For the last three years there has been obvious growth of import to Russia from Finland from 344 000 tons in the 1st quarter of 2010 to 400 000 tons in the same period of time in 2012. Industrial products, chemicals, semi processed food and building materials have made the most significant increase in import. Less noticeable in terms of volume, steel products are also keeping with the trend. Nevertheless, agricultural products import that saw increase up to 25 000 tons in the 1st quarter of 2011 has gone down to 15 000 tons in 2012.
The figure of exported goods from Russia to Finland reached 614 000 tons in the first quarter of 2010. Since then, it has been decreasing and at the same period in 2011 it became 548 000 tons and a year later - 480 000 tons. The main groups of exported products are agricultural and industrial. Agricultural export volume has diminished to 200 000 tons in the 1st quarter of 2012 in comparison with 333 000 tons in 2010. The decline in export was primarily due to decrease in wood supply (according to Eurostat, wood is classified as an agricultural product) for paper production, raw wood used in sleeper’s production and timber waste. Industrial goods export has been also stable, though less rapid: from 258 000 tons in the 1st quarter of 2010 to 233 000 tons in the same period of 2011. Against the overall decline in export, chemicals and metal products has seen a sound growth. Though, it did not have a significant effect on the overall trend.
Table 1. Road haulage from Finland to Russia in the first quarter of the year from 2010 to 2012 (Eurostat data)
|
Import to Russia, tons | ||
Q1 2010
| Q1 2011 | Q1 2012 | |
Agricultural products
| 14 712 | 24 867 | 14 187 |
Semi processed food
| 35 099
| 36 578
| 42 684
|
Solid mineral fuel
| 21
| 41
| 75
|
Petrochemicals
| 27 985
| 23 669
| 26 079
|
Minerals and metal waste | 267
| 310
| 915
|
Metal production
| 5 503
| 7 064
| 8 468
|
Raw and industrial minerals, building materials
| 25 009
| 28 425
| 31 997
|
Fertilizers
| 0
| 19
| 1
|
Chemical products
| 88 006
| 85 062
| 95 499
|
Machinery, transport equipment, industrial products
| 112 571
| 138 915
| 141 063
|
Total
| 344 016
| 382 149
| 400 556
|
Table 2. Road haulage from Russia to Finland in the first quarter of the year from 2010 to 2012 (Eurostat data)
|
Export from Russia, tons | ||
Q1 2010 | Q1 2011 | Q1 2012 | |
Agricultural products | 332 965 | 269 568 | 200 241 |
Semi processed food | 3 268 | 2 882 | 2 803 |
Solid mineral fuel | 1 982 | 5 493 | 3 922 |
Petrochemicals | 396 | 1 058 | 616 |
Minerals and metal waste | 868 | 465 | 97 |
Metal production | 4 633 | 6 535 | 11 107 |
Raw and industrial minerals, building materials | 2 500 | 2 681 | 4 663 |
Fertilizers | 0 | 40 | 0 |
Chemical products | 9 678 | 15 251 | 23 096 |
Machinery, transport equipment, industrial products | 258 109 | 244 324 | 233 032 |
Total | 614 452 | 548 593 | 480 546 |