Russian trade with Ireland 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 Ireland in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Ireland
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Ireland totaled $2,565,095,020, up 40.41% ($738,295,407) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2021 totaled $464,531,957, up 67.63% ($187,421,940) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2021 totaled $2,100,563,063, up 35.55% ($550,873,467) from 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Ireland in 2021 was $1,636,031,106, a 28.56% increase ($363,451,527) over 2020.
Ireland was Russia’s 48th largest trading partner in 2021 (up from 50th in 2020), accounting for 0.3268% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3217% in 2020).
Ireland was Russia’s 71st largest export market in 2021 (up from 75th in 2020), accounting for 0.0945% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0824% in 2020).
Ireland was Russia’s 28th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 30th in 2020), accounting for 0.7159% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.6696% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Ireland
The major share of Russian exports to Ireland in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 55.11% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (56.39% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 30.02% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (26.57% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.20% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (3.41% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.51% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (2.06% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.37% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (2.39% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.15% of Russia’s total exports to Ireland (1.64% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ireland 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 $81,403,682;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $55,243,101;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $9,256,783;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $8,530,726;
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (HS code 23) - an increase of $8,523,663;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $6,780,262.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ireland in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 7,775 | 0.00 | 5,113 | 52.06 |
| 10 | Cereals | 194,400 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 22 | 0.00 | 24 | -8.33 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,047 | 0.00 | 636,066 | -99.84 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 792 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 776 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,357,603 | 0.29 | 8,500 | 15,871.80 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 244,853 | 0.05 | 268,848 | -8.93 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 13,304,643 | 2.86 | 4,780,980 | 178.28 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 10,810 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 9,968 | 0.00 | 9,771 | 2.02 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 237,644,136 | 51.16 | 156,240,454 | 52.10 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 845,340 | 0.18 | 1,052,400 | -19.68 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 214,512 | 0.05 | 155,655 | 37.81 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 23,524 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 126,431,224 | 27.22 | 71,188,123 | 77.60 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 147,581 | 0.03 | 28,184 | 423.63 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 13,165 | 0.00 | 8,575 | 53.53 |
| 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 | 891 | 0.00 | 385,973 | -99.77 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 117 | -100.00 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2,660 | 0.00 | 1,275 | 108.63 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,579 | 0.00 | 11,565 | -77.70 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 643,663 | 0.14 | 193,479 | 232.68 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,163,235 | 0.25 | 581,847 | 99.92 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,691 | 0.00 | 3,029 | -11.16 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 17,001,987 | 3.66 | 8,471,261 | 100.70 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 535,871 | 0.12 | 266,677 | 100.94 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 582,297 | 0.13 | 709,129 | -17.89 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 976 | 0.00 | 1,369 | -28.71 |
| 52 | Cotton | 19 | 0.00 | 78 | -75.64 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 39 | 0.00 | 27 | 44.44 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 18,273 | 0.00 | 4,909 | 272.23 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 282 | 0.00 | 1,036 | -72.78 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 436 | 0.00 | 2,387 | -81.73 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,187 | 0.00 | 1,761 | 80.98 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 322,422 | 0.07 | 30,858 | 944.86 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 861 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 5,649 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 694,367 | 0.15 | 366,675 | 89.37 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 71,703 | 0.02 | 33,788 | 112.21 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 992,651 | 0.21 | 991,888 | 0.08 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,225 | 0.00 | 531,616 | -99.77 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 13,570,122 | 2.92 | 4,313,339 | 214.61 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,321 | 0.00 | 8,622 | -49.88 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 162 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 56 | 0.00 | 5 | 1,020.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 677 | 0.00 | 223,813 | -99.70 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 109 | 0.00 | 65 | 67.69 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 5,523 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,590,812 | 1.63 | 810,550 | 836.50 |
| 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 | 4,526,551 | 0.97 | 4,056,094 | 11.60 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 94,292 | 0.02 | 7,259 | 1,198.97 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 11,750 | 0.00 | 1,965 | 497.96 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,311,240 | 0.50 | 1,742,733 | 32.62 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 428,751 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 4,618 | 0.00 | 614 | 652.12 |
| 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 | 207,337 | 0.04 | 30,399 | 582.05 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 18,863 | 0.00 | 35,021 | -46.14 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 14,154 | 0.00 | 16,765 | -15.57 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 18 857 860 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Ireland
The major share of Russian imports from Ireland in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 72.90% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (67.40% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.11% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (19.89% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.48% of Russia’s total imports from Ireland (10.44% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $309,247,975;
- 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 $64,052,297;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $43,408,334;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $40,659,124;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $28,832,516;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $14,725,837;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $9,751,473;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $7,742,394;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $7,252,232.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ireland in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares (HS code 19) - a decrease of $8,875,159.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 3,003,092 | 0.14 | 162,826 | 1,744.36 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 1,300 | 0.00 | 673 | 93.16 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 18,053 | 0.00 | 20,489 | -11.89 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 106 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 394,292 | 0.02 | 409,710 | -3.76 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,856,086 | 0.09 | 1,704,509 | 8.89 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 344,563 | 0.02 | 338,867 | 1.68 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 13,701,522 | 0.65 | 10,626,071 | 28.94 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 552,008 | 0.03 | 603,888 | -8.59 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 39,339,226 | 1.87 | 48,214,385 | -18.41 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,876,823 | 0.28 | 4,233,757 | 38.81 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 29,605,129 | 1.41 | 22,352,897 | 32.44 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 80,786,465 | 3.85 | 71,034,992 | 13.73 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 2,072,014 | 0.10 | 2,031,230 | 2.01 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,087 | 0.00 | 33,038 | -93.68 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 14,984 | 0.00 | 1,825 | 721.04 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 188,832,893 | 8.99 | 124,780,596 | 51.33 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 87,815,814 | 4.18 | 47,156,690 | 86.22 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,025,147,133 | 48.80 | 715,899,158 | 43.20 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 166,839 | 0.01 | 111,449 | 49.70 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,603,925 | 0.31 | 3,925,693 | 68.22 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 161,716,186 | 7.70 | 118,307,852 | 36.69 |
| 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 | 1,687,101 | 0.08 | 1,155,847 | 45.96 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 12,712,064 | 0.61 | 7,486,268 | 69.81 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 5,165,482 | 0.25 | 4,729,317 | 9.22 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 28,692,767 | 1.37 | 13,966,930 | 105.43 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,041,384 | 0.34 | 6,257,055 | 12.54 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,090,362 | 0.05 | 716,405 | 52.20 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,532 | 0.00 | 2,388 | -35.85 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 86,075 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 431,098 | 0.02 | 272,359 | 58.28 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 18,799,915 | 0.89 | 11,057,521 | 70.02 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 10,012 | 0.00 | 69,374 | -85.57 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 45,975 | 0.00 | 30,613 | 50.18 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 10,652 | 0.00 | 4,640 | 129.57 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 141,600 | 0.01 | 165,752 | -14.57 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,805 | 0.00 | 883 | 104.42 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 288,430 | 0.01 | 202,178 | 42.66 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 542 | 0.00 | 454 | 19.38 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 301 | 0.00 | 5,691 | -94.71 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 267,051 | 0.01 | 253 | 105,453.75 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 21,209 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 39,928 | 0.00 | 749 | 5,230.84 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 153,787 | 0.01 | 171,742 | -10.45 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 2,537 | 0.00 | 3,081 | -17.66 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 203,555 | 0.01 | 178,576 | 13.99 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,382,938 | 0.07 | 1,424,921 | -2.95 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 12,368 | 0.00 | 18,883 | -34.50 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,250,293 | 0.11 | 1,230,409 | 82.89 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,761,552 | 0.08 | 923,075 | 90.84 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 740,691 | 0.04 | 543,714 | 36.23 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 498,027 | 0.02 | 311,166 | 60.05 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,303 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 171,440 | 0.01 | 197,356 | -13.13 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,567,430 | 0.22 | 3,604,176 | 26.73 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,838,998 | 0.14 | 2,293,471 | 23.79 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 88,583,123 | 4.22 | 59,750,607 | 48.25 |
| 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 | 38,832,007 | 1.85 | 35,996,346 | 7.88 |
| 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 | 23,195 | 0.00 | 13,738 | 68.84 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 684,925 | 0.03 | 418,468 | 63.67 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 20,556 | 0.00 | 11,981 | 71.57 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 209,277,275 | 9.96 | 211,983,955 | -1.28 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,007 | 0.00 | 794 | 152.77 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 630 | -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 | 5,271,394 | 0.25 | 181,145 | 2,810.04 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,036,151 | 0.29 | 5,660,326 | 6.64 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,474,293 | 0.31 | 6,692,961 | -3.27 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 8,043 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 500 | -100.00 |