Russian trade with Paraguay 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 Paraguay in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Paraguay
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Paraguay totaled $893,180,900, up 52.35% ($306,916,828) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Paraguay in 2021 totaled $46,396,769, up 70.87% ($19,243,561) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Paraguay in 2021 totaled $846,784,131, up 51.45% ($287,673,267) from 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Paraguay in 2021 was $800,387,362, a 50.46% increase ($268,429,706) over 2020.
Paraguay was Russia’s 72nd largest trading partner in 2021 (up from 75th in 2020), accounting for 0.1138% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1032% in 2020).
Paraguay was Russia’s 133rd largest export market in 2021 (down from 131st in 2020), accounting for 0.0094% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0081% in 2020).
Paraguay was Russia’s 45th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 49th in 2020), accounting for 0.2886% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2416% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Paraguay
The major share of Russian exports to Paraguay in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 66.34% of Russia’s total exports to Paraguay (82.13% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 27.99% of Russia’s total exports to Paraguay (11.86% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.71% of Russia’s total exports to Paraguay (5.51% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Paraguay in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $9,988,227;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $8,178,887;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $1,497,906;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $640,567;
- 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 $309,372;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $298,835;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $151,593;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $148,068.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Paraguay in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $1,338,261;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $811,177.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 5,498 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 7,979 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 1,111 | -100.00 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 6,720 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 298,835 | 0.64 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 30,479,642 | 65.69 | 22,300,755 | 36.68 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 414,260 | 0.89 | 104,888 | 294.95 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 141,344 | 0.30 | 109,032 | 29.64 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,988,494 | 21.53 | 267 | 3,740,908.99 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,225,501 | 2.64 | 2,563,762 | -52.20 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 465,068 | 1.00 | 317,000 | 46.71 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 23,720 | 0.05 | 40,482 | -41.41 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 725,800 | 1.56 | 85,233 | 751.55 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 87 | 0.00 | 9 | 866.67 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 199 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,896,066 | 4.09 | 398,160 | 376.21 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 287,195 | 0.62 | 1,098,372 | -73.85 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 10 | 0.00 | 5 | 100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,049 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 996 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 136 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 9,672 | 0.02 | 9,511 | 1.69 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 25,642 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 20,545 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 125 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 128 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 92 | 0.00 | 135 | -31.85 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 203,857 | 0.44 | 52,264 | 290.05 |
| 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 | 112,237 | 0.24 | 44,775 | 150.67 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 57,453 | 0.12 | 14,580 | 294.05 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,268 | 0.01 | 2,388 | 162.48 |
| 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 | 105 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,500 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Paraguay
The major share of Russian imports from Paraguay in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.53% of Russia’s total imports from Paraguay (98.47% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.46% of Russia’s total imports from Paraguay (1.51% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Paraguay in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $208,803,050;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $78,256,753;
- Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - an increase of $3,879,392.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Paraguay in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 04) - a decrease of $4,189,569.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 341,575,168 | 40.34 | 263,318,415 | 29.72 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 4,424,726 | 0.52 | 8,614,295 | -48.64 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 3,680,354 | 0.43 | 2,767,052 | 33.01 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 67,309 | 0.01 | 68,564 | -1.83 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 129,276 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 481,298,500 | 56.84 | 272,495,450 | 76.63 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 3,045,286 | 0.36 | 3,191,300 | -4.58 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,797 | 0.00 | 5,999 | -20.04 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 16,806 | 0.00 | 16,697 | 0.65 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 17,690 | 0.00 | 9,031 | 95.88 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 46,351 | 0.01 | 28,401 | 63.20 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,732 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 2,147 | -100.00 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 12,343,627 | 1.46 | 8,464,235 | 45.83 |
| 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 | 1,298 | 0.00 | 2 | 64,800.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 9,838 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |