Russian trade in goods with New Zealand in Q3 2021
November 15, 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 New Zealand in the third quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with New Zealand
In the 3rd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with New Zealand was $67,101,119, down 27.21% ($25,084,351) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to New Zealand in the 3rd quarter of 2021 were $11,668,489, down 68.95% ($25,910,678) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from New Zealand in the 3rd quarter of 2021 totaled $55,432,630, up 1.51% ($826,327) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with New Zealand in the 3rd quarter of 2021 was $43,764,141, a 157.03% increase ($26,737,005) over the 3rd quarter of 2020.
New Zealand was Russia’s 101st largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (down from 82nd in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0322% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0675% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).
New Zealand was Russia’s 128th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (down from 89th in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0087% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0478% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).
New Zealand was Russia’s 73rd largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (down from 71st in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0738% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0943% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to New Zealand
The major share of Russian exports to New Zealand in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 78.83% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (1.09% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.58% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (1.12% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 5.73% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (0.48% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.34% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (1.15% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.88% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (0.97% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.25% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (0.03% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.00% of Russia’s total exports to New Zealand (95.11% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to New Zealand in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $7,935,106;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $534,096;
- Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (HS code 56) - an increase of $453,007;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $382,640;
- 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 $330,016;
- Nickel and articles thereof (HS code 75) - an increase of $108,135;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $74,164;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $52,171.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to New Zealand in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd 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 $35,742,659;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $83,549;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $45,015.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2021 over Q3 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 686 | 0.01 | 463 | 48.16 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 126 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 437 | 0.00 | 1,887 | -76.84 |
| 10 | Cereals | 375 | 0.00 | 338 | 10.95 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 20,164 | 0.17 | 14,549 | 38.59 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 731 | 0.01 | 208 | 251.44 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 935 | 0.01 | 535 | 74.77 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 11,441 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 3,467 | 0.03 | 2,172 | 59.62 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 6,403 | 0.05 | 4,674 | 36.99 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 9,345 | 0.08 | 4,020 | 132.46 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 9,167 | 0.08 | 8,112 | 13.01 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,119 | 0.03 | 6,255 | -50.14 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 269,667 | 2.31 | 314,682 | -14.30 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 609 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 5,710 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 200 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 35,742,659 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 330,016 | 2.83 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 294 | 0.00 | 13,875 | -97.88 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 6,355 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 8,055,708 | 69.04 | 120,602 | 6,579.58 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 113 | 0.00 | 26 | 334.62 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 4,467 | 0.04 | 4,829 | -7.50 |
| 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 | 387 | 0.00 | 192 | 101.56 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 111 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 790,415 | 6.77 | 256,319 | 208.37 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 16,987 | 0.15 | 6,473 | 162.43 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,683 | 0.01 | 13 | 12,846.15 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 766,280 | 6.57 | 383,640 | 99.74 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,602 | 0.01 | 27,602 | -94.20 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 204 | 0.00 | 7,947 | -97.43 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 620,204 | 5.32 | 167,197 | 270.94 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,074 | 0.02 | 1,355 | 53.06 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 24,979 | 0.21 | 12,599 | 98.26 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 10,228 | 0.09 | 21 | 48,604.76 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 10,588 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 267 | 0.00 | 142 | 88.03 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 786 | 0.01 | 180 | 336.67 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 884 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 840 | 0.01 | 798 | 5.26 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 104 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,585 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 57,470 | 0.49 | 5,299 | 984.54 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6,330 | 0.05 | 740 | 755.41 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 108,135 | 0.93 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 79,432 | 0.68 | 5,268 | 1,407.82 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,855 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,369 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 231,299 | 1.98 | 314,848 | -26.54 |
| 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 | 45,302 | 0.39 | 20,297 | 123.20 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 101,500 | 0.87 | 90,357 | 12.33 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 11,101 | 0.10 | 8,454 | 31.31 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 80 | -97.50 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 7,771 | 0.07 | 2,712 | 186.54 |
| 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 | 23,309 | 0.20 | 1,592 | 1,364.13 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 4,415 | 0.04 | 503 | 777.73 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,921 | 0.05 | 258 | 2,194.96 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 11,900 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from New Zealand
The major share of Russian imports from New Zealand in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 79.26% of Russia’s total imports from New Zealand (77.44% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 11.02% of Russia’s total imports from New Zealand (13.87% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.82% of Russia’s total imports from New Zealand (1.10% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.17% of Russia’s total imports from New Zealand (1.06% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.41% of Russia’s total imports from New Zealand (6.20% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from New Zealand in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - an increase of $3,818,823;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $2,023,913;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1,652,934;
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - an increase of $1,179,099;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $796,205;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $383,634;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $308,251.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from New Zealand in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $3,337,699;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $2,710,181;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $917,363;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $510,726;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $508,588;
- 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 $449,922;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $327,310;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $240,066;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $177,940.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2021 over Q3 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 1,302,046 | 2.35 | 505,841 | 157.40 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 4,997,050 | 9.01 | 2,973,137 | 68.07 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 15,343,478 | 27.68 | 16,260,841 | -5.64 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 51,438 | 0.09 | 157,452 | -67.33 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 658,662 | 1.19 | 275,028 | 139.49 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 9,192,449 | 16.58 | 12,530,148 | -26.64 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 120,328 | 0.22 | 116,907 | 2.93 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 1,218 | -100.00 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 1,138 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 9,206 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 35,290 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 3,053,679 | 5.51 | 1,874,580 | 62.90 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 4,119 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 9,206,743 | 16.61 | 7,553,809 | 21.88 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 11,231 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 6,114 | 0.01 | 2,507 | 143.88 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 7,291 | 0.01 | 133,029 | -94.52 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 4,458 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 45,382 | 0.08 | 55,442 | -18.15 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 6,096 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3,855,108 | 6.95 | 36,285 | 10,524.52 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 375,008 | 0.68 | 66,757 | 461.75 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 30,588 | 0.06 | 270,654 | -88.70 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 16,449 | 0.03 | 27,181 | -39.48 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 13,528 | 0.02 | 7,145 | 89.34 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 105 | 0.00 | 51 | 105.88 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 55,013 | 0.10 | 15,409 | 257.02 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,409 | 0.01 | 2,279 | 93.46 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 49,555 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 1,055 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 325 | 0.00 | 1,250 | -74.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 383 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,823 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 598,391 | 1.08 | 573,768 | 4.29 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 35 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 348 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,533 | 0.00 | 2 | 76,550.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 36,451 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 100,512 | 0.18 | 427,822 | -76.51 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 20,276 | 0.04 | 12,540 | 61.69 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 11,533 | 0.02 | 2,721,714 | -99.58 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 31,018 | 0.06 | 208,958 | -85.16 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 64,678 | 0.12 | 15,135 | 327.34 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,065,260 | 3.73 | 2,575,986 | -19.83 |
| 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 | 462,412 | 0.83 | 912,334 | -49.32 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,339 | 0.00 | 30,825 | -92.41 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 34,128 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,547,220 | 6.40 | 4,055,808 | -12.54 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 6,742 | -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 | 59,016 | 0.11 | 124,881 | -52.74 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 541 | 0.00 | 196 | 176.02 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 372 | 0.00 | 9,612 | -96.13 |