Russian trade with Cyprus 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 Cyprus in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Cyprus
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Cyprus was $273,124,477, down 2.20% ($6,152,516) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Cyprus in 2021 were $230,973,624, down 12.26% ($32,261,741) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Cyprus in 2021 totaled $42,150,853, up 162.76% ($26,109,225) from 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Cyprus in 2021 was $188,822,771, a 23.61% decrease ($58,370,966) over 2020.
Cyprus was Russia’s 100th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 93rd in 2020), accounting for 0.0348% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0492% in 2020).
Cyprus was Russia’s 93rd largest export market in 2021 (down from 78th in 2020), accounting for 0.0470% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0783% in 2020).
Cyprus was Russia’s 100th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 111th in 2020), accounting for 0.0144% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0069% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Cyprus
The major share of Russian exports to Cyprus in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 47.69% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (2.67% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 16.90% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (9.18% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 9.81% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (71.87% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 9.50% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (5.33% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.21% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (6.23% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.20% of Russia’s total exports to Cyprus (3.52% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Cyprus in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $68,563,657;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $16,125,310;
- 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 $6,748,925;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $5,160,584;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,380,425;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $2,655,554;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,758,153;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,220,150;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,108,809.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Cyprus 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) - a decrease of $171,344,765;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $9,714,135;
- 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 $3,212,890;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $1,378,835;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $1,286,817;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $768,219.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 4,423 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 179 | 0.00 | 82,729 | -99.78 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 8,974 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 22,328,029 | 9.67 | 6,202,719 | 259.97 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 21,552 | 0.01 | 48,357 | -55.43 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 51,371 | 0.02 | 164,436 | -68.76 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 41 | 0.00 | 9,714,176 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 20,862 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 84,651 | 0.04 | 30,192 | 180.38 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 18,901 | 0.01 | 18,521 | 2.05 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 81,795 | 0.04 | 20,938 | 290.65 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 114,910 | 0.05 | 114,268 | 0.56 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 297,145 | 0.13 | 160,180 | 85.51 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 191,057 | 0.08 | 153,382 | 24.56 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 7,566,377 | 3.28 | 7,443,585 | 1.65 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 37,467 | 0.02 | 19,361 | 93.52 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 118,207 | 0.05 | 58,009 | 103.77 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 17,780,664 | 7.70 | 189,125,429 | -90.60 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 7,160,579 | 3.10 | 10,373,469 | -30.97 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3,585,521 | 1.55 | 4,872,338 | -26.41 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,269 | 0.00 | 17,393 | -63.96 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 61,065 | 0.03 | 704 | 8,574.01 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 11,197 | 0.00 | 16,889 | -33.70 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 63,418 | 0.03 | 50,032 | 26.75 |
| 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 | 79,758 | 0.03 | 34,139 | 133.63 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 47 | 0.00 | 1,485 | -96.84 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 131,436 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,886,621 | 0.82 | 128,468 | 1,368.55 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 136,925 | 0.06 | 512,662 | -73.29 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 153,308 | 0.07 | 260,752 | -41.21 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 15,257 | 0.01 | 7,749 | 96.89 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 46 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 11,153,928 | 4.83 | 8,498,374 | 31.25 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 155 | -100.00 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,672,898 | 0.72 | 452,748 | 269.50 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 298,286 | 0.13 | 302,411 | -1.36 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 269 | 0.00 | 196 | 37.24 |
| 52 | Cotton | 60 | 0.00 | 27 | 122.22 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 85 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 136 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 590,511 | 0.26 | 1,159,949 | -49.09 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 626 | 0.00 | 427 | 46.60 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 44 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 279 | 0.00 | 486 | -42.59 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 14,087 | 0.01 | 3,681 | 282.69 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 20,683 | 0.01 | 5,357 | 286.09 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 126,146 | 0.05 | 57,084 | 120.98 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 107 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 45 | 0.00 | 319 | -85.89 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 9 | 0.00 | 741 | -98.79 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 72,270 | 0.03 | 116,214 | -37.81 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 8,347 | 0.00 | 11,660 | -28.41 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 779,607 | 0.34 | 245,985 | 216.93 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 184,614 | 0.08 | 17,751 | 940.02 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 5,482,580 | 2.37 | 321,996 | 1,602.69 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 667,041 | 0.29 | 463,036 | 44.06 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,013,388 | 0.44 | 1,781,607 | -43.12 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 54,013 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 10,065,052 | 4.36 | 11,443,887 | -12.05 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 18,070 | 0.01 | 2,399 | 653.23 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 23,659 | 0.01 | 24,892 | -4.95 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,950,394 | 1.71 | 569,969 | 593.09 |
| 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 | 9,781,632 | 4.23 | 3,032,707 | 222.54 |
| 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 | 9,496 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 127,082 | 0.06 | 1,294 | 9,720.87 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 71,801,236 | 31.09 | 3,237,579 | 2,117.74 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,304,262 | 0.56 | 195,453 | 567.30 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,739 | 0.00 | 5,989 | -70.96 |
| 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 | 961,916 | 0.42 | 883,942 | 8.82 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 56,175 | 0.02 | 102,335 | -45.11 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 236,735 | 0.10 | 228,976 | 3.39 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 9,840 | 0.00 | 9,019 | 9.10 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 288 234 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Cyprus
The major share of Russian imports from Cyprus in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 77.22% of Russia’s total imports from Cyprus (40.91% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.48% of Russia’s total imports from Cyprus (52.75% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.83% of Russia’s total imports from Cyprus (4.69% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Cyprus in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $29,147,641;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $521,761;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $208,553.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Cyprus in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $3,039,956;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $160,808;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $130,329.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
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 | 232,513 | 0.55 | 23,960 | 870.42 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 25,374 | 0.06 | 18,637 | 36.15 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 117,489 | 0.28 | 193,430 | -39.26 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 39,108 | 0.09 | 5,640 | 593.40 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 16,190 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 144,245 | 0.34 | 274,574 | -47.47 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 190,223 | 0.45 | 236,151 | -19.45 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 5,125 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 7,027 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,210,892 | 19.48 | 7,689,131 | 6.79 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 166,441 | 0.39 | 260,963 | -36.22 |
| 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 | 385 | 0.00 | 4,411 | -91.27 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,551 | 0.01 | 116,344 | -96.95 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 229,496 | 0.54 | 390,304 | -41.20 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 20,869 | 0.05 | 64 | 32,507.81 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 300 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 143 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,636 | 0.01 | 49,243 | -88.55 |
| 52 | Cotton | 13,237 | 0.03 | 17,576 | -24.69 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 456 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 37,079 | 0.09 | 27,686 | 33.93 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 113,033 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 614 | 0.00 | 9,051 | -93.22 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 5,629 | 0.01 | 601 | 836.61 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,983 | 0.01 | 3,318 | 20.04 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,134 | -100.00 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 78 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,290 | 0.01 | 7,647 | -56.98 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 418,547 | 0.99 | 3,458,503 | -87.90 |
| 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 | 2,958,551 | 7.02 | 3,071,035 | -3.66 |
| 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 | 1,655 | -100.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 29,147,641 | 69.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 24,635 | 0.06 | 32,149 | -23.37 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 10,794 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 93,096 | 0.22 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 36,861 | 0.09 | 11,610 | 217.49 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 5 123 | -100.00 |