Russian trade with Malta in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malta
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Malta was $2,230,116,564, down 11.75% ($296,859,911) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Malta in 2016 were $2,200,389,913, down 12.03% ($301,028,175) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Malta in 2016 totaled $29,726,651, up 16.31% ($4,168,264) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Malta in 2016 was $2,170,663,262, a 12.33% decrease ($305,196,439) over 2015.
Malta was Russia’s 40th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 38th in 2015), accounting for 0.4768% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4802% in 2015).
Malta was Russia’s 30th largest export market in 2016 (down from 28th in 2015), accounting for 0.7707% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.7280% in 2015).
Malta was Russia’s 98th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 100th in 2015), accounting for 0.0163% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0140% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Malta
The major share of Russian exports to Malta in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 98.91% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (96.78% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.22% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (3.19% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $17,467,803.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $244,486,162;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $74,330,314.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 481,685 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 9,672 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,176,506,020 | 98.91 | 2,420,992,182 | -10.10 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 33,712 | 0.00 | 8,628 | 290.73 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 17,503,674 | 0.80 | 35,871 | 48,696.17 |
31 | Fertilizers | 528 | 0.00 | 18,490 | -97.14 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 12,257 | 0.00 | 565 | 2,069.38 |
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 | 368 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,239 | 0.00 | 3,641 | 16.42 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 444 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 18,258 | 0.00 | 1,935 | 843.57 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 733 | 0.00 | 123 | 495.93 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 138,829 | 0.01 | 35,269 | 293.63 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 784,268 | 0.04 | 564,188 | 39.01 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,318 | 0.00 | 24,602 | -90.58 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 180 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,380 | 0.00 | 256 | 439.06 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 554 | 0.00 | 573 | -3.32 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 534 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 360 | 0.00 | 457 | -21.23 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 54 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,042 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 569 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 12,977 | 0.00 | 2,736 | 374.31 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 240 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 7,950 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 11,000 | 0.00 | 807 | 1,263.07 |
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 | 6,940 | 0.00 | 66,244 | -89.52 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 315,375 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,066,886 | 0.05 | 75,397,200 | -98.58 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,455,448 | 0.16 | 4,246,427 | -18.63 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9,720 | 0.00 | 7,025 | 38.36 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,551 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 201 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 10 815 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Malta
The major share of Russian imports from Malta in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 63.20% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (75.83% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 34.53% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (21.40% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.44% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (1.83% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2016 over 2015 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 $3,804,959;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,113,360;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,098,234;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $99,114.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $1,227,320;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $819,427.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,653 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 17,457 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 17,239 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 106,124 | 0.36 | 20,848 | 409.04 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 18,361,130 | 61.77 | 19,180,557 | -4.27 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,937 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 71,950 | 0.24 | 32,677 | 120.19 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 245,203 | 0.82 | 146,089 | 67.84 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 83,267 | 0.28 | 162,440 | -48.74 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 453 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 1,090 | -100.00 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,742 | 0.01 | 7,577 | -63.81 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 46,639 | 0.16 | 36,403 | 28.12 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 376,419 | 1.27 | 425,273 | -11.49 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 171 | 0.00 | 142 | 20.42 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,466 | 0.01 | 1,703 | 44.80 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 3,272 | 0.01 | 4,149 | -21.14 |
69 | Ceramic products | 111 | 0.00 | 358 | -68.99 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 17,213 | 0.06 | 10,336 | 66.53 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 813 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 28,310 | 0.10 | 2,950 | 859.66 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,592 | 0.01 | 1,360 | 17.06 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 197 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 28,115 | 0.09 | 1,302 | 2,059.37 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,123,712 | 3.78 | 25,478 | 4,310.52 |
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 | 7,911,586 | 26.61 | 4,106,627 | 92.65 |
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 | 5,354 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 363 | 0.00 | 415 | -12.53 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 1,227,320 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,223,966 | 4.12 | 110,606 | 1,006.60 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 407 | 0.00 | 20 | 1,935.00 |
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 | 6,915 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 52,695 | 0.18 | 35,187 | 49.76 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.00 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 2,633 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |