Russian trade with Chile 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 Chile in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Chile
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Chile was $874,704,385, down 4.82% ($44,280,439) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Chile in 2021 totaled $99,891,130, up 73.51% ($42,321,494) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Chile in 2021 were $774,813,255, down 10.05% ($86,601,933) from 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Chile in 2021 was $674,922,125, a 16.04% decrease ($128,923,427) over 2020.
Chile was Russia’s 73rd largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 67th in 2020), accounting for 0.1114% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1618% in 2020).
Chile was Russia’s 114th largest export market in 2021 (up from 120th in 2020), accounting for 0.0203% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0171% in 2020).
Chile was Russia’s 48th largest supplier in 2021 (down from 40th in 2020), accounting for 0.2641% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.3722% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Chile
The major share of Russian exports to Chile in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 38.43% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (39.48% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 25.20% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (34.60% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 22.27% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (6.66% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.66% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (6.70% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.57% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (8.37% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.87% of Russia’s total exports to Chile (1.91% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Chile in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $11,179,483;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $7,281,487;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $6,812,905;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $5,238,056;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3,659,124;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $2,839,442;
- 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 $1,837,698;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,747,729;
- 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $783,928;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $625,907;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $500,187;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $464,033;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $449,997;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $445,012;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $423,461;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $326,064.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Chile in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $1,902,752;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $1,087,786;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $629,559.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 650 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 28,076 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 102,740 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 1,463 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 425,970 | 0.43 | 1,513,756 | -71.86 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 376,094 | 0.38 | 2,278,846 | -83.50 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 517,186 | 0.52 | 336,720 | 53.60 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 147,500 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 14,197 | 0.01 | 42,867 | -66.88 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 527,117 | 0.53 | 82,105 | 542.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 518,179 | 0.52 | 459,813 | 12.69 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 7,910 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 9,912 | 0.01 | 32 | 30,875.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 25,154,331 | 25.18 | 19,916,275 | 26.30 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,898,667 | 4.90 | 3,060,969 | 60.04 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 6,649,005 | 6.66 | 2,989,881 | 122.38 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,304 | 0.01 | 128,490 | -93.54 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 17,103,889 | 17.12 | 9,822,402 | 74.13 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 716,766 | 0.72 | 390,702 | 83.46 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 793,427 | 0.79 | 674,286 | 17.67 |
| 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 | 31,779 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,204,485 | 1.21 | 935,391 | 28.77 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 956,183 | 0.96 | 455,996 | 109.69 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 6,015,262 | 6.02 | 4,267,533 | 40.95 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 382 | 0.00 | 306 | 24.84 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 8,941,874 | 8.95 | 2,128,969 | 320.01 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 445,693 | 0.45 | 22,232 | 1,904.74 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 12,856,897 | 12.87 | 1,677,414 | 666.47 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,496 | 0.00 | 4,874 | -69.31 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 162,073 | 0.16 | 236,509 | -31.47 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 511 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 250 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,081 | 0.00 | 852 | 26.88 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 24,586 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 878 | 0.00 | 32,486 | -97.30 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,070 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 878 | -100.00 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 22,600 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 855,981 | 0.86 | 405,984 | 110.84 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 54 | 0.00 | 383 | -85.90 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 799,764 | 0.80 | 596,116 | 34.16 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 143,600 | 0.14 | 173,495 | -17.23 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 315,335 | 0.32 | 67,643 | 366.18 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6,280 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 34,286 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 330 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 199,773 | 0.20 | 829,332 | -75.91 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 171,520 | 0.17 | 31,183 | 450.04 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,838,704 | 1.84 | 1,212,797 | 51.61 |
| 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 | 1,090,200 | 1.09 | 1,022,868 | 6.58 |
| 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 | 783,928 | 0.78 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 4,113,392 | 4.12 | 1,273,950 | 222.88 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 15,500 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 810,417 | 0.81 | 346,384 | 133.96 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 10,617 | 0.01 | 40 | 26,442.50 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 25,411 | 0.03 | 13,653 | 86.12 |
| 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 | 99,083 | 0.10 | 2,782 | 3,461.57 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 8,644 | 0.01 | 3,195 | 170.55 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,779 | 0.01 | 402 | 1,337.56 |
Russia’s Imports from Chile
The major share of Russian imports from Chile in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 71.86% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (70.93% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 19.52% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (19.13% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.32% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (5.96% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.28% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (0.45% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.65% of Russia’s total imports from Chile (3.27% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Chile in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $10,863,924;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $6,908,360;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $3,369,072;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $2,578,380.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Chile in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $58,294,676;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $23,144,604;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $13,464,131;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $5,448,408;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $5,404,177;
- 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 $3,268,156.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 8,060,583 | 1.04 | 8,868,853 | -9.11 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 273,948,597 | 35.36 | 332,243,273 | -17.55 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 12,399,050 | 1.60 | 11,971,213 | 3.57 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 126,710 | 0.02 | 14,934 | 748.47 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 2,455,629 | 0.32 | 2,982,317 | -17.66 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 132,388,550 | 17.09 | 137,836,958 | -3.95 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 5,766 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 87,746 | 0.01 | 1,271,440 | -93.10 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 23,184,376 | 2.99 | 16,276,016 | 42.45 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,395,767 | 0.18 | 2,000,771 | -30.24 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 12,870 | 0.00 | 124,866 | -89.69 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 46,859,823 | 6.05 | 35,995,899 | 30.18 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 12,848 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 91,455 | 0.01 | 2,079 | 4,298.99 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 11,908,786 | 1.54 | 14,194,673 | -16.10 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,054,660 | 0.14 | 944,558 | 11.66 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 40,824,648 | 5.27 | 46,228,825 | -11.69 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 12,115 | 0.00 | 17,730 | -31.67 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 4,998,398 | 0.65 | 28,143,002 | -82.24 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 47,398,868 | 6.12 | 50,667,024 | -6.45 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 21,962 | 0.00 | 294,426 | -92.54 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 243,881 | 0.03 | 193,160 | 26.26 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 399 | 0.00 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 513 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,016 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 740,520 | 0.10 | 990 | 74,700.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 176,031 | 0.02 | 29,470 | 497.32 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 216,960 | 0.03 | 185,948 | 16.68 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 67,645 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 254 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 510,827 | 0.07 | 433,116 | 17.94 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 5,233,017 | 0.68 | 2,654,637 | 97.13 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,140,005 | 0.53 | 770,933 | 437.01 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 2,968 | -100.00 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 240,508 | 0.03 | 11,524 | 1,987.02 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 3,961 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 26,369 | 0.00 | 7,819 | 237.24 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 94,227 | 0.01 | 18,664 | 404.86 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 20,706 | 0.00 | 17,535 | 18.08 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 150,666,346 | 19.45 | 164,130,477 | -8.20 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 522 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 648,062 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 311 | 0.00 | 327 | -4.89 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,398,931 | 0.31 | 1,817,350 | 32.00 |
| 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 | 17,685 | 0.00 | 137,003 | -87.09 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 33,877 | 0.00 | 4,484 | 655.51 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 193,562 | -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 | 535 | 0.00 | 155 | 245.16 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 79,600 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |