Russian trade with Ecuador 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 Ecuador in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ecuador
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Ecuador totaled $1,920,296,601, up 28.83% ($429,714,973) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Ecuador in 2021 totaled $460,374,915, up 113.70% ($244,940,818) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Ecuador in 2021 totaled $1,459,921,686, up 14.49% ($184,774,155) from 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ecuador in 2021 was $999,546,771, a 5.68% decrease ($60,166,663) over 2020.
Ecuador was Russia’s 57th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 56th in 2020), accounting for 0.2446% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2625% in 2020).
Ecuador was Russia’s 72nd largest export market in 2021 (up from 85th in 2020), accounting for 0.0937% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0640% in 2020).
Ecuador was Russia’s 34th largest supplier in 2021 (down from 33rd in 2020), accounting for 0.4976% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.5510% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Ecuador
The major share of Russian exports to Ecuador in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 53.37% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (28.03% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 29.91% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (41.44% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 13.16% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (16.91% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.35% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (4.10% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.22% of Russia’s total exports to Ecuador (8.43% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ecuador 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 $185,052,888;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $31,332,096;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $24,908,230;
- 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 $9,391,934;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $4,130,494;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $3,057,423;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,847,720;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $1,744,338;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $1,514,480.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ecuador 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 $9,823,279;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $4,533,179;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,696,635;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $1,630,817.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 16,366 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 2,415,634 | 0.52 | 2,065,713 | 16.94 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,514,480 | 0.33 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 5,000 | 0.00 | 5,580 | -10.39 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 335,080 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,650 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5,264 | 0.00 | 454 | 1,059.47 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 245,437,650 | 53.31 | 60,384,762 | 306.46 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 15,169,520 | 3.30 | 5,777,586 | 162.56 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,907,909 | 0.41 | 163,571 | 1,066.41 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 139,626 | 0.03 | 209,600 | -33.38 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 109,212,996 | 23.72 | 77,880,900 | 40.23 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 138,937 | 0.03 | 137,746 | 0.86 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,513 | 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 | 118,775 | 0.03 | 94,021 | 26.33 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 135 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 933,021 | 0.20 | 1,057,856 | -11.80 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 6,312,736 | 1.37 | 2,182,242 | 189.28 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,630,474 | 0.79 | 1,782,754 | 103.64 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 163,730 | 0.04 | 212,024 | -22.78 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 297,525 | 0.06 | 1,079,485 | -72.44 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 60,050,095 | 13.04 | 35,141,865 | 70.88 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 279 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 91,592 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 264 | 0.00 | 7,229 | -96.35 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 6,925 | 0.00 | 364 | 1,802.47 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 364 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 220 | 0.00 | 2,093 | -89.49 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 129,600 | 0.03 | 53,315 | 143.08 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,525 | 0.00 | 9 | 27,955.56 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 18,022 | 0.00 | 1,096 | 1,544.34 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 3,831,088 | 0.83 | 773,665 | 395.19 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 139,053 | 0.03 | 1,769,870 | -92.14 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 493,425 | 0.11 | 18,600 | 2,552.82 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 3,289 | 0.00 | 564 | 483.16 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,714,140 | 0.37 | 6,247,319 | -72.56 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 41 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 22,610 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 13,715 | 0.00 | 27,115 | -49.42 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,496 | 0.00 | 3,727 | -59.86 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,592,341 | 0.56 | 4,288,976 | -39.56 |
| 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 | 2,400,574 | 0.52 | 12,223,853 | -80.36 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 73,536 | 0.02 | 159,365 | -53.86 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 560,278 | 0.12 | 1,484,346 | -62.25 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 14,484 | 0.00 | 38,600 | -62.48 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 27 | 0.00 | 72 | -62.50 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 157 220 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Ecuador
The major share of Russian imports from Ecuador in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.67% of Russia’s total imports from Ecuador (99.81% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ecuador in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - an increase of $149,495,147;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $64,075,020;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $14,824,029.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ecuador 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 $46,446,943.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 152,229,288 | 10.43 | 88,154,268 | 72.69 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 196,526,342 | 13.46 | 47,031,195 | 317.86 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,894,288 | 0.13 | 2,121,220 | -10.70 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,027,932,817 | 70.41 | 1,074,379,760 | -4.32 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 49,860 | 0.00 | 134,548 | -62.94 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 431,302 | 0.03 | 275,717 | 56.43 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 4,944 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 316 | 0.00 | 614 | -48.53 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 6,584,149 | 0.45 | 8,627,548 | -23.68 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 36,055,073 | 2.47 | 21,231,044 | 69.82 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 8,396,358 | 0.58 | 6,522,900 | 28.72 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 18,874,929 | 1.29 | 22,347,846 | -15.54 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 206,733 | 0.01 | 179,311 | 15.29 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 365,119 | 0.03 | 1,716,510 | -78.73 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1 | 0.00 | 1,832 | -99.95 |
| 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 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4 | 0.00 | 5 | -20.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 615 | 0.00 | 6,589 | -90.67 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,378 | 0.00 | 1,990 | -30.75 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 20,482 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 76 | 0.00 | 3,347 | -97.73 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 135 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 22,007 | 0.00 | 14,707 | 49.64 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 355 | 0.00 | 8,654 | -95.90 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 4,719,997 | 0.32 | 2,172,048 | 117.31 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,285 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 394 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,422 | 0.00 | 48,956 | -95.05 |
| 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 | 18,145 | 0.00 | 23,794 | -23.74 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 41,355 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -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 | 530 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 91,981 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 948 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |