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Russian trade with Taiwan in 2012

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Taiwan in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Taiwan

In 2012, Russia’s trade with Taiwan totaled $5,325,319,527, up 28.58% ($1,183,788,054) from 2011.

Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2012 totaled $3,321,683,392, up 57.88% ($1,217,777,908) from 2011.

Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2012 were $2,003,636,135, down 1.67% ($33,989,854) from 2011.

Russia’s trade surplus with Taiwan in 2012 was $1,318,047,257, a 1,888.62% increase ($1,251,767,762) over 2011.

Taiwan was Russia’s 28th largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 30th in 2011), accounting for 0.6325% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.5035% in 2011).

Taiwan was Russia’s 29th largest export market in 2012 (up from 37th in 2011), accounting for 0.6330% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.4072% in 2011).

Taiwan was Russia’s 29th largest supplier in 2012 (down from 27th in 2011), accounting for 0.6315% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.6664% in 2011).

Russia’s Exports to Taiwan

The major share of Russian exports to Taiwan in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 50.35% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (22.49% in 2011);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 44.57% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (65.71% in 2011);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.19% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (5.50% in 2011);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.07% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (1.88% in 2011);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.89% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (2.71% in 2011);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.46% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (1.28% in 2011).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2012 over 2011 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 $1,199,285,601;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $56,505,837;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $35,721,621.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $17,989,684;
  • 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 $14,002,489;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $12,317,711;
  • 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) - a decrease of $11,582,174;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $10,338,826.
Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2012 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2011,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2012
over 2011
01 Live animals 0 0.00 654-100.00
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 8,643,273 0.26 5,965,03344.90
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 2,036 0.00 11,534-82.35
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 0 0.00 268,415-100.00
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 0 0.00 9,427-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 46,165 0.00 25,30382.45
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 1,245,973 0.04 959,82329.81
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 467,651 0.01 324,34044.19
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 0 0.00 2,068-100.00
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 109,240 0.00 43,368151.89
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 57,179 0.00 297,077-80.75
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 4,007,814 0.12 872,245359.48
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 2,274 0.00 136,776-98.34
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 1,672,400,601 50.35 473,115,000253.49
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 2,604,578 0.08 4,654,701-44.04
29 Organic chemicals 47,323,630 1.42 57,662,456-17.93
30 Pharmaceutical products 1,449,152 0.04 1,431,8031.21
31 Fertilizers 499,648 0.02 18,489,332-97.30
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 79,621 0.00 1,076,038-92.60
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 12,748 0.00 5,378137.04
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 15,786 0.00 3,025421.85
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 299,442 0.01 4,423,915-93.23
39 Plastics and articles thereof 506,313 0.02 3,308,612-84.70
40 Rubber and articles thereof 19,813,192 0.60 24,710,367-19.82
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 909,799 0.03 2,77132,732.88
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 99 0.00 0
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 4,889 0.00 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 4,346,959 0.13 6,429,844-32.39
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 13,956,649 0.42 15,320,349-8.90
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 17,268,764 0.52 17,825,244-3.12
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 13,389 0.00 0
52 Cotton 556 0.00 0
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 216 0.00 0
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 4 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 7,639 0.00 35,063-78.21
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 10,346 0.00 4991,973.35
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 56,019 0.00 6487,429.69
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 0 0.00 15-100.00
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 33,101 0.00 14,783123.91
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 19,533 0.00 7,162172.73
69 Ceramic products 27,796 0.00 72,542-61.68
70 Glass and glassware 62,624 0.00 57,1999.48
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 15,267,737 0.46 26,849,911-43.14
72 Iron and steel 1,407,014,005 42.36 1,350,508,1684.18
73 Articles of iron or steel 2,609,448 0.08 61,3994,149.98
74 Copper and articles thereof 6,086,019 0.18 1,847,381229.44
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 61,616,483 1.85 25,894,862137.95
80 Tin and articles thereof 1,056 0.00 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 3,012,372 0.09 4,031,294-25.28
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 79,872 0.00 45,38575.99
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 27,072 0.00 4,000576.80
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 1,931,739 0.06 3,532,272-45.31
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 16,088,471 0.48 30,090,960-46.53
86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds 823,843 0.02 356,446131.13
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 0 0.00 2,412-100.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 10,774,820 0.32 23,092,531-53.34
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 9,809 0.00 26,108-62.43
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 718 0.00 0
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 230 0.00 13076.92
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 35,000 0.00 0

Russia’s Imports from Taiwan

The major share of Russian imports from Taiwan in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 68.90% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (67.82% in 2011);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.18% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (11.96% in 2011);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.37% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (9.89% in 2011);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.47% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (5.17% in 2011).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $21,631,719;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $21,368,884;
  • Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $19,866,594;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $8,876,478;
  • Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $7,202,861;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $6,487,313;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $6,264,895.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $63,720,273;
  • 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 $51,110,742;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $13,049,246;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $10,469,378.
Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2012 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2011,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2012
over 2011
01 Live animals 0 0.00 2,331-100.00
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 6,198,689 0.31 2,948,254110.25
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 160,956 0.01 147,2359.32
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 0 0.00 44,408-100.00
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 7,973 0.00 5,96633.64
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 185,663 0.01 42,653335.29
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 10,069 0.00 20,372-50.57
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 21,151 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 482,588 0.02 79,605506.23
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 51,300-100.00
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 135,266 0.01 42,970214.79
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 26,912 0.00 0
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 28,425 0.00 6,824316.54
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 53,408 0.00 19,570172.91
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 784,076 0.04 68,2361,049.07
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 1,879,739 0.09 64,1842,828.67
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 0 0.00 37,592-100.00
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 8,396 0.00 123,582-93.21
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 86,106 0.00 122,762-29.86
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,533,520 0.08 749,172104.70
29 Organic chemicals 8,088,814 0.40 11,389,836-28.98
30 Pharmaceutical products 41,454 0.00 276,908-85.03
31 Fertilizers 7 0.00 0
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 3,837,242 0.19 6,949,242-44.78
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 6,561,575 0.33 7,872,222-16.65
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 2,814,896 0.14 3,589,591-21.58
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 829,452 0.04 1,348,265-38.48
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 355-100.00
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 3,626,731 0.18 3,900,428-7.02
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 7,568,702 0.38 8,567,917-11.66
39 Plastics and articles thereof 116,885,975 5.83 127,355,353-8.22
40 Rubber and articles thereof 36,001,997 1.80 29,514,68421.98
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 2,458,965 0.12 3,088,129-20.37
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 0 0.00 330,991-100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,428,446 0.07 1,307,7279.23
45 Cork and articles of cork 15,499 0.00 7,98294.17
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 749,881 0.04 1,048,148-28.46
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 4,344,871 0.22 6,392,169-32.03
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 1,146,978 0.06 717,29659.90
50 Silk 18,347 0.00 12,83142.99
52 Cotton 153,439 0.01 700,586-78.10
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 114,599 0.01 13,169770.22
54 Man-made filaments 2,318,694 0.12 1,973,75617.48
55 Man-made staple fibers 20,005,365 1.00 14,200,51140.88
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 521,839 0.03 824,033-36.67
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 176,426 0.01 83,509111.27
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 725,940 0.04 685,5455.89
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 3,248,880 0.16 2,566,08226.61
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 2,288,255 0.11 1,500,65852.48
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 4,999,228 0.25 5,544,836-9.84
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 1,216,937 0.06 1,476,566-17.58
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 4,260,764 0.21 3,866,10010.21
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 1,673,134 0.08 65,393,407-97.44
65 Headgear and parts thereof 6,176,637 0.31 5,980,5513.28
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 1,673,094 0.08 559,502199.03
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 17,214 0.00 20,804-17.26
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 952,902 0.05 2,444,310-61.02
69 Ceramic products 1,662,017 0.08 467,839255.25
70 Glass and glassware 8,173,584 0.41 9,348,178-12.56
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 193,178 0.01 314,135-38.50
72 Iron and steel 90,789,819 4.53 81,913,34110.84
73 Articles of iron or steel 57,334,875 2.86 70,384,121-18.54
74 Copper and articles thereof 1,639,178 0.08 958,83270.96
75 Nickel and articles thereof 112,838 0.01 3,5843,048.38
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 7,808,102 0.39 5,704,41636.88
78 Lead and articles thereof 1,486 0.00 487205.13
79 Zinc and articles thereof 1,275 0.00 3,058-58.31
80 Tin and articles thereof 11,192 0.00 7,81143.29
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 153,950 0.01 27,407461.72
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 94,816,695 4.73 74,950,10126.51
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 11,339,195 0.57 9,808,27215.61
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 453,861,148 22.65 432,492,2644.94
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 777,918,232 38.83 829,028,974-6.17
86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds 311,892 0.02 416,015-25.03
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 98,829,841 4.93 77,198,12228.02
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 713,087 0.04 232,251207.03
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 48,904,880 2.44 42,639,98514.69
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 1,673,670 0.08 1,507,40511.03
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 2,188,859 0.11 2,728,539-19.78
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 40,182,236 2.01 35,611,49712.84
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 32,389,893 1.62 25,187,03228.60
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 5,637,027 0.28 6,249,115-9.79
SS Classified 8,441,870 0.42 4 362 19393.52
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia