Russian trade in goods with Slovakia 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 Slovakia in the first quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Slovakia
In the 1st quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Slovakia was $1,347,387,890, down 7.72% ($112,685,602) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2021 were $882,078,934, down 13.31% ($135,397,726) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2021 totaled $465,308,956, up 5.13% ($22,712,124) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2021 was $416,769,978, a 27.50% decrease ($158,109,850) over the 1st quarter of 2020.
Slovakia was Russia’s 21st largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 19th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.8718% of Russia’s total trade (down from 1.0272% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Slovakia was Russia’s 23rd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 18th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.9561% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.1435% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Slovakia was Russia’s 27th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2021 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.7469% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.8326% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Slovakia
The major share of Russian exports to Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 86.52% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (89.65% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.91% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (5.11% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.44% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (3.35% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.41% of Russia’s total exports to Slovakia (1.26% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $40,137,044;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $10,567,212.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Slovakia 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 $189,590,858.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 4,814 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 42,876 | 0.00 | 183,238 | -76.60 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 10,073 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 15,716 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 5,929 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 72 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 19,902 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 126,719 | 0.01 | 78,993 | 60.42 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 31,513 | 0.00 | 104,843 | -69.94 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 39,103 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 551,855 | 0.06 | 125,825 | 338.59 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 56,349,143 | 6.39 | 16,212,099 | 247.57 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 706,244,086 | 80.07 | 895,834,944 | -21.16 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,405,122 | 0.27 | 4,451,105 | -45.97 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 22,605,822 | 2.56 | 12,038,610 | 87.78 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,646,831 | 0.30 | 583,786 | 353.39 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 51,081 | 0.01 | 21,067 | 142.47 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 35,943 | 0.00 | 15,020 | 139.30 |
| 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 | 29,768 | 0.00 | 2,127 | 1,299.53 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 87,708 | 0.01 | 1,026 | 8,448.54 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 191,031 | 0.02 | 203,036 | -5.91 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,960,428 | 0.22 | 1,347,341 | 45.50 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 17,961,912 | 2.04 | 15,404,041 | 16.61 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 32,684 | 0.00 | 535,410 | -93.90 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,787 | 0.00 | 3,683 | 2.82 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,418,697 | 0.27 | 2,119,887 | 14.10 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 302,824 | 0.03 | 618,915 | -51.07 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,886 | 0.00 | 19,433 | -85.15 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 22,466 | 0.00 | 47,446 | -52.65 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 47,814 | 0.01 | 92,821 | -48.49 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 34 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 39,381 | 0.00 | 34,303 | 14.80 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 73 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,090 | 0.00 | 89,485 | -94.31 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,095 | 0.00 | 24 | 8,629.17 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 88,264 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 3,580 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 86 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,245,687 | 0.14 | 904,488 | 37.72 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 269 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 476,595 | 0.05 | 451,302 | 5.60 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 8,122,757 | 0.92 | 8,518,403 | -4.64 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 849,892 | 0.10 | 337,762 | 151.62 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,474,522 | 0.17 | 1,035,148 | 42.45 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 21,690 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,400,237 | 0.16 | 2,277,047 | -38.51 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 232 | 0.00 | 104 | 123.08 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 242,241 | 0.03 | 156,582 | 54.71 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 294,497 | 0.03 | 421,949 | -30.21 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 12,848 | 0.00 | 11,917 | 7.81 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 49,580,257 | 5.62 | 47,828,040 | 3.66 |
| 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 | 1,215,532 | 0.14 | 2,390,106 | -49.14 |
| 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 | 183,984 | 0.02 | 945,788 | -80.55 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 442,336 | 0.05 | 174,114 | 154.05 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 718,354 | 0.08 | 631,831 | 13.69 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 9,568 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 815,542 | 0.09 | 614,975 | 32.61 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 746,351 | 0.08 | 55,232 | 1,251.30 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 10,361 | 0.00 | 51 | 20,215.69 |
| SS | Classified | 2,841 | 0.00 | 378 446 | -99.25 |
Russia’s Imports from Slovakia
The major share of Russian imports from Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 80.46% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (74.97% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.51% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (11.36% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.53% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (4.01% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.52% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (2.04% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.11% of Russia’s total imports from Slovakia (1.62% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $26,232,129;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $19,681,029.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Slovakia in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $4,156,567;
- 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 $4,017,541;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $3,020,186;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $2,492,474;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $2,075,242;
- 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 $1,857,131;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $1,708,458.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 475,911 | 0.10 | 439,168 | 8.37 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,623,772 | 0.35 | 1,369,947 | 18.53 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 14,318 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 2,154 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 623,469 | 0.13 | 1,920,726 | -67.54 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 77,816 | 0.02 | 146,666 | -46.94 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 19,098 | -100.00 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 732 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 5,513 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 139,432 | 0.03 | 271,424 | -48.63 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,112,236 | 0.24 | 794,757 | 39.95 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 226,784 | 0.05 | 350,460 | -35.29 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 121 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 36,993 | 0.01 | 48,429 | -23.61 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 397,690 | 0.09 | 492,227 | -19.21 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 447,986 | 0.10 | 1,331,263 | -66.35 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,828,169 | 0.39 | 1,520,847 | 20.21 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 26,569 | 0.01 | 31,815 | -16.49 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 125,448 | 0.03 | 483,319 | -74.04 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 4,070,687 | 0.87 | 4,033,413 | 0.92 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 15,252,193 | 3.28 | 14,538,492 | 4.91 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 214,744 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 73,560 | 0.02 | 59,479 | 23.67 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 4,085,496 | 0.88 | 5,793,954 | -29.49 |
| 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 | 362,770 | 0.08 | 1,025,576 | -64.63 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 138,808 | 0.03 | 232,504 | -40.30 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 735,480 | 0.16 | 1,365,487 | -46.14 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,479,459 | 0.96 | 5,089,846 | -11.99 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 14,939,377 | 3.21 | 17,431,851 | -14.30 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 14 | 0.00 | 32,136 | -99.96 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 69,217 | 0.01 | 6,282 | 1,001.83 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 152,750 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 34,087 | 0.01 | 25,727 | 32.50 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 2,202 | -100.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 395,897 | 0.09 | 12,370 | 3,100.46 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 806,750 | 0.17 | 780,918 | 3.31 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 204,136 | 0.04 | 28,945 | 605.25 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 486,263 | 0.10 | 217,206 | 123.87 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 16,350 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 119,349 | 0.03 | 244,836 | -51.25 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,474 | 0.00 | 2,255 | -34.63 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 12,800 | 0.00 | 77,631 | -83.51 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 217,801 | 0.05 | 71,142 | 206.15 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 12,576 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 315,031 | 0.07 | 330,281 | -4.62 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 876,495 | 0.19 | 792,734 | 10.57 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 109,509 | 0.02 | 277,539 | -60.54 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,908,023 | 1.05 | 6,983,265 | -29.72 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 11,600 | 0.00 | 16,915 | -31.42 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 276,051 | 0.06 | 316,090 | -12.67 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 1,057,885 | 0.23 | 1,326,281 | -20.24 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 3,083,150 | 0.66 | 6,103,336 | -49.48 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 40,057 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 2,112,176 | 0.45 | 6,268,743 | -66.31 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,824,652 | 1.47 | 6,706,296 | 1.76 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 43,285 | 0.01 | 52,060 | -16.86 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 407,160 | 0.09 | 1,575,339 | -74.15 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 2,764 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 67,315 | 0.01 | 207,583 | -67.57 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 411,952 | 0.09 | 562,804 | -26.80 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,884,454 | 0.40 | 2,369,205 | -20.46 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 69,010,720 | 14.83 | 49,329,691 | 39.90 |
| 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 | 17,595,290 | 3.78 | 21,612,831 | -18.59 |
| 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 | 101,984 | 0.02 | 448,822 | -77.28 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 280,733,362 | 60.33 | 254,501,233 | 10.31 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,957,656 | 1.50 | 5,943,735 | 17.06 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,213 | 0.00 | 2,139 | 3.46 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 10,813 | 0.00 | 3,750 | 188.35 |
| 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 | 10,267,659 | 2.21 | 12,124,790 | -15.32 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 388,334 | 0.08 | 618,572 | -37.22 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,891,611 | 0.84 | 3,346,977 | 16.27 |
| SS | Classified | 256,602 | 0.06 | 97 425 | 163.38 |