Russian trade with Yemen 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 Yemen in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Yemen
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Yemen was $234,540,311, down 1.68% ($4,006,504) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2021 were $234,382,982, down 1.63% ($3,886,013) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2021 were $157,329, down 43.37% ($120,491) from 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Yemen in 2021 was $234,225,653, a 1.58% decrease ($3,765,522) over 2020.
Yemen was Russia’s 103rd largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 97th in 2020), accounting for 0.0299% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0420% in 2020).
Yemen was Russia’s 92nd largest export market in 2021 (down from 81st in 2020), accounting for 0.0477% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0708% in 2020).
Yemen was Russia’s 170th largest supplier in 2021 (down from 159th in 2020), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (just as in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Yemen
The major share of Russian exports to Yemen in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 68.25% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (74.02% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 14.44% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (11.07% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 13.81% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (13.98% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.75% of Russia’s total exports to Yemen (0.08% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $5,750,064;
- 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 $5,042,951;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $3,330,264;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,568,527;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $1,325,871;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $943,007.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Yemen in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $21,671,733;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $951,659.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 13,695 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 418,848 | 0.18 | 153,408 | 173.03 |
| 10 | Cereals | 152,662,763 | 65.13 | 174,334,496 | -12.43 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 3,330,264 | 1.42 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 11,135 | 0.00 | 11,000 | 1.23 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 87,709 | 0.04 | 54,075 | 62.20 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,845,707 | 1.21 | 1,519,836 | 87.24 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 605,877 | 0.26 | 270,565 | 123.93 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 523 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 230 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 32,363,545 | 13.81 | 33,315,204 | -2.86 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 187,110 | 0.08 | 254,830 | -26.57 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 345,520 | 0.15 | 862,073 | -59.92 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 23,685 | 0.01 | 996 | 2,278.01 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 26,279 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 169 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 279,577 | 0.12 | 117,597 | 137.74 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 137,278 | 0.06 | 88,070 | 55.87 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 147,514 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,879,314 | 0.80 | 310,787 | 504.70 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 31,817,898 | 13.58 | 26,067,834 | 22.06 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 465,101 | 0.20 | 115,951 | 301.12 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 106 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 235 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 24 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 5 | 0.00 | 33 | -84.85 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,675 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 289,688 | 0.12 | 596,913 | -51.47 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 957,748 | 0.41 | 14,741 | 6,397.17 |
| 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 | 5,087,707 | 2.17 | 44,756 | 11,267.65 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 728 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 408,166 | 0.17 | 121,031 | 237.24 |
| 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 | 66 | 0.00 | 281 | -76.51 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 11 | 0.00 | 1 | 1,000.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Yemen
The major share of Russian imports from Yemen in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 59.02% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (0.00% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 39.47% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (1.58% in 2020);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 1.51% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (0.00% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Yemen (98.40% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $92,849;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $61,070;
- 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 $2,382.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Yemen in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $262,340;
- 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 $8,766;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $3,363;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,255.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 61,070 | 38.82 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,028 | 0.65 | 4,391 | -76.59 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 92,849 | 59.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 2,382 | 1.51 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 68 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,255 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 8,766 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 262,340 | -100.00 |