Russian trade with Montenegro 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 Montenegro in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Montenegro
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Montenegro totaled $38,705,544, up 25.37% ($7,833,248) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Montenegro in 2021 were $6,088,650, down 53.65% ($7,048,463) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Montenegro in 2021 totaled $32,616,894, up 83.91% ($14,881,711) from 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Montenegro in 2021 was $26,528,244, a 476.94% increase ($21,930,174) over 2020.
Montenegro was Russia’s 145th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 142nd in 2020), accounting for 0.0049% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0054% in 2020).
Montenegro was Russia’s 161st largest export market in 2021 (down from 143rd in 2020), accounting for 0.0012% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0039% in 2020).
Montenegro was Russia’s 106th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 108th in 2020), accounting for 0.0111% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0077% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Montenegro
The major share of Russian exports to Montenegro in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 67.38% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (21.29% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 13.65% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (7.74% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 10.04% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (2.29% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.27% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (62.29% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.44% of Russia’s total exports to Montenegro (1.88% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Montenegro in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1,221,139;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $491,533;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $93,750;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $93,202;
- 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 $64,771;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $56,892;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $37,632;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $30,507;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $28,212.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Montenegro in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $8,012,340;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $220,695;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $191,678;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $141,433;
- Ceramic products (HS code 69) - a decrease of $136,389;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $136,049;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $97,895;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $83,516;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $54,164;
- 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 $45,784;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $29,118.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 4,866 | 0.08 | 11,018 | -55.84 |
| 10 | Cereals | 93,750 | 1.54 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 7,548 | 0.12 | 7,603 | -0.72 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 102 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 340 | 0.01 | 804 | -57.71 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 6,168 | 0.10 | 6,713 | -8.12 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,067 | 0.03 | 1,332 | 55.18 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 25,866 | 0.42 | 109,382 | -76.35 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 111,947 | 1.84 | 18,745 | 497.21 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 57,565 | 0.95 | 69,668 | -17.37 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,792,529 | 62.29 | 2,571,390 | 47.49 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 26,734 | 0.44 | 247,429 | -89.20 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,774 | 0.03 | 99 | 1,691.92 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 479 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 512,233 | 8.41 | 20,700 | 2,374.56 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 50,414 | 0.83 | 12,782 | 294.41 |
| 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 | 19,115 | 0.31 | 13,396 | 42.69 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 173 | -100.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 10,176 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,389 | 0.02 | 193,067 | -99.28 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 21,749 | 0.36 | 50,867 | -57.24 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 4,174 | 0.07 | 55 | 7,489.09 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 54 | 0.00 | 195 | -72.31 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 14,442 | 0.24 | 112,337 | -87.14 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 156 | 0.00 | 1,240 | -87.42 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 1,775 | -100.00 |
| 52 | Cotton | 32 | 0.00 | 937 | -96.58 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 49 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 22 | 0.00 | 3 | 633.33 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 1,458 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,773 | 0.06 | 340 | 1,009.71 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4,760 | 0.08 | 7,967 | -40.25 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 9,660 | 0.16 | 18,775 | -48.55 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,530 | 0.03 | 142 | 977.46 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 102 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 707 | 0.01 | 240 | 194.58 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 12,113 | 0.20 | 13 | 93,076.92 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 89,886 | 1.48 | 226,275 | -60.28 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 5,522 | 0.09 | 2,545 | 116.97 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 30,765 | 0.51 | 258 | 11,824.42 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 59,963 | 0.98 | 3,071 | 1,852.56 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 345 | 0.01 | 394 | -12.44 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 347 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 143,580 | 2.36 | 8,155,920 | -98.24 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 118 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 27,554 | 0.45 | 22,917 | 20.23 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 28,592 | 0.47 | 380 | 7,424.21 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 543,022 | 8.92 | 684,455 | -20.66 |
| 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 | 164,798 | 2.71 | 210,582 | -21.74 |
| 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 | 64,771 | 1.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 4,894 | 0.08 | 13,734 | -64.37 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 53,875 | 0.88 | 108,039 | -50.13 |
| 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 | 56,174 | 0.92 | 192,223 | -70.78 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 22,267 | 0.37 | 21,440 | 3.86 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4,442 | 0.07 | 3,005 | 47.82 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 526 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Montenegro
The major share of Russian imports from Montenegro in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 89.93% of Russia’s total imports from Montenegro (87.54% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.13% of Russia’s total imports from Montenegro (2.20% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.45% of Russia’s total imports from Montenegro (1.32% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Montenegro in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $13,792,027;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $770,215;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $338,802.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Montenegro in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 145,159 | 0.45 | 220,450 | -34.15 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 13,741 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 29,313,434 | 89.87 | 15,521,407 | 88.86 |
| 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 | 773 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 183 | 0.00 | 732 | -75.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,800 | 0.01 | 2,896 | -37.85 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 80,744 | 0.25 | 37,822 | 113.48 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,221 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 2,281,442 | 6.99 | 1,511,227 | 50.97 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 56,649 | 0.17 | 63 | 89,819.05 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,468 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 11,465 | 0.04 | 28,986 | -60.45 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,873 | 0.01 | 7,348 | -60.90 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 56 | 0.00 | 461 | -87.85 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 44,510 | 0.14 | 26,433 | 68.39 |
| 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 | 9,418 | 0.03 | 10,629 | -11.39 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 297 | 0.00 | 292 | 1.71 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 52,510 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 638,988 | 1.96 | 300,186 | 112.86 |
| 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 | 7,181 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |