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Russian trade with Vietnam 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 Vietnam in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Vietnam

In 2012, Russia’s trade with Vietnam totaled $3,661,026,347, up 19.60% ($600,063,823) from 2011.

Russia’s exports to Vietnam in 2012 totaled $1,388,541,016, up 3.73% ($49,881,251) from 2011.

Russia’s imports from Vietnam in 2012 totaled $2,272,485,331, up 31.94% ($550,182,572) from 2011.

Russia’s trade deficit with Vietnam in 2012 was $883,944,315, a 130.41% increase ($500,301,321) over 2011.

Vietnam was Russia’s 34th largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 38th in 2011), accounting for 0.4348% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3722% in 2011).

Vietnam was Russia’s 49th largest export market in 2012 (just as in 2011), accounting for 0.2646% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.2591% in 2011).

Vietnam was Russia’s 27th largest supplier in 2012 (up from 33rd in 2011), accounting for 0.7163% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.5633% in 2011).

Russia’s Exports to Vietnam

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

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 30.41% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (38.89% in 2011);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.70% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (14.93% in 2011);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.65% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (5.04% in 2011);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 3.02% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (2.40% in 2011);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.55% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (0.92% in 2011);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.11% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (1.16% in 2011).

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

  • 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 $93,777,942;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $12,622,993;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $10,768,779;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $10,266,547;
  • Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - an increase of $7,499,064.

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

  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $147,100,289;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $31,340,720;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $29,832,021;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $23,952,958.
Russia’s exports to Vietnam in 2012 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2011,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2012
over 2011
02 Meat and edible meat offal 1,539,832 0.11 3,976,158-61.27
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 235,115 0.02 69,222239.65
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 93,974 0.01 34,234174.50
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 39,624 0.00 30,21431.14
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 66,367 0.00 0
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 11,365 0.00 41,892-72.87
10 Cereals 0 0.00 131,506-100.00
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 0 0.00 224,139-100.00
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 912,918 0.07 13,8966,469.65
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 0 0.00 4,166-100.00
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 41,637 0.00 6865,969.53
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 11,010,731 0.79 3,511,667213.55
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 277,503 0.02 64,464330.48
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 478,600 0.03 787,106-39.19
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 581,021 0.04 176,136229.87
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 1,134 0.00 7,248-84.35
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 4,826,758 0.35 2,626,74383.75
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 1,398,187 0.10 647,783115.84
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 28,197,499 2.03 15,574,50681.05
26 Ores, slag and ash 0 0.00 983,862-100.00
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 13,799,370 0.99 15,621,008-11.66
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 3,498,557 0.25 1,440,685142.84
29 Organic chemicals 65,553 0.00 28,835127.34
30 Pharmaceutical products 3,679,264 0.26 3,822,764-3.75
31 Fertilizers 62,942,670 4.53 52,173,89120.64
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 840,944 0.06 728,66415.41
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 65,950 0.00 7,200815.97
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 770,875 0.06 431,58778.61
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 43,394 0.00 12933,538.76
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 1,712,431 0.12 3,523,173-51.40
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 258,368 0.02 133,67993.27
39 Plastics and articles thereof 2,462,141 0.18 3,265,823-24.61
40 Rubber and articles thereof 2,060,785 0.15 1,879,6959.63
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 89,443 0.01 214,149-58.23
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 12,958 0.00 1,0631,119.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 3,054,205 0.22 1,287,624137.20
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 3,008,025 0.22 2,789,4147.84
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 7,546,464 0.54 9,086,050-16.94
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 1,796,884 0.13 2,344,983-23.37
50 Silk 0 0.00 212-100.00
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 0 0.00 68-100.00
52 Cotton 103,484 0.01 60816,920.39
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 1,841 0.00 168,233-98.91
54 Man-made filaments 546,781 0.04 67,292712.55
55 Man-made staple fibers 4,314 0.00 2081,974.04
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 8,797 0.00 948827.95
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 41,682 0.00 1,0333,935.04
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 99 0.00 499-80.16
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 4,047 0.00 635,175-99.36
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 59,981 0.00 222,509-73.04
65 Headgear and parts thereof 1,692 0.00 535,610-99.68
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 287,242 0.02 496,336-42.13
69 Ceramic products 51 0.00 0
70 Glass and glassware 18,561 0.00 69,983-73.48
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 3,911,133 0.28 1,376,735184.09
72 Iron and steel 147,055,006 10.59 176,887,027-16.87
73 Articles of iron or steel 18,290,354 1.32 17,051,7047.26
74 Copper and articles thereof 1,448,265 0.10 114,7311,162.31
75 Nickel and articles thereof 1,019 0.00 3,996-74.50
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 4,032,968 0.29 1,898,540112.42
78 Lead and articles thereof 1,039 0.00 0
80 Tin and articles thereof 1,776 0.00 1,916-7.31
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 3,481,828 0.25 525,087563.10
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,746,964 0.13 2,710,191-35.54
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 343,123 0.02 670,523-48.83
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 59,556,588 4.29 83,509,546-28.68
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 210,630,086 15.17 116,852,14480.25
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 22,260 0.00 2,519783.68
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 8,653,477 0.62 39,994,197-78.36
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 90,927,357 6.55 238,027,646-61.80
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 52,447,374 3.78 42,180,82724.34
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 5,899 0.00 1,035469.95
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 163,241 0.01 369,991-55.88
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 41,827 0.00 20,255106.50
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2,890 0.00 17,381-83.37
SS Classified 627,277,424 45.18 486 559 01628.92

Russia’s Imports from Vietnam

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

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 60.10% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (48.30% in 2011);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 19.24% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (22.30% in 2011);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 14.20% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (20.43% in 2011);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.14% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (4.77% in 2011).

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

  • 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 $480,130,503;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $47,179,542;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $26,122,546;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $14,888,666;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $13,300,488;
  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $9,769,419;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $9,173,690;
  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $7,517,668.

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

  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $35,335,245;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $18,673,682;
  • Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $17,693,513.
Russia’s imports from Vietnam in 2012 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2011,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2012
over 2011
01 Live animals 7,596 0.00 8,846-14.13
02 Meat and edible meat offal 0 0.00 10,428-100.00
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 77,977,588 3.43 95,671,101-18.49
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 8,519 0.00 8,697-2.05
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 22,277 0.00 7,580193.89
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 269,964 0.01 336,109-19.68
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 48,976,125 2.16 46,142,9936.14
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 131,461,889 5.78 121,692,4708.03
10 Cereals 8,054,671 0.35 26,728,353-69.86
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 345,457 0.02 1,105,997-68.77
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 371,885 0.02 344,6427.90
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 2,121 0.00 0
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 15,083 0.00 43,860-65.61
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 1,430,044 0.06 1,666,977-14.21
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 205,178 0.01 56,854260.89
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 370,122 0.02 575,522-35.69
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 9,489,945 0.42 9,639,212-1.55
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 28,053,425 1.23 30,111,333-6.83
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 15,111,669 0.66 15,351,772-1.56
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 407,407 0.02 317,53328.30
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 0 0.00 2,092,212-100.00
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 38,706 0.00 1,519,628-97.45
26 Ores, slag and ash 13,300,488 0.59 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 9,088 0.00 0
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 284,898 0.01 419,923-32.15
29 Organic chemicals 0 0.00 29,600-100.00
30 Pharmaceutical products 4,251,140 0.19 8,021,110-47.00
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 2,463,841 0.11 1,643,93949.87
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 56,446 0.00 76,965-26.66
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 410,512 0.02 125,193227.90
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 1,779,601 0.08 1,525,81916.63
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 0 0.00 476-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 2,672,776 0.12 720,749270.83
39 Plastics and articles thereof 12,453,437 0.55 10,017,01724.32
40 Rubber and articles thereof 24,182,871 1.06 59,518,116-59.37
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 6,741 0.00 3320,327.27
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 19,044,305 0.84 20,622,817-7.65
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 9,424 0.00 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,342,079 0.06 730,98183.60
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 3,458,982 0.15 3,436,1900.66
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,021,808 0.04 3,349,460-69.49
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 168,890 0.01 7,3902,185.39
52 Cotton 154,840 0.01 88,94374.09
54 Man-made filaments 84,220 0.00 555,578-84.84
55 Man-made staple fibers 813,100 0.04 849,693-4.31
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 65,989 0.00 162,345-59.35
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 4,648 0.00 11,143-58.29
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 16,059 0.00 10,42854.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 36,098 0.00 0
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 121,863 0.01 364,237-66.54
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 49,476,004 2.18 34,587,33843.05
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 166,576,252 7.33 140,453,70618.60
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 13,054,442 0.57 8,363,82956.08
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 204,807,253 9.01 197,289,5853.81
65 Headgear and parts thereof 1,767,016 0.08 1,375,00128.51
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 1,441 0.00 2,993-51.85
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 144,136 0.01 3,3784,166.90
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 563,194 0.02 269,101109.29
69 Ceramic products 4,074,082 0.18 3,424,33618.97
70 Glass and glassware 524,083 0.02 291,74679.64
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 889,129 0.04 109,345713.14
72 Iron and steel 12,109,789 0.53 2,936,099312.44
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,882,722 0.08 1,502,62025.30
74 Copper and articles thereof 27,420 0.00 113,489-75.84
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 11,076 0.00 8,60428.73
80 Tin and articles thereof 1,191,989 0.05 1,817,258-34.41
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 516,525 0.02 244,295111.43
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,279,895 0.06 1,011,76726.50
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 398,474 0.02 160,793147.82
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 142,469,081 6.27 95,289,53949.51
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 1,215,440,234 53.49 735,309,73165.30
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 11,805 0.00 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,597,480 0.07 563,920183.28
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 5,788,856 0.25 872,360,600.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 471,876 0.02 638,325-26.08
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 51,164 0.00 103,677-50.65
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 13,990 0.00 63,667-78.03
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 18,384,542 0.81 13,313,45938.09
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 8,926,150 0.39 9,976,603-10.53
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9,153,673 0.40 7,299,28025.41
SS Classified 47,743 0.00 59 003-19.08
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia