Russian trade in goods with Ecuador 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 Ecuador in the fourth quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ecuador
In the 4th quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Ecuador totaled $570,402,889, up 43.88% ($173,950,638) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2021 totaled $169,090,517, up 166.28% ($105,589,593) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2021 totaled $401,312,372, up 20.53% ($68,361,045) from the 4th quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2021 was $232,221,855, a 13.82% decrease ($37,228,548) over the 4th quarter of 2020.
Ecuador was Russia’s 56th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2021 (down from 55th in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.2454% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2446% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Ecuador was Russia’s 67th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2021 (up from 80th in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1123% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0672% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Ecuador was Russia’s 34th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2021 (just as in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.4903% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.4923% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Ecuador
The major share of Russian exports to Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2021 (and in the 4th quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 55.33% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (39.90% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 29.15% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (44.01% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 10.71% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (15.23% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.23% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (0.37% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.92% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (0.10% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th 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 $68,064,399;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $16,644,324;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $8,354,817;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $2,570,725;
- 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 $2,430,388;
- 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) - an increase of $1,785,686;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,431,321;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,071,536;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $679,070;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $585,973;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $542,120.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2021 over Q4 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 414,178 | 0.24 | 234,862 | 76.35 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 542,120 | 0.32 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 133,160 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5,264 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 93,402,091 | 55.24 | 25,337,692 | 268.63 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,949,093 | 2.34 | 1,518,705 | 160.03 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 472,839 | 0.28 | 141,905 | 233.21 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,732 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 41,301,567 | 24.43 | 24,657,243 | 67.50 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 35,313 | 0.02 | 18,067 | 95.46 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,513 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 37,100 | 0.02 | 24,859 | 49.24 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 394,125 | 0.23 | 333,693 | 18.11 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,819,712 | 1.08 | 748,176 | 143.22 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,183,944 | 0.70 | 504,874 | 134.50 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 53,360 | 0.03 | 37,326 | 42.96 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 61,056 | 0.04 | 17,379 | 251.32 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 17,971,088 | 10.63 | 9,616,271 | 86.88 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 279 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 220 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 19,459 | 0.01 | 12,190 | 59.63 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 2,570,725 | 1.52 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 36,381 | 0.02 | 5,898 | 516.84 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 637,088 | 0.38 | 51,115 | 1,146.38 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 625 | 0.00 | 7,087 | -91.18 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 399 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,582,641 | 0.94 | 151,320 | 945.89 |
| 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 | 1,825,342 | 1.08 | 39,656 | 4,502.94 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 360,592 | 0.21 | 42,606 | 746.34 |
Russia’s Imports from Ecuador
The major share of Russian imports from Ecuador 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) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Ecuador (99.76% in the 4th quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $42,650,258;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $13,194,056;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $11,883,457.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ecuador in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $3,613,937.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2021 over Q4 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 46,882,608 | 11.68 | 33,688,552 | 39.16 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 55,134,100 | 13.74 | 12,483,842 | 341.64 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 609,309 | 0.15 | 669,529 | -8.99 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 277,275,509 | 69.09 | 265,392,052 | 4.48 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 6,754 | -100.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 163,044 | 0.04 | 61,123 | 166.75 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 4,944 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 316 | 0.00 | 383 | -17.49 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 2,173,763 | 0.54 | 2,559,406 | -15.07 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 6,270,168 | 1.56 | 5,694,126 | 10.12 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,622,759 | 0.40 | 1,873,814 | -13.40 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 5,627,417 | 1.40 | 9,241,354 | -39.11 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 118,961 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 347,123 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,548 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 14 | 0.00 | 148 | -90.54 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 405 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,213 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 14 | 0.00 | 2 | 600.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 4 | 0.00 | 708,835 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 150 | 0.00 | 1,489 | -89.93 |
| 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 | 725 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 91,981 | -100.00 |