Russian trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Bosnia and Herzegovina totaled $195,688,424, up 46.94% ($62,509,206) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 totaled $108,381,166, up 176.80% ($69,225,918) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 were $87,307,258, down 7.14% ($6,716,712) from 2020.
Russia’s trade balance with Bosnia and Herzegovina went from a deficit of $54,868,722 in 2020, to a surplus of $21,073,908 in 2021.
Bosnia and Herzegovina was Russia’s 108th largest trading partner in 2021 (up from 110th in 2020), accounting for 0.0249% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0235% in 2020).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was Russia’s 112th largest export market in 2021 (up from 127th in 2020), accounting for 0.0220% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0116% in 2020).
Bosnia and Herzegovina was Russia’s 90th largest supplier in 2021 (down from 85th in 2020), accounting for 0.0298% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0406% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The major share of Russian exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 56.40% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (26.09% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 21.21% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (20.59% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.84% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.91% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.25% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (21.59% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.55% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.56% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.30% of Russia’s total exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina (3.27% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 over 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 $46,704,145;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $10,399,018;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $3,907,738;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $3,052,496;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $2,558,869;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $2,538,118;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $715,923;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $691,078;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $474,854;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $423,994.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 over 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) - a decrease of $2,138,027;
- 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 $729,794.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 890,334 | 0.82 | 174,411 | 410.48 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 6,800 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 3,262 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 23,319 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 635,188 | 0.59 | 794,742 | -20.08 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 30,543 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 736,250 | 0.68 | 312,256 | 135.78 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 3,709 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 56,917,671 | 52.52 | 10,213,526 | 457.28 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 23 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 57,555 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,075,915 | 3.76 | 168,177 | 2,323.59 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 11,404 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 46 | 0.00 | 171 | -73.10 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 23,923 | 0.02 | 45,689 | -47.64 |
| 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 | 178,346 | 0.16 | 71,414 | 149.74 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 17,165 | 0.02 | 6,825 | 151.50 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 58,613 | 0.05 | 589 | 9,851.27 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,357,000 | 3.10 | 304,504 | 1,002.45 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 135,161 | 0.12 | 152,001 | -11.08 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 7 | 0.00 | 62 | -88.71 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4,029,845 | 3.72 | 1,470,976 | 173.96 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 560,939 | 0.52 | 311,450 | 80.11 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4,705 | 0.00 | 2,236 | 110.42 |
| 52 | Cotton | 14,798 | 0.01 | 63,072 | -76.54 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 147 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 6,505 | 0.01 | 11,125 | -41.53 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 717 | 0.00 | 192 | 273.44 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 56 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,179 | 0.00 | 15,524 | -92.41 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 261,561 | 0.24 | 98,771 | 164.82 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 85,163 | 0.08 | 32,208 | 164.42 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 17,992,866 | 16.60 | 7,593,848 | 136.94 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 306,581 | 0.28 | 288,030 | 6.44 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,541,365 | 2.34 | 3,247 | 78,168.09 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 4,974 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 526,180 | 0.49 | 51,326 | 925.17 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 10,849 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 19,728 | 0.02 | 18,513 | 6.56 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 13,142 | 0.01 | 95,461 | -86.23 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,957,271 | 1.81 | 1,809,401 | 8.17 |
| 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 | 2,159,907 | 1.99 | 2,889,701 | -25.26 |
| 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 | 20,013 | 0.02 | 134,032 | -85.07 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,851,069 | 1.71 | 1,159,991 | 59.58 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 322,177 | 0.30 | 2,460,204 | -86.90 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8,735 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 729 | 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 | 1,079,700 | 1.00 | 892,158 | 21.02 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 635 | 0.00 | 239 | 165.69 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 7 485 716 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina
The major share of Russian imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 59.44% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (58.00% in 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 13.05% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (11.00% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 12.28% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (9.47% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.46% of Russia’s total imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina (16.77% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina 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) - an increase of $2,054,784;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $1,280,194;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $1,042,220;
- 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 $654,093;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $560,415;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $314,163.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $7,317,966;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $3,656,563;
- 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 $1,276,171;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $750,728;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $554,546.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 684,322 | 0.78 | 1,238,868 | -44.76 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 6,901,887 | 7.91 | 14,219,853 | -51.46 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,280,194 | 1.47 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 592 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 103,482 | 0.12 | 177,214 | -41.61 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 68,833 | 0.08 | 126,186 | -45.45 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 60,938 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 383 | 0.00 | 538 | -28.81 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 246,275 | 0.28 | 60,026 | 310.28 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,721,216 | 1.97 | 1,067,123 | 61.29 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 61,282 | 0.07 | 28 | 218,764.29 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 49,594,041 | 56.80 | 53,250,604 | -6.87 |
| 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 | 11,801 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 80,238 | 0.09 | 73,048 | 9.84 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 235,963 | 0.27 | 125,981 | 87.30 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,778 | 0.01 | 15,465 | -69.10 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 402,501 | 0.46 | 345,158 | 16.61 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,039 | 0.00 | 275 | 1,005.09 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 71,452 | 0.08 | 7,081 | 909.07 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,731 | 0.01 | 3,115 | 83.98 |
| 52 | Cotton | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,743,619 | 3.14 | 1,701,399 | 61.26 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,382,052 | 2.73 | 2,286,609 | 4.17 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,329 | 0.00 | 22,812 | -89.79 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 6,195,438 | 7.10 | 6,334,212 | -2.19 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 8,329 | 0.01 | 2,115 | 293.81 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 16,915 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 4,567 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 11,798 | 0.01 | 15,713 | -24.92 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 107 | 0.00 | 3,621 | -97.05 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 12,361 | 0.01 | 11,805 | 4.71 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 225,872 | 0.26 | 100,527 | 124.69 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 525 | 0.00 | 3,614 | -85.47 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 153,534 | 0.18 | 20,685 | 642.25 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 6,910 | -100.00 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 58,638 | 0.07 | 30,205 | 94.13 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 16,102 | 0.02 | 11,317 | 42.28 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 269,031 | 0.31 | 154,005 | 74.69 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,717,876 | 5.40 | 5,468,604 | -13.73 |
| 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 | 4,885,236 | 5.60 | 2,830,452 | 72.60 |
| 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 | 4,512 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,007,443 | 1.15 | 447,028 | 125.36 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 70,240 | 0.08 | 154,086 | -54.42 |
| 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 | 1,593,973 | 1.83 | 2,870,144 | -44.46 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,082,099 | 1.24 | 767,936 | 40.91 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 343 | 0.00 | 41 | 736.59 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 59 873 | -100.00 |