Russian trade with Argentina in 2021
February 16, 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 Argentina in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Argentina
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Argentina totaled $1,379,443,431, up 52.76% ($476,415,878) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Argentina in 2021 totaled $370,011,199, up 292.07% ($275,637,147) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Argentina in 2021 totaled $1,009,432,232, up 24.83% ($200,778,731) from 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Argentina in 2021 was $639,421,033, a 10.48% decrease ($74,858,416) over 2020.
Argentina was Russia’s 62nd largest trading partner in 2021 (up from 68th in 2020), accounting for 0.1757% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1590% in 2020).
Argentina was Russia’s 75th largest export market in 2021 (up from 104th in 2020), accounting for 0.0753% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0281% in 2020).
Argentina was Russia’s 40th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 44th in 2020), accounting for 0.3440% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.3494% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Argentina
The major share of Russian exports to Argentina in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 80.88% of Russia’s total exports to Argentina (58.09% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 8.49% of Russia’s total exports to Argentina (4.25% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.89% of Russia’s total exports to Argentina (19.86% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.22% of Russia’s total exports to Argentina (6.34% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.19% of Russia’s total exports to Argentina (10.56% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Argentina in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $204,035,771;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $27,579,794;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $19,617,225;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $7,966,070;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $6,125,647;
- 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 $5,555,760;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $2,156,720;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,622,933;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $1,568,594;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,127,905.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Argentina in 2021 over 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 $1,361,163.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 46,000 | 0.01 | 217,392 | -78.84 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 21 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 48 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 208,370 | 0.06 | 1,068 | 19,410.30 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 303,645 | 0.08 | 9,180 | 3,207.68 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 699,199 | 0.19 | 891,200 | -21.54 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 7,966,070 | 2.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 22,738,332 | 6.15 | 3,121,107 | 628.53 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 7,436,475 | 2.01 | 1,880,715 | 295.41 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 6,792,942 | 1.84 | 667,295 | 917.98 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 207,026,291 | 55.95 | 2,990,520 | 6,822.75 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 73,716,375 | 19.92 | 46,136,581 | 59.78 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 211,325 | 0.06 | 100,881 | 109.48 |
| 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 | 20,772 | 0.01 | 165,504 | -87.45 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 397 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,471,971 | 0.40 | 630,436 | 133.48 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,220,882 | 0.60 | 1,092,977 | 103.20 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 303,400 | 0.08 | 1,157,562 | -73.79 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,110 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 61,667 | 0.02 | 2,508 | 2,358.81 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 8,127,507 | 2.20 | 5,970,787 | 36.12 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 30,070 | 0.01 | 7,870 | 282.08 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 185,049 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 6,855 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 166,056 | 0.04 | 250,812 | -33.79 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 350,676 | 0.09 | 139,674 | 151.07 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6,020 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 17,854,539 | 4.83 | 16,231,606 | 10.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 523,668 | 0.14 | 645,165 | -18.83 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 8,452 | 0.00 | 36,266 | -76.69 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 3,801 | 0.00 | 131 | 2,801.53 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,279,120 | 0.89 | 1,710,526 | 91.70 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 401 | 0.00 | 1,350 | -70.30 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 26,629 | 0.01 | 50,333 | -47.09 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 88,700 | 0.02 | 14,995 | 491.53 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 9,672 | 0.00 | 51,340 | -81.16 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 5,187,481 | 1.40 | 4,714,721 | 10.03 |
| 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 | 2,507,326 | 0.68 | 3,868,489 | -35.19 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 397,679 | 0.11 | 1,387,167 | -71.33 |
| 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 | 3,231 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 49,856 | 0.01 | 13,657 | 265.06 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 68,796 | 0.02 | 22,309 | 208.38 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 12,243 | 0.00 | 10 | 122,330.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Argentina
The major share of Russian imports from Argentina in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 93.39% of Russia’s total imports from Argentina (90.44% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.56% of Russia’s total imports from Argentina (4.66% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.52% of Russia’s total imports from Argentina (2.71% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.15% of Russia’s total imports from Argentina (1.90% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Argentina in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $195,890,495;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $69,085,663;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $7,986,152;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $7,594,044;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $3,991,825;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - an increase of $3,146,666.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Argentina in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $41,633,824;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $22,121,844;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $13,442,529;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $5,074,963;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $3,572,363;
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $3,272,258;
- 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 $3,062,160.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 11,524 | -100.00 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 103,036,295 | 10.21 | 144,670,119 | -28.78 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 90,530,929 | 8.97 | 82,544,777 | 9.67 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 140,035,780 | 13.87 | 143,308,038 | -2.28 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 4,732,198 | 0.47 | 3,430,788 | 37.93 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 555 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,554,895 | 0.25 | 6,127,258 | -58.30 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 172,916,989 | 17.13 | 195,038,833 | -11.34 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 4,474,030 | 0.44 | 3,754,104 | 19.18 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 232,000 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 152,196,775 | 15.08 | 83,111,112 | 83.12 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 143 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,876,029 | 0.48 | 1,987,796 | 145.30 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 36,650 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 252,436 | 0.03 | 325,264 | -22.39 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 33,111 | 0.00 | 61,517 | -46.18 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 47,632 | 0.00 | 19,694 | 141.86 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,031,236 | 0.20 | 2,279,007 | -10.87 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 7,771,614 | 0.77 | 3,779,789 | 105.61 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 15,833,297 | 1.57 | 15,095,007 | 4.89 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 216,569,883 | 21.45 | 20,679,388 | 947.27 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 23,116,660 | 2.29 | 24,876,364 | -7.07 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 265,492 | 0.03 | 349,662 | -24.07 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 17,382,274 | 1.72 | 20,444,434 | -14.98 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 950,020 | 0.09 | 1,957,981 | -51.48 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,378,362 | 0.14 | 3,252,678 | -57.62 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 164,867 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,019,122 | 0.10 | 878,269 | 16.04 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 61,845 | 0.01 | 321,423 | -80.76 |
| 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 | 423 | 0.00 | 359 | 17.83 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 10,244,997 | 1.01 | 7,098,331 | 44.33 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 401,888 | 0.04 | 138,089 | 191.04 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,690,381 | 0.37 | 2,871,811 | 28.50 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 536,440 | 0.05 | 704,191 | -23.82 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 874,412 | 0.09 | 639,195 | 36.80 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 663 | 0.00 | 1,797 | -63.11 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 279,628 | 0.03 | 302,798 | -7.65 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 19,340 | 0.00 | 17,433 | 10.94 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 211,836 | 0.02 | 1,352 | 15,568.34 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 14 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 1,815,307 | 0.18 | 724,309 | 150.63 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 400 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 18 | 0.00 | 26 | -30.77 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 93,769 | 0.01 | 548 | 17,011.13 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 19,181 | 0.00 | 27,006 | -28.98 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 26 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 84,111 | 0.01 | 11,081 | 659.06 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 154 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 15,166 | 0.00 | 6,014 | 152.18 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6,631 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 479,040 | 0.05 | 907,200 | -47.20 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 875,072 | 0.09 | 14,317,601 | -93.89 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 5,571 | 0.00 | 6,028 | -7.58 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 18,033 | 0.00 | 11,712 | 53.97 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 94,524 | 0.01 | 67,728 | 39.56 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 24,078 | 0.00 | 14,334 | 67.98 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 20,015,186 | 1.98 | 12,421,142 | 61.14 |
| 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 | 114,558 | 0.01 | 76,455 | 49.84 |
| 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 | 2,091 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,974,996 | 0.20 | 1,088,652 | 81.42 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,285,274 | 0.33 | 8,360,237 | -60.70 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 14,903 | 0.00 | 194 | 7,581.96 |
| 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 | 42,516 | 0.00 | 80,804 | -47.38 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 98,656 | 0.01 | 2,921 | 3,277.47 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 15,291 | 0.00 | 6,648 | 130.01 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 15,516 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 158 513 | -100.00 |