Russian trade with Malta in 2013
March 02, 2016
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Malta in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Malta
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Malta totaled $4,136,048,471, up 76.78% ($1,796,386,389) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Malta in 2013 totaled $4,084,461,107, up 77.17% ($1,779,114,766) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Malta in 2013 totaled $51,587,364, up 50.33% ($17,271,623) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Malta in 2013 was $4,032,873,743, a 77.58% increase ($1,761,843,143) over 2012.
Malta was Russia’s 31st largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 44th in 2012), accounting for 0.4911% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2779% in 2012).
Malta was Russia’s 28th largest export market in 2013 (up from 34th in 2012), accounting for 0.7746% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.4393% in 2012).
Malta was Russia’s 93rd largest supplier in 2013 (up from 101st in 2012), accounting for 0.0164% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0108% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Malta
The major share of Russian exports to Malta in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 99.62% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (95.29% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.37% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (3.20% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2013 over 2012 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 $1,872,048,550.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $57,326,828.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 1,591,484 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 24,256 | 0.00 | 50,264 | -51.74 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,068,851,680 | 99.62 | 2,196,803,130 | 85.22 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 23,093 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 217 | 0.00 | 247 | -12.15 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 13,577 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 212,142 | 0.01 | 132,565 | 60.03 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,729 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 17,400 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 16,520 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 9,437 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 5,216 | 0.00 | 8,814 | -40.82 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 28,137 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 2,377 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 5,368 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,403 | 0.00 | 633,230 | -99.46 |
| 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 | 1,204,122 | 0.03 | 1,157,334 | 4.04 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 9,377,085 | 0.23 | 66,703,913 | -85.94 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 4,722,178 | 0.12 | 5,193,752 | -9.08 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,149 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9 | 0.00 | 3,900 | -99.77 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 3,588 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 33 001 132 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Malta
The major share of Russian imports from Malta in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 56.48% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (65.17% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 40.78% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (30.43% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.61% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (1.17% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $8,947,122;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $8,186,128;
- 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 $1,219,321;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $281,272.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $951,002;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $461,520.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 118 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 474 | 0.00 | 1,170 | -59.49 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 30,421 | 0.06 | 29,736 | 2.30 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,615 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 951,002 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 26,220,108 | 50.83 | 18,033,980 | 45.39 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 410,800 | 0.80 | 437,791 | -6.17 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,371,863 | 4.60 | 2,833,383 | -16.29 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 131,788 | 0.26 | 107,456 | 22.64 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 730,310 | 1.42 | 884,789 | -17.46 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3 | 0.00 | 1,068 | -99.72 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,774 | 0.01 | 1,479 | 87.56 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 96,782 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 73,558 | 0.14 | 40,681 | 80.82 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 235,365 | 0.46 | 261,112 | -9.86 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,579 | 0.00 | 1,082 | 138.35 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,563 | 0.00 | 584 | 167.64 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 198 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 15,600 | 0.03 | 10,648 | 46.51 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,594 | 0.01 | 6,708 | -61.33 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 800 | 0.00 | 395 | 102.53 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 103 | 0.00 | 15 | 586.67 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 234 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 366 | 0.00 | 92 | 297.83 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 446,797 | 0.87 | 165,525 | 169.93 |
| 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 | 3,835,573 | 7.44 | 2,616,252 | 46.61 |
| 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 | 13,924 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 343 | 0.00 | 10,233 | -96.65 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 16,554,976 | 32.09 | 7,607,854 | 117.60 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 186,897 | 0.36 | 43,492 | 329.73 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 39,207 | 0.08 | 19,952 | 96.51 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 278,569 | 0.54 | 150,289 | 85.36 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | -100.00 |