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 159,151 | 1.16 | 123,486 | 28.88 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,681,781 | 19.57 | 5,661,172 | -52.63 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,388,177 | 10.13 | 1,069,004 | 29.86 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 524,203 | 3.83 | 1,194,541 | -56.12 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,485 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,165,092 | 8.50 | 2,558,897 | -54.47 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 187,189 | 1.37 | 157,870 | 18.57 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 399,311 | 2.91 | 80,344 | 397.00 |
| 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 | 24,075 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 602,599 | 4.40 | 8,207 | 7,242.50 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 60,780 | 0.44 | 183,864 | -66.94 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 879,236 | 6.42 | 838,760 | 4.83 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 63 | 0.00 | 265 | -76.23 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,266,655 | 16.54 | 790,764 | 186.64 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 20,139 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 482,992 | 3.52 | 107,280 | 350.22 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 27 | 0.00 | 2,432 | -98.89 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 162,073 | 1.18 | 81,392 | 99.13 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 150 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 1,320 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 232,184 | 1.69 | 87,292 | 165.99 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 54 | 0.00 | 30 | 80.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 213,545 | 1.56 | 212,363 | 0.56 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 143,600 | 1.05 | 111,927 | 28.30 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 72,908 | 0.53 | 3,093 | 2,257.19 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 32,599 | 0.24 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 7,667 | 0.06 | 458,254 | -98.33 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 16,298 | 0.12 | 413 | 3,846.25 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 420,335 | 3.07 | 40,539 | 936.87 |
| 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 | 57,935 | 0.42 | 116,639 | -50.33 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 576,486 | 4.21 | 348,683 | 65.33 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 120,159 | 0.88 | 34,660 | 246.68 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 40 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 24,597 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 6,440 | 0.05 | 1,881 | 242.37 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 277 | 0.00 | 402 | -31.09 |
Russia’s Imports from Chile
The major share of Russian imports from Chile in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 71.12% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (73.47% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 21.61% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (11.99% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.06% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (6.52% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.16% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (7.37% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Chile in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $10,818,934;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $2,887,925;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $1,669,519;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $1,510,634;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1,509,600;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $1,157,350;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $739,732.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Chile in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $49,917,994;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $16,469,912;
- 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 $4,649,651.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,056,783 | 1.17 | 899,433 | 128.68 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 59,005,970 | 33.51 | 108,923,964 | -45.83 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,309,131 | 1.88 | 3,328,370 | -0.58 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 18,874 | 0.01 | 1,776 | 962.73 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,520,674 | 0.86 | 1,088,929 | 39.65 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 30,662,689 | 17.41 | 30,937,082 | -0.89 |
| 10 | Cereals | 87,746 | 0.05 | 187,821 | -53.28 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,392,114 | 3.63 | 3,504,189 | 82.41 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 126,000 | 0.07 | 541,288 | -76.72 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 7,455 | 0.00 | 26,924 | -72.31 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 6,118,138 | 3.47 | 4,448,619 | 37.53 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 40,405 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 4,829,712 | 2.74 | 3,319,078 | 45.51 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 121,158 | 0.07 | 304,009 | -60.15 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 10,932,616 | 6.21 | 9,423,016 | 16.02 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 4,761 | 0.00 | 1,953 | 143.78 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 282,262 | 0.16 | 16,752,174 | -98.32 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 10,078,005 | 5.72 | 14,727,656 | -31.57 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 20,864 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 73,554 | 0.04 | 20,260 | 263.05 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 430,423 | 0.24 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 270 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 76,008 | 0.04 | 68,835 | 10.42 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 82,240 | 0.05 | 111,475 | -26.23 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 1,343,803 | 0.76 | 604,071 | 122.46 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 170,638 | 0.10 | 93,869 | 81.78 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 2,958 | -100.00 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 1,683 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 2,456 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 17,930 | 0.01 | 16,300 | 10.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 172 | 0.00 | 273 | -37.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 38,060,956 | 21.61 | 27,242,022 | 39.71 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 248 | 0.00 | 2 | 12,300.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 198,867 | 0.11 | 620,490 | -67.95 |
| 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 | 6,483 | 0.00 | 10,085 | -35.72 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 9,735 | 0.01 | 186 | 5,133.87 |
| 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 | 139 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |