Russian trade in goods with Sudan in Q1 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In the 1st quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Sudan totaled $112,145,918, up 26.97% ($23,822,833) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2021 totaled $112,065,425, up 27.18% ($23,948,331) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2021 were $80,493, down 60.92% ($125,498) from the 1st quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2021 was $111,984,932, a 27.38% increase ($24,073,829) over the 1st quarter of 2020.
Sudan was Russia’s 85th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 82nd in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0726% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0621% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Sudan was Russia’s 69th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2021 (up from 71st in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1215% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0990% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Sudan was Russia’s 150th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 140th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0004% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan 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) - 94.54% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (94.25% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.26% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.09% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.71% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (0.30% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.59% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (2.06% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $29,026,500;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $2,498,131;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,813,382;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $505,358.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $6,129,163;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,007,539;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $345,990.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 64,695,791 | 57.73 | 70,824,954 | -8.65 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 41,253,500 | 36.81 | 12,227,000 | 237.40 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 379,471 | 0.34 | 702,534 | -45.99 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 19,445 | 0.02 | 124,030 | -84.32 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 62 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,838,344 | 1.64 | 24,962 | 7,264.57 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 43,523 | -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 | 2,550 | 0.00 | 20,625 | -87.64 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 353 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 27,823 | 0.02 | 34,055 | -18.30 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 19,714 | 0.02 | 10,296 | 91.47 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 10,986 | 0.01 | 7,161 | 53.41 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 19,270 | 0.02 | 58,220 | -66.90 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 299,880 | 0.27 | 335,736 | -10.68 |
50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 101 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 219 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 73 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 13 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 10 | 0.00 | 253 | -96.05 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 2,147 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 2,498,131 | 2.23 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 23,846 | 0.02 | 79,723 | -70.09 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,568 | 0.00 | 109 | 1,338.53 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,412 | 0.00 | 33 | 7,209.09 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,524 | 0.00 | 317 | 380.76 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 33 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 60,136 | 0.05 | 1,067,675 | -94.37 |
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 | 63,252 | 0.06 | 382,680 | -83.47 |
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 | 6,091 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 345,990 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 528,132 | 0.47 | 22,774 | 2,219.01 |
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 | 30,482 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,969 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 270,635 | 0.24 | 1 803 895 | -85.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan 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) - 88.57% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (25.58% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.87% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (74.42% in the 1st quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $18,602.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $79,600;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $48,100;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $24,900.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2021 over Q1 2020 |
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13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 71,293 | 88.57 | 52,691 | 35.30 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 400 | 0.50 | 25,300 | -98.42 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 79,600 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 300 | 0.37 | 48,400 | -99.38 |
SS | Classified | 8,500 | 10.56 | 0 | ∞ |