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Russian trade in goods with the United Arab Emirates in Q2 2021

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with the United Arab Emirates in the second quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with the United Arab Emirates

In the 2nd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with the United Arab Emirates totaled $1,381,575,838, up 234.69% ($968,782,681) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.

Russia’s exports to the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $1,260,963,212, up 259.17% ($909,882,232) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.

Russia’s imports from the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $120,612,626, up 95.44% ($58,900,449) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.

Russia’s trade surplus with the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 was $1,140,350,586, a 294.08% increase ($850,981,783) over the 2nd quarter of 2020.

The United Arab Emirates was Russia’s 28th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (up from 48th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.7300% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3383% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).

The United Arab Emirates was Russia’s 19th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (up from 44th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 1.0962% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.5021% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).

The United Arab Emirates was Russia’s 60th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (up from 67th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1625% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1185% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).

Russia’s Exports to the United Arab Emirates

The major share of Russian exports to the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 46.30% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (52.36% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 25.69% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (2.59% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.33% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (3.52% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.69% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (4.72% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.38% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (5.19% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.41% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (19.25% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.62% of Russia’s total exports to the United Arab Emirates (2.30% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd 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) - an increase of $400,077,152;
  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $314,853,181;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $28,576,821;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $19,278,682;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $11,189,803.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $50,880,507.
Russia’s exports to the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q2 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q2 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q2 2021
over Q2 2020
01 Live animals 60 0.00 0
02 Meat and edible meat offal 3,505,641 0.28 920,014281.04
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 9,679 0.00 0
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 244,815 0.02 410,160-40.31
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 870,449 0.07 820,8596.04
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 108 0.00 30,217-99.64
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 94,639 0.01 31,399201.41
10 Cereals 27,158 0.00 50,907,665-99.95
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 151,411 0.01 9,4751,498.01
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 147,904 0.01 128,15915.41
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 0 0.00 121-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 3,057,052 0.24 440,913593.35
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 437-100.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 95,453 0.01 76912,312.61
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 5,065,237 0.40 5,777,627-12.33
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 88,670 0.01 49,54778.96
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 133,857 0.01 113,66417.77
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 2,817,567 0.22 4,150,844-32.12
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 1,305,133 0.10 1,990,627-34.44
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 218,738 0.02 1,784,562-87.74
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 88,969 0.01 145,306-38.77
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 583,740,463 46.29 183,663,311217.83
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,089,705 0.09 1,366,130-20.23
29 Organic chemicals 898,508 0.07 2,753,238-67.37
30 Pharmaceutical products 19,471,179 1.54 192,49710,015.06
31 Fertilizers 3,558,596 0.28 3,803,450-6.44
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 70,785 0.01 570,634-87.60
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 3,634,187 0.29 3,658,800-0.67
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 358,311 0.03 296,90820.68
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 22,425 0.00 577,640-96.12
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 127,720-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 610,945 0.05 806,604-24.26
39 Plastics and articles thereof 1,139,215 0.09 1,095,6893.97
40 Rubber and articles thereof 3,027,185 0.24 1,331,569127.34
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 385 0.00 34013.24
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 4,509,115 0.36 2,548,14776.96
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 224,763 0.02 74,746200.70
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 3,044,268 0.24 5,455,222-44.20
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 5,703 0.00 1,589258.90
52 Cotton 8,504 0.00 33,639-74.72
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 0 0.00 8,016-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 4,509,555 0.36 1,791,228151.76
55 Man-made staple fibers 1,905,680 0.15 923,231106.41
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 2,333 0.00 13,960-83.29
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 1,359 0.00 1171,061.54
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 2,239 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 39,983 0.00 7,911405.41
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 3,138 0.00 2,33434.45
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 18,120 0.00 294,955-93.86
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 181,845 0.01 173,6444.72
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 29,985 0.00 110,206-72.79
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 20,924 0.00 10,090107.37
65 Headgear and parts thereof 1,284 0.00 7,497-82.87
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 946 0.00 0
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 106 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 48,268 0.00 1,119,684-95.69
69 Ceramic products 340,848 0.03 792,659-57.00
70 Glass and glassware 484,771 0.04 527,343-8.07
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 323,938,004 25.69 9,084,8233,465.71
72 Iron and steel 39,920,041 3.17 11,343,220251.93
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,246,695 0.10 643,12493.85
74 Copper and articles thereof 41,247 0.00 7,718434.43
75 Nickel and articles thereof 19,819 0.00 11,42473.49
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 88,373 0.01 94,097-6.08
78 Lead and articles thereof 569 0.00 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 371,616 0.03 129,213187.60
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 190,102 0.02 119,17159.52
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 49,912 0.00 4,969904.47
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 7,436,740 0.59 5,931,36425.38
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 9,355,504 0.74 8,995,3424.00
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 0 0.00 150-100.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 11,761,018 0.93 571,2151,958.95
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 179,445 0.01 885,120-79.73
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 1,272,541 0.10 1,831,565-30.52
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 0 0.00 18-100.00
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 8,123 0.00 4,19993.45
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 513,832 0.04 207,870147.19
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 46,250 0.00 20,150129.53
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 41,488 0.00 7,634443.46
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 0 0.00 15,088-100.00
SS Classified 213,553,727 16.94 29 320 393628.35

Russia’s Imports from the United Arab Emirates

The major share of Russian imports from the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 56.20% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (17.80% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 17.95% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (29.63% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 11.51% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (8.23% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 7.57% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (11.20% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.27% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (0.77% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.25% of Russia’s total imports from the United Arab Emirates (27.08% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $58,000,000;
  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $8,805,461;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $2,450,125;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2,256,460;
  • Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $1,752,304;
  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $1,713,178;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,215,888;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $847,297;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $832,153;
  • Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $394,745.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $15,525,421;
  • 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 $2,439,754;
  • 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 $988,585;
  • 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 $986,473;
  • Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - a decrease of $550,363.
Russia’s imports from the United Arab Emirates in the 2nd quarter of 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q2 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q2 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q2 2021
over Q2 2020
01 Live animals 104 0.00 0
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 157,635 0.13 0
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 1,041 0.00 0
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 58,469 0.05 75,376-22.43
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 7,579,302 6.28 5,866,12429.20
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 0 0.00 45,158-100.00
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 0 0.00 18,381-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 0 0.00 5,124-100.00
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 6,032 0.01 42,032-85.65
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 224,111 0.19 139,48560.67
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 80,704 0.07 76,6185.33
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 235,157 0.19 73,980217.87
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 784,167 0.65 567,42238.20
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 4,007 0.00 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 2,731,004 2.26 474,544475.50
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 2,457,165 2.04 3,443,638-28.65
29 Organic chemicals 982,286 0.81 134,989627.68
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 803,093 0.67 408,34896.67
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 2,002,294 1.66 1,170,14171.12
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 968,952 0.80 912,4876.19
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 5,497 0.00 0
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 173,622 0.14 159,7828.66
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 3,674 0.00 26,926-86.36
39 Plastics and articles thereof 14,216,546 11.79 11,766,42120.82
40 Rubber and articles thereof 42,850 0.04 262,250-83.66
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 857 0.00 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 344 0.00 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 364,053 0.30 17,2412,011.55
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 3,736 0.00 1372,627.01
54 Man-made filaments 158,329 0.13 155,0222.13
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 60,207 0.05 9,307546.90
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 150-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 18,536 0.02 0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 199,049 0.17 209,194-4.85
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 250,929 0.21 90,885176.10
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 74,761 0.06 149,357-49.94
65 Headgear and parts thereof 21 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 427 0.00 550,790-99.92
69 Ceramic products 255,994 0.21 62,588309.01
70 Glass and glassware 1,225,031 1.02 1,000,71022.42
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 13,887,238 11.51 5,081,777173.28
72 Iron and steel 973 0.00 96,048-98.99
73 Articles of iron or steel 667,455 0.55 16,192,876-95.88
74 Copper and articles thereof 2,922 0.00 23,902-87.78
75 Nickel and articles thereof 6,090 0.01 0
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 28,355 0.02 5,614405.08
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 839 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 35,081 0.03 169,195-79.27
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 1,976,793 1.64 224,489780.57
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 9,373,861 7.77 8,157,97314.90
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 235,965 0.20 2,675,719-91.18
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 17,398 0.01 98,415-82.32
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 58,000,000 48.09 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 154,084 0.13 55,145179.42
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 27 0.00 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 72 0.00 988,657-99.99
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 83,157 0.07 24,422240.50
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 11,333 0.01 2,399372.41
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 997 0.00 0
SS Classified 0 0.00 939-100.00
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia