Russian trade with Taiwan in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Taiwan
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Taiwan totaled $4,316,510,998, up 9.59% ($377,726,344) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2016 totaled $2,703,290,024, up 3.04% ($79,807,640) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2016 totaled $1,613,220,974, up 22.65% ($297,918,704) from 2015.
Russia’s trade surplus with Taiwan in 2016 was $1,090,069,050, a 16.67% decrease ($218,111,064) over 2015.
Taiwan was Russia’s 22nd largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 27th in 2015), accounting for 0.9228% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.7484% in 2015).
Taiwan was Russia’s 22nd largest export market in 2016 (up from 26th in 2015), accounting for 0.9469% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.7635% in 2015).
Taiwan was Russia’s 28th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 29th in 2015), accounting for 0.8851% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.7200% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Taiwan
The major share of Russian exports to Taiwan in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 51.97% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (56.70% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 41.50% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (36.39% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.79% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (3.80% in 2015);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.22% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (0.68% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.02% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (1.08% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $100,538,668;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $64,434,033;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $12,357,737.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Taiwan 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 $82,599,029;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $13,707,009;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $9,079,127.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 4,570 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,523,361 | 0.06 | 544,619 | 179.71 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 8,014 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 4,024,093 | 0.15 | 4,470,639 | -9.99 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 196,618 | 0.01 | 30,446 | 545.79 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,725 | 0.00 | 3,244 | -46.82 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 28,369 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 130 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 11,282,704 | 0.42 | 5,806,282 | 94.32 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 10,285 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 120,031 | 0.00 | 78,950 | 52.03 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 1,912 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 7,216 | 0.00 | 3,349,792 | -99.78 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 961,896 | 0.04 | 1,230,033 | -21.80 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 979,123 | 0.04 | 914,995 | 7.01 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 60,775 | 0.00 | 18,593 | 226.87 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 26,502 | 0.00 | 45,809 | -42.15 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 13,725,020 | 0.51 | 1,367,283 | 903.82 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 168 | 0.00 | 20 | 740.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,405,014,448 | 51.97 | 1,487,613,477 | -5.55 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,803,708 | 0.10 | 2,151,358 | 30.32 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 52,828,692 | 1.95 | 61,907,819 | -14.67 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,166,410 | 0.04 | 1,105,942 | 5.47 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 13,707,009 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 176,790 | 0.01 | 211,574 | -16.44 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 132,092 | 0.00 | 60,644 | 117.82 |
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 | 3,793 | 0.00 | 5,124 | -25.98 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,816 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 440,957 | 0.02 | 395,869 | 11.39 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 352,617 | 0.01 | 334,017 | 5.57 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 17,485,569 | 0.65 | 19,860,712 | -11.96 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 884,368 | 0.03 | 608,208 | 45.41 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 48 | 0.00 | 994 | -95.17 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 962 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 9,008,588 | 0.33 | 6,059,702 | 48.66 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 6,119,397 | 0.23 | 7,755,982 | -21.10 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 12,577,286 | 0.47 | 14,629,486 | -14.03 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,226 | 0.00 | 2,559 | -52.09 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 29,795 | 0.00 | 5,467 | 445.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 268,022 | 0.01 | 620,927 | -56.84 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 2 | 0.00 | 24 | -91.67 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 126 | 0.00 | 5,019 | -97.49 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 24,531 | 0.00 | 25,826 | -5.01 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,651 | 0.00 | 32,791 | -82.77 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 31,754 | 0.00 | 43,161 | -26.43 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 8,255 | 0.00 | 44 | 18,661.36 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 76,993 | 0.00 | 139,133 | -44.66 |
69 | Ceramic products | 35,829 | 0.00 | 500 | 7,065.80 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 3,943 | 0.00 | 13,746 | -71.32 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 20,249,519 | 0.75 | 16,602,214 | 21.97 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,000,476,848 | 37.01 | 899,938,180 | 11.17 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,377,692 | 0.12 | 1,041,648 | 224.26 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 12,016 | 0.00 | 10 | 120,060.00 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 6,419 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 116,293,784 | 4.30 | 51,859,751 | 124.25 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 4,384 | 0.00 | 7,409 | -40.83 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,555,702 | 0.06 | 1,832,582 | -15.11 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 28,136 | 0.00 | 39,238 | -28.29 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 247 | 0.00 | 731 | -66.21 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,210,408 | 0.08 | 167,689 | 1,218.16 |
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 | 11,465,017 | 0.42 | 9,780,433 | 17.22 |
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 | 1,226,500 | 0.05 | 865,612 | 41.69 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,067,783 | 0.08 | 1,874,514 | 10.31 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,728,204 | 0.06 | 4,111,899 | -57.97 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,508 | 0.00 | 75,192 | -96.66 |
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 | 14,895 | 0.00 | 300 | 4,865.00 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 29,205 | 0.00 | 29,657 | -1.52 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,682 | 0.00 | 1,300 | 106.31 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 21,690 | 0.00 | 53,919 | -59.77 |
SS | Classified | 101,448 | 0.00 | 11 044 | 818.58 |
Russia’s Imports from Taiwan
The major share of Russian imports from Taiwan in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 72.17% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (66.54% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.01% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (14.93% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.68% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (10.14% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.91% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (2.51% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Taiwan 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 $213,688,499;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $60,388,061;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $23,542,726;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $10,794,389;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $5,781,383.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $8,503,747.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 450 | 0.00 | 632 | -28.80 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,577,021 | 0.16 | 13,215 | 19,400.73 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 89,989 | 0.01 | 20,938 | 329.79 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 9,172 | 0.00 | 381 | 2,307.35 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 500 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 73,729 | 0.00 | 52,197 | 41.25 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 53,369 | 0.00 | 5,368 | 894.21 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 2,273 | 0.00 | 21,539 | -89.45 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 77,810 | 0.00 | 39,106 | 98.97 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 45,798 | 0.00 | 47,433 | -3.45 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 588 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 121,272 | 0.01 | 76,773 | 57.96 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 57,210 | 0.00 | 93,739 | -38.97 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 613,267 | 0.04 | 1,719,962 | -64.34 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 274,276 | 0.02 | 328,729 | -16.56 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 21,457 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,833 | 0.00 | 5,082 | -24.58 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 51,241 | 0.00 | 102,119 | -49.82 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,766,660 | 0.11 | 1,796,752 | -1.67 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 12,351,019 | 0.77 | 8,792,148 | 40.48 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,366,061 | 0.39 | 6,696,919 | -4.94 |
31 | Fertilizers | 496,944 | 0.03 | 293,328 | 69.42 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 11,574,949 | 0.72 | 6,878,344 | 68.28 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 5,509,111 | 0.34 | 4,927,301 | 11.81 |
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 | 1,585,439 | 0.10 | 1,253,482 | 26.48 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,706,056 | 0.11 | 1,336,147 | 27.68 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 210 | 0.00 | 43 | 388.37 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2,172,521 | 0.13 | 1,014,340 | 114.18 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 9,167,391 | 0.57 | 7,175,355 | 27.76 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 69,899,179 | 4.33 | 72,599,900 | -3.72 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 17,484,257 | 1.08 | 20,613,642 | -15.18 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 41 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,148,447 | 0.13 | 3,030,362 | -29.10 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 273 | 0.00 | 505 | -45.94 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 910,647 | 0.06 | 1,201,818 | -24.23 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 2,268 | 0.00 | 1,181 | 92.04 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 391,997 | 0.02 | 979,554 | -59.98 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,374,836 | 0.21 | 3,794,087 | -11.05 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,606,838 | 0.10 | 2,894,955 | -44.50 |
50 | Silk | 11,596 | 0.00 | 12,708 | -8.75 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 6,486 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 113,719 | 0.01 | 109,969 | 3.41 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 91,112 | 0.01 | 12,732 | 615.61 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 10,303,194 | 0.64 | 8,395,710 | 22.72 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 6,737,334 | 0.42 | 9,819,026 | -31.38 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,360,453 | 0.08 | 1,180,003 | 15.29 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 4,252 | 0.00 | 36,920 | -88.48 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 595,151 | 0.04 | 687,599 | -13.45 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,365,707 | 0.08 | 1,515,535 | -9.89 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 362,848 | 0.02 | 477,190 | -23.96 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,366,865 | 0.08 | 2,031,425 | -32.71 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 672,727 | 0.04 | 882,639 | -23.78 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,586,297 | 0.22 | 2,757,068 | 30.08 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 603,628 | 0.04 | 608,488 | -0.80 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 3,235,167 | 0.20 | 3,743,735 | -13.58 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 419,064 | 0.03 | 692,755 | -39.51 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,073 | 0.00 | 19,748 | -94.57 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 471,647 | 0.03 | 1,698,006 | -72.22 |
69 | Ceramic products | 361,453 | 0.02 | 450,243 | -19.72 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 10,369,881 | 0.64 | 10,377,218 | -0.07 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 13,460 | 0.00 | 47,117 | -71.43 |
72 | Iron and steel | 93,905,920 | 5.82 | 83,111,531 | 12.99 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 44,533,320 | 2.76 | 46,573,668 | -4.38 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 864,848 | 0.05 | 1,144,296 | -24.42 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 798,039 | 0.05 | 798,841 | -0.10 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,409,491 | 0.15 | 3,005,592 | -19.83 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 10,018 | 0.00 | 7,395 | 35.47 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 107,662 | 0.01 | 31,270 | 244.30 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 15,962 | 0.00 | 810,905 | -98.03 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 41,162 | 0.00 | 128,318 | -67.92 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 57,939,490 | 3.59 | 52,158,107 | 11.08 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 9,227,973 | 0.57 | 8,575,894 | 7.60 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 461,195,490 | 28.59 | 400,807,429 | 15.07 |
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 | 597,316,675 | 37.03 | 383,628,176 | 55.70 |
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 | 34,642 | 0.00 | 60,856 | -43.08 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 43,835,489 | 2.72 | 52,339,236 | -16.25 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 24,078,274 | 1.49 | 535,548 | 4,396.01 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 37,873,980 | 2.35 | 37,816,380 | 0.15 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3,387,931 | 0.21 | 2,371,809 | 42.84 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 378,189 | 0.02 | 531,980 | -28.91 |
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 | 14,078,869 | 0.87 | 18,823,718 | -25.21 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 19,943,897 | 1.24 | 21,682,371 | -8.02 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,278,946 | 0.33 | 3,941,401 | 33.94 |
SS | Classified | 1,351,725 | 0.08 | 3 025 808 | -55.33 |