Foreign Economic Activities of the Republic of Tatarstan
Foreign trade turnover
The Republic of Tatarstan as one of the most economically developed regions in the
Russian Federation is an active player of foreign economic activities among Russia’s
regions.
In Q1 2013, the Tatarstan foreign trade turnover (FTT RT) totalled US$ 6,514.4
million which is an increase by 3.7% as compared to Q1 2012. With that, the republic’s
exports were US$ 5,612.2 million and imports, US$ 902.2 million. The positive balance of
the Tatarstan foreign trade turnover in Q1 2013 constituted US$ 4,710 million as against
US$ 4,850.4 million in Q1 2011. The export/import coverage ratio was 6.2 (for reference:
in Q1 2012 it was 7.8). In the structure of Tatarstan foreign trade turnover in Q1 2013,
exports accounted for 86.2% and imports, for 13.8%.
Changes in basic figures of foreigh trade turnover in Tatarstan
in the period from 2008 to Q1 2013
30,000
25,000
US$ million
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
1Q 2013
FTT RT
21,373.4
13,491.6
19,563.2
25,291.9
25,170.9
6,514.4
Exports
18,445.8
11,748.6
16,986.0
21,896.0
21,342.2
5,612.2
Imports
2,927.6
1,743.0
2,577.2
3,395.9
3,828.7
902.2
Balance
15,518.2
10,005.6
14,408.8
18,500.1
17,513.5
4,710.0
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Exports
Commodities exported from Tatarstan in Q1 2013 were dominated by mineral
products (79.3% of total exports) and chemical products, rubber (10.2%).
In Q1 2013, the major exporters from Tatarstan were the Netherlands (with 23.8% of
the total exports), followed by Italy (with 14.0%), Poland (9.7%), India (8.6%), Hungary
(5.0%), Finland (4.8%), the United Kingdom (3.5%), Slovakia (3.4%), France (2.9%),
Sweden (2.8%), Belgium (2.3%), Latvia (2.2%), Bosnia-Herzegovina (2.1%), and
Germany (2.1%).
Commodity structure of Tatarstan exports in Q1 2013
Synthetic rubber
8.0%
Plastics and plastic
products
1.9%
Nonferrous metals
0.1%
Tyres
1.1%
Wood and wooden
products
0.1%
Machines,
equipment, devices
and vehicles
7.0%
Cyclig
hydrocarbons
0.1%
Other commodities
2.9%
Oil products
16.0%
Crude oil
62.8%
Imports
Tatarstan imports were dominated by mechanical engineering products (in Q1 2013
its contribution was 77.6% of the total). The contribution of chemical and petrochemical
sectors in that period was some 13.2%.
In Q1 2013, the major importers to Tatarstan were Germany (18.7% of the total
Tatarstan imports); Ukraine (11.5%); Turkey (8.0%); the United States (7.8%); China
(7.0%); Belgium (6.8%); the United Kingdom (5.6%); Poland (4.8%); the Netherlands
(3.4%); South Korea (3.4%); France (2.9%); Italy (2.3%); the Czech Republic (2.2%); and
Japan (2.1%).
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Commodity structure of Tatarstan imports in Q1 2013
Plastics and plastic
products
5.1%
Essential oils, Organic
perfumes compounds
0.1%
2.5%
Other commodities
19.7%
Ferrous metals
0.4%
Ferrous pipes
0.3%
Non-ferrous metals
0.7%
Machines,
equipment, devices
and vehicles, their
parts
71.2%
Foreign trade geography
In Q1 2013, the trading partners of the Republic of Tatarstan were 115 countries.
Export transactions were performed with 97 countries and import transactions, with 81
countries.
The contribution of the non-CIS countries in the Tatarstan foreign trade turnover
accounted for 96.5%. Moreover, the contribution of the non-CIS countries in the Tatarstan
exports constituted 97.8% and in imports, 87.8%.
Results of foreign trade with non-CIS countries
The trade turnover of the Republic of Tatarstan with the non-CIS countries in the
reporting period totalled US$ 6,032,099,900, which is an increase by 13.1% as compared
to the same period last year. Exports amounted to US$ 5,324,866,100 and imports, to US$
707,233,800.
Major commodities were as follows:
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Exports: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation (81.0% of
total exports to the non-CIS countries); aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (8.7%).
Imports: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, and parts
thereof (36.9% of total imports from the non-CIS countries); surface vehicles other than
railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (25.7%); electrical
machinery, equipment and parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers (7.2%); optical,
photographic, cinematographic devices and appliances (4.9%); plastics and products
thereof (4.5%); ferrous products (4.1%); organic chemical compounds (2.8%).
Results of foreign trade with CIS countries
The foreign trade turnover with CIS countries in Q1 2013 totalled US$ 482,330,000.
As compared to Q1 2012, the turnover decreased by 49.1%. Exports amounted to US$
287,324,000 and imports, to US$ 195,006,000.
Major commodities were as follows:
Exports: Plastics and products thereof (22.0% of total exports to the CIS countries);
rubber and products thereof (21.0%); surface vehicles other than railway or tramway
rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (18.0%); nuclear reactors, boilers,
machinery and mechanical appliances, and parts thereof (9.3%); aircraft, spacecraft, and
parts thereof (7.7%); mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation (6.1%);
organic chemical compounds (3.8%).
Imports: railway locomotives or tramway, rolling stock and parts thereof (70.1% of
total imports from the CIS countries); nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical
appliances, and parts thereof (18.6%).
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