Russian trade in goods with Costa Rica in Q4 2021
February 13, 2022
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 Costa Rica in the fourth quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Costa Rica
In the 4th quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Costa Rica totaled $60,735,688, up 50.75% ($20,447,561) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in the 4th quarter of 2021 totaled $19,447,140, up 1,075.87% ($17,793,286) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in the 4th quarter of 2021 totaled $41,288,548, up 6.87% ($2,654,275) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Costa Rica in the 4th quarter of 2021 was $21,841,408, a 40.94% decrease ($15,139,011) over the 4th quarter of 2020.
Costa Rica was Russia’s 105th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2021 (up from 108th in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0261% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0249% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Costa Rica was Russia’s 119th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2021 (up from 148th in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0129% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0018% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Costa Rica was Russia’s 81st largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2021 (just as in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0504% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0571% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Costa Rica
The major share of Russian exports to Costa Rica in the 4th quarter of 2021 (and in the 4th quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 49.28% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (6.65% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 40.83% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (45.36% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.22% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (12.47% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.77% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (3.16% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.40% of Russia’s total exports to Costa Rica (31.59% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $8,334,305;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $6,437,447;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,013,693;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $843,222;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $418,123;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $378,796;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $295,605;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $179,624;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $95,644;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $79,995;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $61,594.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Costa Rica in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $408,339.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2021 over Q4 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 46,500 | 0.24 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 23,819 | 0.12 | 12,611 | 88.87 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 408,339 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 77,827 | 0.40 | 114,149 | -31.82 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 286,012 | 1.47 | 254,025 | 12.59 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 235,969 | 1.21 | 140,325 | 68.16 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 6,492,690 | 33.39 | 55,243 | 11,652.96 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 255,116 | 1.31 | 75,492 | 237.94 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 33,373 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,958 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 5,901 | 0.03 | 21,050 | -71.97 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 107,418 | 0.55 | 27,423 | 291.71 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 556,388 | 2.86 | 138,265 | 302.41 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 463,806 | 2.38 | 85,010 | 445.59 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,134,918 | 5.84 | 121,225 | 836.21 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 29 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 327,486 | 1.68 | 31,881 | 927.21 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 8,334,305 | 42.86 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 920,925 | 4.74 | 77,703 | 1,085.19 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 437 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 60,000 | 0.31 | 17,090 | 251.08 |
| 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 | 2,124 | 0.01 | 9,599 | -77.87 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 85,880 | 0.44 | 24,286 | 253.62 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,696 | 0.01 | 1,330 | 27.52 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 3,152 | 0.02 | 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 | 21,986 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,222 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Costa Rica
The major share of Russian imports from Costa Rica in the 4th quarter of 2021 (and in the 4th quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 70.75% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (75.21% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 25.25% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (22.24% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.65% of Russia’s total imports from Costa Rica (0.96% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,431,703;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $1,007,516;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $400,529;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $185,645;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $165,861.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Costa Rica in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th 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 $1,710,104;
- 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 $681,247.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2021 over Q4 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 8,887 | 0.02 | 505 | 1,659.80 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 264,079 | 0.64 | 98,218 | 168.87 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 8,831 | 0.02 | 2,608 | 238.61 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 26,755,437 | 64.80 | 28,465,541 | -6.01 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 203,371 | 0.49 | 233,180 | -12.78 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 400,762 | 0.97 | 233 | 171,900.86 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 107,800 | 0.26 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,425 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,205,059 | 2.92 | 197,543 | 510.02 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 59,833 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 345 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 78,548 | 0.19 | 13,418 | 485.39 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 552 | 0.00 | 3,628 | -84.79 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 175,020 | 0.42 | 176,681 | -0.94 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 187,832 | 0.45 | 2,187 | 8,488.57 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 233,172 | 0.56 | 174,720 | 33.45 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 940 | 0.00 | 609 | 54.35 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 286 | -100.00 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 65,822 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,546 | 0.01 | 181 | 1,306.63 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 467 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 623 | 0.00 | 1,194 | -47.82 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 325 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 88 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 10,353 | 0.03 | 1,209 | 756.33 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 73 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 485,864 | 1.18 | 403,918 | 20.29 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 11,695 | 0.03 | 3,670 | 218.66 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 117,277 | 0.28 | 16,183 | 624.69 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,235 | 0.00 | 770 | 60.39 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1,079 | 0.00 | 6,105 | -82.33 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,178 | 0.02 | 6,890 | 4.18 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 857 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 41,515 | 0.10 | 2,142 | 1,838.14 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 10,527 | 0.03 | 11,923 | -11.71 |
| 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 | 2,330,618 | 5.64 | 3,011,865 | -22.62 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8,015 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 7,993,865 | 19.36 | 5,562,162 | 43.72 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 211,613 | 0.51 | 168,186 | 25.82 |