17 March 2004 14:13
RUSSIA UPS FOREIGN TRADE SURPLUS IN JAN
MOSCOW. March 15 (Interfax) - Russia's foreign trade surplus rose to $6.7 billion in January 2004, against $6.3
billion in January 2003, the Federal Customs Service said.
Code '000 Mln '000 Mln '000 Mln
Tonnes USD Tonnes USD Tonnes USD
Total: - 10 431.0 - 8 736.5 - 1 694.5
1001 Wheat 114.5 20.0 29.7 5.1 84.8 14.9
2208601 Vodka, 18 224.6 1.0 10 580.7 0.6 7 643.9 0.4
100 decilite
rs (100%-
alcohol)
2510 Calcium 179.4 7.3 179.4 7.3 - -
phosphat
es
2601 Iron 1 081.0 21.2 811.8 16.6 269.2 4.6
ores and
concentr
ates
2701 Bitumino 2 627.4 82.3 2 254.5 67.9 372.9 14.4
us coal
2704 Coke and 272.0 23.0 133.2 11.5 138.8 11.5
semi-
coke
2709 Crude 17 251.2 3 201.6 15 121.9 2 875.7 2 129.3 325.9
oil
Crude 4 614.8 863.2 4 367.4 821.8 247.4 41.4
oil ***
2710 Oil 4 071.9 799.2 3 811.1 741.8 260.8 57.4
products
2710114 279.0 69.9 194.5 51.2 84.5 18.7
100- Automobi
2710115 le
900 Gasoline
2710193 Diesel 1 623.6 398.5 1 508.7 374.6 114.9 23.9
100- fuel
Foreign trade turnover increased 10.9% year-on-year to $14.1 billion. Exports rose 9.5% to $10.4 billion and imports
increased 14.9% to $3.7 billion. Key Russian Exports, January 2004 Commodi Commodity Total Non-CIS CIS ty
2710195 Fuel 1 749.7 217.6 1 735.6 215.9 14.1 1.7
100- oil
2711210 Natural 9.2 866.7 5.9 ... 3.3 ...
000 gas,
billion
cu m
2716 Electric 16.6 0.4 13.6 0.3 3.0 0.1
ity, mln
kWh
2814100 Anhydrou 262.8 49.3 259.7 48.8 3.1 0.5
000 s
ammonia
290511 Methanol 142.0 19.7 140.1 19.4 1.9 0.3
3102 Nitrogen 784.2 80.2 767.1 78.5 17.1 1.7
Fertiliz
ers
3104 Potash 441.8 35.0 439.4 34.7 2.4 0.3
Fertiliz
ers
3105 Combined 600.6 71.5 590.0 69.7 10.6 1.8
Fertiliz
ers
4002 Syntheti 49.5 51.9 42.9 46.2 6.6 5.7
c Rubber
4403 Unproces 2 515.4 138.3 2 488.2 137.1 27.2 1.2
sed
Timber,
'000 cu
m
4407 Processe 448.0 84.5 382.4 78.2 65.6 6.3
d Timber
4412 Plywood, 93.5 25.1 89.9 23.9 3.6 1.2
'000 cu
m
4702- Wood 135.4 46.4 129.8 44.2 5.6 2.2
4704 Cellulos
e
4801 Newsprin 105.6 39.3 95.8 35.4 9.8 3.9
t
5208- Cotton 17 502.3 7.1 12 410.4 5.4 5 091.9 1.7
5212 Fabrics,
'000 sq
m
72 Ferrous - 768.1 - 721.8 - 46.3
metals
72 Ferrous - 563.7 - 530.3 - 33.4
7201- except
7204) Pig
Iron,
Ferroall
oys,
Scrap
and
Waste
7201 Pig Iron 409.1 65.7 374.4 60.0 34.7 5.7
7202 Ferroall 50.9 34.0 45.7 30.5 5.2 3.5
oys
7207 Semi- 804.3 190.6 794.1 187.9 10.2 2.7
finished
Carbon
Steel
Products
7208- Flat 721.1 249.0 703.4 240.5 17.7 8.5
7212 Carbon
Steel
Products
7403 Refined 35.7 79.4 35.7 79.4 0.0 0.0
Copper
7502 Unproces 12.8 192.4 12.8 192.2 0.0 0.2
sed
Nickel
7601 Unproces 411.7 429.3 411.5 429.1 0.2 0.3
sed
Aluminum
84-90 Machiner - 651.2 - 485.1 - 166.1
y and
Equipmen
t
8703 Cars, 11.6 60.8 7.4 45.2 4.2 15.6
'000
units
8704 Trucks, 1.4 14.2 0.1 5.0 1.3 9.2
'000
units
2710194 900
Code '000 Mln '000 Mln '000 Mln
Tonnes USD Tonnes USD Tonnes USD
Total - 3 739.5 - 2 811.8 - 927.7
0201- Fresh 20.0 27.2 17.7 23.4 2.3 3.8
0204 and
Frozen
Meat
0207 Fresh 17.6 10.3 17.6 10.3 0.0 0.0
and
Frozen
Poultry
0302- Fresh 44.4 36.7 43.1 35.8 1.3 0.9
0304 and
Frozen
Fish
0402 Condense 2.5 3.6 0.1 0.1 2.4 3.5
d Milk
and
Cream
0405 Butter 8.9 13.6 7.8 12.0 1.1 1.6
0805 Citrus 89.7 29.9 88.7 29.6 1.0 0.3
Fruits
0901 Coffee 2.3 2.6 2.3 2.6 0.0 0.0
0902 Tea 14.5 26.2 14.3 26.1 0.2 0.1
10 Grains - 10.2 - 4.8 - 5.4
1001 Wheat 10.9 1.8 1.4 0.3 9.5 1.5
1003 Barley 14.9 2.2 9.5 1.6 5.4 0.6
1005 Maize 22.5 3.2 0.3 0.1 22.2 3.1
1512 Sunflowe 10.3 8.4 3.2 2.6 7.1 5.8
r Oil
1602 Meat 0.8 1.3 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.3
Products
, Canned
Meats
170111 Raw 151.1 26.2 150.6 26.0 0.5 0.2
- Sugar
2710196 900
1701991 White 12.7 4.1 2.9 0.6 9.8 3.5
000 Sugar
1801 Cocoa 3.5 7.6 3.5 7.6 - -
Beans
1806 Products 7.8 12.3 2.1 5.5 5.7 6.8
containi
ng Cocoa
22 Alcoholi - 57.9 - 26.7 - 31.2
c and
Nonalcoh
olic
Beverage
s
2402 Cigarett - 2.6 - 2.6 - 0.0
es and
Cigars
2606 Aluminum 2.6 0.4 2.5 0.4 0.1 0.0
Ores and
Concentr
ates
2701 Bitumino 1 954.4 15.6 5.7 0.5 1 948.7 15.1
us Coal
2709 Crude 557.0 55.4 - - 557.0 55.4
Oil
2710 Oil 6.3 8.7 6.3 8.6 0.0 0.1
Products
2710114 0.0 0.0 - - - -
100- Automobi
2710115 le
900 Gasoline
2710193 Diesel 0.0 0.0 - - - -
100- Fuel
(except Metals
2710195 Fuel 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 - -
100- oil
Note: Totals for both exports and imports include trade with Belarus, but volume/amount for individual commodities
does not include trade with Belarus. *** The separate amount is for crude oil dispatched in 2003 (256,400 in October,
856,300 tonnes in November and 3.5021 million tonnes in December) but not cleared by Customs until January 2004 (RF
Customs Code - RF Foreign Trade Customs Statistics Methodology). Key Russian Imports, January 2004 Commodi Commodity
Total Non-CIS CIS ty
2941 Antibiot - 2.4 - 2.4 - -
ics
3003- Medicine - 96.0 - 95.2 - 0.8
3004 s
3808 Crop 0.5 5.7 0.5 5.7 0.0 0.0
Protecti
on
Chemical
s
4001- Natural 4.5 2.7 4.5 2.7 - -
4002 and
Syntheti
c
Rubbers
5201 Cotton- 27.3 23.7 0.4 0.4 26.9 23.3
Fiber,
Unproces
sed
5208- Cotton 7 969.2 4.2 6 141.2 3.5 1 828.0 0.7
5212 Fabrics,
'000 sq
m
61-62 Clothing - 27.9 - 26.6 - 1.3
6403 Leather 0.6 6.0 0.6 5.8 0.0 0.2
Footwear
, mln
pairs
72 Ferrous - 67.7 - 17.4 - 50.3
Metals
72 Ferrous - 56.5 - 16.8 - 39.7
170112
7201- except
7204) Pig
Iron,
Ferroall
oys,
Scrap
and
Waste
7304- Steel 56.6 37.3 29.7 23.5 26.9 13.8
7306 Pipes
84-90 Machiner - 1 368.8 - 1 277.5 - 91.3
y and
Equipmen
t
8703 Cars, 14.8 187.0 14.2 183.9 0.6 3.1
'000
8704 Trucks, 3.0 28.8 2.9 28.1 0.1 0.7
'000
9401- Furnitur - 23.1 - 21.1 - 2.0
9403 e
2710194 900
2710196 900
Fuel and energy accounted for 59.9% of exports to the non-CIS,
compared with 67.9% in January last year. Metals accounted for 18%
(except Metals
Note: Overall export and import figures (not divided by goods) include indicators on trade with Belarus based on
State Customs Committee information.
Trade with non-CIS countries grew 8.1% to $11.5 billion, of which exports 6.1% to $8.7 billion and imports 14.8% to
$2.8 billion. This produced a surplus of $5.9 billion, which was $100 million higher than a year previously.
compared with 13.5%, chemicals for 6.6% compared with 5.4% and forest products, pulp and paper 4.5% compared with
4.2%.
Crude oil exports grew 12.4% year-on-year to 15.1 million tonnes in January. Exports in tonnage grew 60.5% for
ferroalloys, 63.6% for primary aluminum, 20.8% for nitrous fertilizers and 53.5% for ammonium anhydride and, in value,
60.6% for machinery and equipment.
Machinery and equipment accounted for 45.4% of Russian imports from the non-CIS, compared with 38.5% in January last
year; food and ingredients 18.7% compared with 24.9%, and chemicals 17.3% compared with 17.4%.
Russia imported 30.3% more frozen fish from the non-CIS, 270% more bituminous coal and 120% more cars, but 71.5% less
frozen meat, 78.1% less poultry, 49.4% less butter and 26.9% less raw sugar.
Trade with the CIS grew 25% year-on-year to $2.6 billion in January, of which exports 31.3% to $1.7 billion and
imports 15% to $900 million, to produce a surplus of $800 million, or $300 million higher than in January 2003.
Fuel and energy accounted for 56.2% of Russian exports to the CIS. In tonnage, crude oil exports grew 36.5%, oil
product exports doubled, natural gas exports were up 7.8% and ferrous metal exports grew 31.2%.
Wheat imports from the CIS soared 330% in tonnage, and medicine imports grew 94.8%. But imports fell 70.9% for frozen
meat, 18.3% for citrus fruit and 22% for sunflower oil.
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