Russian trade with Uruguay 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 Uruguay in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Uruguay
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Uruguay totaled $172,722,502, up 7.56% ($12,142,518) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Uruguay in 2021 totaled $51,113,541, up 22.86% ($9,510,545) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Uruguay in 2021 totaled $121,608,961, up 2.21% ($2,631,973) from 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Uruguay in 2021 was $70,495,420, a 8.89% decrease ($6,878,572) over 2020.
Uruguay was Russia’s 112th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 105th in 2020), accounting for 0.0220% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0283% in 2020).
Uruguay was Russia’s 129th largest export market in 2021 (down from 126th in 2020), accounting for 0.0104% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0124% in 2020).
Uruguay was Russia’s 83rd largest supplier in 2021 (down from 82nd in 2020), accounting for 0.0414% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0514% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Uruguay
The major share of Russian exports to Uruguay in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 74.29% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (83.32% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 18.84% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (7.73% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.78% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (3.77% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.97% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (2.82% in 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.11% of Russia’s total exports to Uruguay (1.32% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Uruguay 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 $6,841,926;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $4,763,955;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $244,962.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Uruguay in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $1,202,771;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $426,028;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $281,131;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $166,947.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 21,828 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 831,391 | 1.63 | 962,639 | -13.63 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 4,760 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 61,881 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 76,143 | 0.15 | 113,740 | -33.06 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 408 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 4,640 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 74,263 | 0.15 | 31,354 | 136.85 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 426,028 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 9,631,434 | 18.84 | 2,789,508 | 245.27 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,366,948 | 2.67 | 2,569,719 | -46.81 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 17,934 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 16,669 | 0.03 | 12,002 | 38.89 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 36,164,015 | 70.75 | 31,400,060 | 15.17 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,563 | 0.01 | 27,863 | -90.80 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 256,095 | 0.50 | 423,042 | -39.46 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 768 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 356 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 156,767 | 0.31 | 37,469 | 318.39 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 9,544 | 0.02 | 146,939 | -93.50 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 228 | 0.00 | 28,791 | -99.21 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 35 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 847,751 | 1.66 | 714,554 | 18.64 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 110 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 572,273 | 1.12 | 853,404 | -32.94 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 17 | 0.00 | 108 | -84.26 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 562,123 | 1.10 | 539,328 | 4.23 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 43 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 414 | -100.00 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 14 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 159 | 0.00 | 162 | -1.85 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 493 | 0.00 | 73 | 575.34 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 332 | 0.00 | 4,676 | -92.90 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 24 | 0.00 | 210 | -88.57 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 12 | 0.00 | 492 | -97.56 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,450 | 0.00 | 4,680 | -47.65 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 304 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 3,134 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 1,587 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 80,952 | 0.16 | 112,943 | -28.32 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 941 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,273 | 0.00 | 15,264 | -91.66 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8,966 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 20,139 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 353 | 0.00 | 2,219 | -84.09 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 4,353 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 308,721 | 0.60 | 63,759 | 384.20 |
| 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 | 17,758 | 0.03 | 56,660 | -68.66 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 45,872 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 20,501 | 0.04 | 48,521 | -57.75 |
| 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 | 68,660 | 0.13 | 21,913 | 213.33 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 22,227 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 16,992 | 0.03 | 777 | 2,086.87 |
Russia’s Imports from Uruguay
The major share of Russian imports from Uruguay in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 96.83% of Russia’s total imports from Uruguay (97.35% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.21% of Russia’s total imports from Uruguay (1.55% in 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.82% of Russia’s total imports from Uruguay (1.07% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Uruguay 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 $7,198,108;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $5,029,605;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $2,493,098;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $1,004,491;
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (HS code 35) - an increase of $651,834.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Uruguay 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 $10,777,136;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $2,661,090;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - a decrease of $371,117.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 45,482,080 | 37.40 | 40,452,475 | 12.43 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 4,697,033 | 3.86 | 7,358,123 | -36.17 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 47,498,618 | 39.06 | 58,275,754 | -18.49 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 4,201,454 | 3.45 | 3,196,963 | 31.42 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 6,273,529 | 5.16 | 3,780,431 | 65.95 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 31,913 | 0.03 | 4,603 | 593.31 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 7,198,108 | 5.92 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,283,225 | 1.06 | 1,128,370 | 13.72 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 45,216 | 0.04 | 416,333 | -89.14 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 30,000 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 358,882 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 671,942 | 0.55 | 820,696 | -18.13 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 11,745 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 659 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,000,483 | 0.82 | 782,830 | 27.80 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 16,101 | 0.01 | 11,720 | 37.38 |
| 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 | 33,690 | 0.03 | 56,100 | -39.95 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,624,808 | 1.34 | 972,974 | 66.99 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 5,306 | 0.00 | 20,583 | -74.22 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 156 | -100.00 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 111 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 116,073 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,977 | 0.00 | 1,483 | 33.31 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 992,850 | 0.82 | 1,260,532 | -21.24 |
| 52 | Cotton | 110 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,294 | 0.00 | 7,188 | -68.09 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 584 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 103 | 0.00 | 718 | -85.65 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 484 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 4,916 | 0.00 | 28,880 | -82.98 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 641 | 0.00 | 2,138 | -70.02 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 24,937 | 0.02 | 9,051 | 175.52 |