Russian trade with Brazil in 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Brazil
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Brazil totaled $7,484,295,498, up 86.78% ($3,477,265,833) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2021 totaled $5,261,559,608, up 163.47% ($3,264,507,418) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2021 totaled $2,222,735,890, up 10.59% ($212,758,415) from 2020.
Russia’s trade balance with Brazil went from a deficit of $12,925,285 in 2020, to a surplus of $3,038,823,718 in 2021.
Brazil was Russia’s 19th largest trading partner in 2021 (up from 28th in 2020), accounting for 0.9534% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.7057% in 2020).
Brazil was Russia’s 18th largest export market in 2021 (up from 34th in 2020), accounting for 1.0703% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.5937% in 2020).
Brazil was Russia’s 27th largest supplier in 2021 (down from 24th in 2020), accounting for 0.7575% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.8685% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Brazil
The major share of Russian exports to Brazil in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 69.90% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (73.67% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 22.44% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (17.03% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.49% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (3.58% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.97% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (1.71% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.90% of Russia’s total exports to Brazil (3.56% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $2,159,464,244;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $836,802,680;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $217,899,578;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $30,057,503;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $25,125,131;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $19,726,251;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $17,149,328.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Brazil in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $39,820,015.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 125,714 | -100.00 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 161,488 | 0.00 | 221,024 | -26.94 |
10 | Cereals | 7,538,503 | 0.14 | 47,358,518 | -84.08 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 31,274,193 | 0.59 | 19,552,280 | 59.95 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 3,120 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 2,849,190 | 0.05 | 1,749,398 | 62.87 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 111,060 | 0.00 | 25,044 | 343.46 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 3,946,316 | 0.08 | 1,991,255 | 98.18 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 413,320 | 0.01 | 156,599 | 163.94 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 919,270 | 0.02 | 12,541 | 7,230.12 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 33,059,839 | 0.63 | 15,910,511 | 107.79 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 14,645,598 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,146,270,636 | 21.79 | 309,467,956 | 270.40 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 13,646,275 | 0.26 | 13,319,569 | 2.45 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 17,263,739 | 0.33 | 19,139,506 | -9.80 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 90,558 | 0.00 | 235,810 | -61.60 |
31 | Fertilizers | 3,549,055,987 | 67.45 | 1,389,591,743 | 155.40 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,058,752 | 0.06 | 4,713,289 | -35.10 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 493,924 | 0.01 | 582,454 | -15.20 |
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 | 426,476 | 0.01 | 309,396 | 37.84 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,922,549 | 0.06 | 2,198,907 | 32.91 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 29,573,379 | 0.56 | 4,448,248 | 564.83 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 56,354,081 | 1.07 | 36,627,830 | 53.86 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 401 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,109,964 | 0.04 | 1,221,127 | 72.79 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 4,651,283 | 0.09 | 3,021,541 | 53.94 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,409,360 | 0.03 | 1,544,646 | -8.76 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 514 | 0.00 | 168 | 205.95 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 352,887 | 0.01 | 196,666 | 79.43 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 755,407 | 0.01 | 429,674 | 75.81 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 57 | 0.00 | 83 | -31.33 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 407,899 | 0.01 | 34 | 1,199,602.94 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 596 | 0.00 | 3,670 | -83.76 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,396 | 0.00 | 9,478 | -74.72 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 623,830 | 0.01 | 737,049 | -15.36 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,371 | 0.00 | 1,023 | 327.27 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 43 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 668 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 390,712 | 0.01 | 262,495 | 48.85 |
69 | Ceramic products | 222,115 | 0.00 | 207,260 | 7.17 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 2,445,956 | 0.05 | 79,436 | 2,979.15 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 25,609 | 0.00 | 33,287 | -23.07 |
72 | Iron and steel | 256,425,801 | 4.87 | 38,526,223 | 565.59 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 20,995,214 | 0.40 | 8,113,401 | 158.77 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 141,224 | 0.00 | 1,074 | 13,049.35 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 10,101 | 0.00 | 8,261 | 22.27 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 8,570,076 | 0.16 | 21,042,146 | -59.27 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 91 | -97.80 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,361,591 | 0.04 | 3,721,792 | -36.55 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 30,790 | 0.00 | 35,629 | -13.58 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 161,914 | 0.00 | 68,567 | 136.14 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,545,637 | 0.05 | 1,882,024 | 35.26 |
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 | 13,850,004 | 0.26 | 28,387,582 | -51.21 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,156,544 | 0.06 | 2,968,237 | 6.34 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 30,057,503 | 0.57 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,248,739 | 0.02 | 894,481 | 39.60 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 282 | 0.00 | 4,712 | -94.02 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 761 | -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 | 1,109 | 0.00 | 188 | 489.89 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 7,628 | 0.00 | 16,837 | -54.70 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,305,331 | 0.04 | 2,332 | 98,756.39 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 36,102 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 1 247 025 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Brazil
The major share of Russian imports from Brazil in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 72.60% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (70.00% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.86% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (11.90% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.02% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (7.75% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.27% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (4.13% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.13% of Russia’s total imports from Brazil (1.45% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $131,671,997;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $97,871,381;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $54,152,772;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $12,068,055;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $11,441,127;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $9,696,846;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $9,656,759;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $8,791,518;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $7,971,905.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Brazil in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $46,226,082;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $36,786,518;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $10,237,424;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $10,183,364;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $8,275,320;
- 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 $7,122,190.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 294,119,730 | 13.23 | 330,906,248 | -11.12 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,597 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5,832,585 | 0.26 | 4,976,768 | 17.20 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 8,463,616 | 0.38 | 9,911,469 | -14.61 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 9,560 | 0.00 | 3,600 | 165.56 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 143,715 | 0.01 | 85,078 | 68.92 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 59,232,770 | 2.66 | 47,791,643 | 23.94 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 191,710,587 | 8.62 | 137,557,815 | 39.37 |
10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 157,714 | -100.00 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 53,661 | 0.00 | 97,096 | -44.73 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 697,830,533 | 31.40 | 566,158,536 | 23.26 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 91,262 | 0.00 | 37,172 | 145.51 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 41,450 | 0.00 | 19,192 | 115.98 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 18,483,844 | 0.83 | 6,415,789 | 188.10 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 5,597,453 | 0.25 | 2,071,562 | 170.20 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 213,691 | 0.01 | 214,071 | -0.18 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 68,462,509 | 3.08 | 58,765,663 | 16.50 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 69,970,865 | 3.15 | 78,246,185 | -10.58 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 216,801 | 0.01 | 67,060 | 223.29 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 21,759,400 | 0.98 | 12,967,882 | 67.79 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 140,347,913 | 6.31 | 150,585,337 | -6.80 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,871,018 | 0.17 | 3,773,787 | 2.58 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 139,178 | 0.01 | 23,500 | 492.25 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 115,291 | 0.01 | 15,834 | 628.12 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 54,752,929 | 2.46 | 61,875,119 | -11.51 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 26,009,656 | 1.17 | 25,914,101 | 0.37 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 11,410,166 | 0.51 | 15,177,976 | -24.82 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 8,288 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 892,667 | 0.04 | 739,339 | 20.74 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,545,002 | 0.11 | 1,755,501 | 44.97 |
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 | 992,917 | 0.04 | 854,633 | 16.18 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 21,015,902 | 0.95 | 18,802,956 | 11.77 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 52,333 | 0.00 | 55,557 | -5.80 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 14,078,924 | 0.63 | 8,396,198 | 67.68 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 11,622,063 | 0.52 | 12,160,819 | -4.43 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 9,581,710 | 0.43 | 10,009,544 | -4.27 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 186,216 | 0.01 | 742,724 | -74.93 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 51,828 | 0.00 | 71,601 | -27.62 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 334,194 | 0.02 | 150,282 | 122.38 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 516,215 | 0.02 | 641,906 | -19.58 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 43 | 0.00 | 19 | 126.32 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 16,253,674 | 0.73 | 10,449,359 | 55.55 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,841,942 | 0.35 | 18,025,306 | -56.49 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,724 | 0.00 | 6,808 | -1.23 |
50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 1,986 | -100.00 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 177,982 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 959 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 499,708 | 0.02 | 1,664,619 | -69.98 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 640,958 | 0.03 | 548,866 | 16.78 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 960 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 26,618 | 0.00 | 71,685 | -62.87 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 73,833 | 0.00 | 51,284 | 43.97 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 489,886 | 0.02 | 517,846 | -5.40 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 100,416 | 0.00 | 236,065 | -57.46 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 31,408 | 0.00 | 44,791 | -29.88 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 165,023 | 0.01 | 172,004 | -4.06 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 5,822,802 | 0.26 | 9,912,943 | -41.26 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 638 | 0.00 | 288 | 121.53 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6,469,996 | 0.29 | 5,015,956 | 28.99 |
69 | Ceramic products | 293,771 | 0.01 | 125,616 | 133.86 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 3,993,352 | 0.18 | 2,595,417 | 53.86 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 648,013 | 0.03 | 205,600 | 215.18 |
72 | Iron and steel | 78,648,051 | 3.54 | 68,991,292 | 14.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,238,060 | 0.19 | 3,526,905 | 20.16 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,507,868 | 0.11 | 3,954,925 | -36.59 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 132 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 249,510 | 0.01 | 135,256 | 84.47 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 3,827 | 0.00 | 5,844 | -34.51 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 724,105 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 436 | 0.00 | 3,016 | -85.54 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 6,356,775 | 0.29 | 6,329,353 | 0.43 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 308,641 | 0.01 | 78,552 | 292.91 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 226,341,118 | 10.18 | 128,469,737 | 76.18 |
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 | 27,990,235 | 1.26 | 24,728,560 | 13.19 |
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 | 2,944 | 0.00 | 9,364 | -68.56 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 34,134,081 | 1.54 | 80,360,163 | -57.52 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 13,604,726 | 0.61 | 5,632,821 | 141.53 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 51,840 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 18,375 | 0.00 | 51,797 | -64.52 |
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 | 242,600 | 0.01 | 133,496 | 81.73 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 94,090 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 130,459 | 0.01 | 76,183 | 71.24 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 69 638 208 | -100.00 |