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Russian trade with Greece in 2021

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Greece in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Greece

In 2021, Russia’s trade with Greece totaled $4,495,820,896, up 67.24% ($1,807,496,088) from 2020.

Russia’s exports to Greece in 2021 totaled $4,197,282,196, up 70.23% ($1,731,633,358) from 2020.

Russia’s imports from Greece in 2021 totaled $298,538,700, up 34.07% ($75,862,730) from 2020.

Russia’s trade surplus with Greece in 2021 was $3,898,743,496, a 73.82% increase ($1,655,770,628) over 2020.

Greece was Russia’s 35th largest trading partner in 2021 (up from 38th in 2020), accounting for 0.5727% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.4734% in 2020).

Greece was Russia’s 24th largest export market in 2021 (up from 28th in 2020), accounting for 0.8538% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.7330% in 2020).

Greece was Russia’s 69th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 72nd in 2020), accounting for 0.1017% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0962% in 2020).

Russia’s Exports to Greece

The major share of Russian exports to Greece in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 88.11% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (88.61% in 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.61% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (6.06% in 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.79% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (1.95% in 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.16% of Russia’s total exports to Greece (1.47% in 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Greece 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 $1,512,179,818;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $116,839,247;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $67,500,170.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Greece in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • No product groups with a substantial decrease.
Russia’s exports to Greece in 2021 by product groups
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 142 0.00 0
02 Meat and edible meat offal 0 0.00 10,669-100.00
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 6,624 0.00 16,639-60.19
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 4,762-100.00
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 2,583 0.00 0
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 0 0.00 18,750-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 1,633 0.00 3,720-56.10
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 0 0.00 1,613-100.00
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 23,086 0.00 12,01592.14
10 Cereals 101,951,414 2.43 34,451,244195.93
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 135,553 0.00 148,879-8.95
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 48,879 0.00 1,508,228-96.76
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 1,635,252 0.04 1,643,201-0.48
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 2,038 0.00 1,68121.24
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 112,182 0.00 22,893390.03
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 716,914 0.02 3,816,895-81.22
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 58,775 0.00 79,785-26.33
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 41,728 0.00 46,086-9.46
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 106,452 0.00 46,156130.64
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 46,961 0.00 19,691138.49
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 510,488 0.01 462,77710.31
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 11,619,909 0.28 5,648,158105.73
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 120,790 0.00 7,6931,470.13
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 2,229,876 0.05 1,312,90769.84
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 3,695,718,962 88.05 2,183,539,14469.25
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 5,428,570 0.13 4,608,21617.80
29 Organic chemicals 406,192 0.01 1,485,130-72.65
30 Pharmaceutical products 509,314 0.01 655,682-22.32
31 Fertilizers 25,316,543 0.60 15,870,68759.52
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 156,131 0.00 122,71527.23
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 35,241 0.00 29,00821.49
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 68,978 0.00 18,134280.38
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 0 0.00 476-100.00
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 116,588-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,087,681 0.03 384,160183.13
39 Plastics and articles thereof 6,334,962 0.15 565,0361,021.16
40 Rubber and articles thereof 9,471,450 0.23 12,282,288-22.89
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 12,145-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 4,548 0.00 2,47983.46
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 1,015,261 0.02 708,13543.37
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 22,057,814 0.53 12,469,46776.89
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 10,453,038 0.25 9,327,27512.07
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 167,310 0.00 107,89255.07
52 Cotton 0 0.00 84,431-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 1,974,330 0.05 1,373,78543.71
55 Man-made staple fibers 0 0.00 11-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 8,501 0.00 142,849-94.05
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 2,617 0.00 5,142-49.11
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 4,955-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 0 0.00 172-100.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 196 0.00 422-53.55
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 372 0.00 12,264-96.97
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 28,170 0.00 2,568996.96
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 1,135 0.00 0
65 Headgear and parts thereof 11,539 0.00 10,7447.40
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 2,673 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 908,785 0.02 768,09118.32
69 Ceramic products 55,726 0.00 51510,720.58
70 Glass and glassware 2,522,847 0.06 1,340,95288.14
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 4,753 0.00 6,562-27.57
72 Iron and steel 19,975,234 0.48 10,268,85894.52
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,283,927 0.03 1,385,095-7.30
74 Copper and articles thereof 264,641 0.01 12,7521,975.29
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 254,092,106 6.05 137,252,85985.13
78 Lead and articles thereof 1,589,322 0.04 465,438241.47
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 34,120 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 26,846 0.00 9,484183.07
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 3,879 0.00 16,198-76.05
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 5,287,053 0.13 2,648,12199.65
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 4,317,372 0.10 2,030,268112.65
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 38,337 0.00 4,702715.33
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 5,833,810 0.14 14,679,930-60.26
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 615,928 0.01 380,55061.85
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 0 0.00 3-100.00
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 273,074 0.01 221,75723.14
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 79,190 0.00 24,048229.30
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 297,846 0.01 237,63225.34
SS Classified 0 0.00 668 581-100.00

Russia’s Imports from Greece

The major share of Russian imports from Greece in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 31.40% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (33.32% in 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 19.15% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (20.23% in 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 17.99% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (19.88% in 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.08% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (15.17% in 2020);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 7.72% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (1.62% in 2020);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.32% of Russia’s total imports from Greece (3.96% in 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Greece in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $18,912,132;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $8,763,016;
  • Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - an increase of $6,491,965;
  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $5,204,155;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $4,763,434;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $4,170,838;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $4,128,310;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $2,709,634;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $2,409,143;
  • 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 $2,181,098;
  • Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $2,067,804;
  • Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $1,579,598;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,128,024;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,095,947;
  • Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $1,083,430.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Greece in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • No product groups with a substantial decrease.
Russia’s imports from Greece in 2021 by product groups
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
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 6,521 0.00 6,908-5.60
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 970 0.00 0
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 204,840 0.07 222,536-7.95
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 1,883 0.00 2,387-21.11
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 40,786 0.01 91,194-55.28
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 4,378 0.00 8,369-47.69
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 9,046,989 3.03 8,473,8846.76
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 40,368 0.01 52,405-22.97
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 243,285 0.08 167,71245.06
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 714,003 0.24 326,080118.97
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 1,791,493 0.60 1,494,62119.86
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 22,635,088 7.58 21,055,4907.50
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 699,650 0.23 612,23914.28
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 5,881,119 1.97 4,797,68922.58
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 0 0.00 20,830-100.00
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 11,690,393 3.92 6,926,95968.77
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 3,673,985 1.23 3,407,8797.81
26 Ores, slag and ash 18,912,132 6.33 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 160,946 0.05 199,656-19.39
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,226,661 0.41 631,46594.26
29 Organic chemicals 441,336 0.15 152,459189.48
30 Pharmaceutical products 27,289,385 9.14 18,526,36947.30
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 10,229,534 3.43 9,392,8938.91
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 9,719,288 3.26 5,590,97873.84
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 1,596,021 0.53 1,485,5717.43
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 5,028 0.00 4171,105.76
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 284,158-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 15,548,277 5.21 14,420,2537.82
39 Plastics and articles thereof 26,269,041 8.80 23,559,40711.50
40 Rubber and articles thereof 195,326 0.07 161,80020.72
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 33,569 0.01 69,079-51.40
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 8,780 0.00 8,4513.89
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 10,933,465 3.66 4,441,500146.17
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 46,936 0.02 53,327-11.98
45 Cork and articles of cork 1,811 0.00 1,863-2.79
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 15,462 0.01 3,813305.51
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,010,117 0.34 1,003,6180.65
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 610,606 0.20 571,3246.88
50 Silk 61 0.00 0
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 359,437 0.12 489,184-26.52
52 Cotton 91,736 0.03 162,501-43.55
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 2,497 0.00 1,91030.73
54 Man-made filaments 574,075 0.19 387,11848.29
55 Man-made staple fibers 24,362 0.01 24,665-1.23
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 402,471 0.13 772,077-47.87
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 848,595 0.28 594,92042.64
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 1,135,480 0.38 962,41817.98
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 28,953 0.01 38,027-23.86
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 1,111,725 0.37 1,377,412-19.29
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 1,655,014 0.55 1,701,173-2.71
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 1,398,138 0.47 1,049,14133.27
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 1,266,485 0.42 390,625224.22
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 872,857 0.29 858,0721.72
65 Headgear and parts thereof 11,227 0.00 10,4347.60
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 1,167 0.00 2,465-52.66
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 5,941,241 1.99 3,873,43753.38
69 Ceramic products 12,874 0.00 25,241-49.00
70 Glass and glassware 11,845 0.00 60,827-80.53
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 80,734 0.03 114,512-29.50
72 Iron and steel 1,735,348 0.58 639,401171.40
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,712,009 0.57 1,338,51127.90
74 Copper and articles thereof 30,453,469 10.20 25,249,31420.61
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 11,394,275 3.82 7,223,43757.74
78 Lead and articles thereof 13,597 0.00 17,743-23.37
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 39,845 0.01 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 9,838,394 3.30 9,661,1801.83
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 1,223,209 0.41 917,28133.35
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 19,262,658 6.45 16,853,51514.29
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 17,572,705 5.89 15,391,60714.17
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 975,245 0.33 812,98119.96
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 23 0.00 117,396-99.98
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 740,887 0.25 614,07520.65
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 40 0.00 0
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 336 0.00 422-20.38
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 395,894 0.13 980,975-59.64
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 943,605 0.32 932,4061.20
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,126,861 0.38 803,25740.29
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 446,253 0.15 68565,046.42
SS Classified 0 0.00 42-100.00
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia