Russian trade in goods with the Philippines in Q1 2017
May 24, 2017
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 the Philippines in the first quarter of 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with the Philippines
In the 1st quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with the Philippines totaled $95,669,154, up 25.74% ($19,584,632) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s exports to the Philippines in the 1st quarter of 2017 were $19,314,793, down 21.53% ($5,298,087) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s imports from the Philippines in the 1st quarter of 2017 totaled $76,354,361, up 48.34% ($24,882,719) from the 1st quarter of 2016.
Russia’s trade deficit with the Philippines in the 1st quarter of 2017 was $57,039,568, a 112.37% increase ($30,180,806) over the 1st quarter of 2016.
The Philippines was Russia’s 81st largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2017 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0744% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0784% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
The Philippines was Russia’s 98th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2017 (down from 94th in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0232% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0402% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
The Philippines was Russia’s 61st largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2017 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.1689% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1438% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
Russia’s Exports to the Philippines
The major share of Russian exports to the Philippines in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 34.48% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (25.92% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 26.96% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (69.21% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 26.39% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (0.80% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 5.92% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (0.23% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.46% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (3.73% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.77% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (0.09% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to the Philippines in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $4,523,641;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1,140,689;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $402,521;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $377,456;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $199,200;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $137,467;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $93,383.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to the Philippines in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 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 $11,839,753;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $174,292;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $151,431;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $126,785.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2017 over Q1 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 3,208 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 43,854 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 13,829 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 256 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,140,689 | 5.91 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 279,500 | 1.45 | 267,740 | 4.39 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,927,721 | 25.51 | 16,767,474 | -70.61 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 93,383 | 0.48 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 7,555 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 144,967 | 0.75 | 7,500 | 1,832.89 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 2,087 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 5,085 | 0.03 | 156,516 | -96.75 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 618,113 | 3.20 | 744,898 | -17.02 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 660,738 | 3.42 | 258,217 | 155.88 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 186,849 | 0.97 | 135,999 | 37.39 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,811,604 | 30.09 | 5,985,896 | -2.91 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 72 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 500 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 4,523,641 | 23.42 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 233 | 0.00 | 756 | -69.18 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 573,877 | 2.97 | 196,421 | 192.17 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 133 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 73 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 69,909 | 0.36 | 13,084 | 434.31 |
| 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 | 7,961 | 0.04 | 1,179 | 575.23 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 199,200 | 1.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 64,720 | 0.34 | 9,116 | 609.96 |
| SS | Classified | 3,066 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from the Philippines
The major share of Russian imports from the Philippines in the 1st quarter of 2017 (and in the 1st quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 80.50% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (74.71% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.69% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (10.78% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.83% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (4.61% in the 1st quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.25% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (7.60% in the 1st quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from the Philippines in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 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 $11,609,450;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $10,333,404;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $1,785,150;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,147,089;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $998,272;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $390,180;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $358,591;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $334,383.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from the Philippines in the 1st quarter of 2017 over the 1st quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $1,564,190;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $1,040,934;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $231,680.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2017 over Q1 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 11,590 | 0.02 | 10,649 | 8.84 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,185 | 0.00 | 4,690 | -53.41 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 6,576 | 0.01 | 26,864 | -75.52 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 31,032 | 0.04 | 47 | 65,925.53 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 3,858,598 | 5.05 | 2,073,448 | 86.10 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 2,768 | 0.00 | 906 | 205.52 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 531 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,873,055 | 2.45 | 874,783 | 114.12 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 1,085 | 0.00 | 4,582 | -76.32 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 370,256 | 0.48 | 35,873 | 932.13 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 235,785 | 0.31 | 68,335 | 245.04 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 5,368 | 0.01 | 2,336 | 129.79 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 12,878 | 0.02 | 1,600 | 704.88 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 643,241 | 0.84 | 284,650 | 125.98 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 78,166 | 0.10 | 87,063 | -10.22 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 7,001 | 0.01 | 3,298 | 112.28 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 9,130 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 1,018,733 | 1.33 | 2,059,667 | -50.54 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 231,680 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,310 | 0.00 | 178 | 635.96 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 236,163 | 0.31 | 278,946 | -15.34 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 233,635 | 0.31 | 209,473 | 11.53 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 39,152 | 0.05 | 135,243 | -71.05 |
| 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 | 22,560 | 0.03 | 345 | 6,439.13 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 147 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 223,386 | 0.29 | 142,632 | 56.62 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 276,822 | 0.36 | 134,683 | 105.54 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,447,522 | 1.90 | 3,011,712 | -51.94 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 383,077 | 0.50 | 306,736 | 24.89 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 15,693 | 0.02 | 4,444 | 253.13 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 12,833 | 0.02 | 12,046 | 6.53 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,484 | 0.01 | 51,254 | -87.35 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 796 | 0.00 | 1,974 | -59.68 |
| 52 | Cotton | 27,179 | 0.04 | 48,811 | -44.32 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 4,172 | 0.01 | 33,376 | -87.50 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 371 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 71,673 | 0.09 | 80,331 | -10.78 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 15,190 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 2,463 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,640,700 | 2.15 | 1,442,420 | 13.75 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 848,096 | 1.11 | 628,441 | 34.95 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 32,544 | 0.04 | 32,864 | -0.97 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 132,635 | 0.17 | 88 | 150,621.59 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 153,153 | 0.20 | 101,183 | 51.36 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 49 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,449 | 0.00 | 2,273 | -36.25 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 2,380 | 0.00 | 581 | 309.64 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 10,276 | 0.01 | 1,953 | 426.16 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 5,382 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 52,881 | 0.07 | 104,567 | -49.43 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 259 | 0.00 | 553 | -53.16 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,971 | 0.00 | 5,505 | -46.03 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 352 | 0.00 | 26 | 1,253.85 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 50,293 | 0.07 | 10,573 | 375.67 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 20,423,009 | 26.75 | 10,089,605 | 102.42 |
| 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 | 38,654,480 | 50.63 | 27,045,030 | 42.93 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 195,089 | 0.26 | 276,693 | -29.49 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,191,596 | 2.87 | 1,044,507 | 109.82 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 165,904 | 0.22 | 101,661 | 63.19 |
| 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 | 46,131 | 0.06 | 49,011 | -5.88 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 61,382 | 0.08 | 88,389 | -30.55 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 506,202 | 0.66 | 116,022 | 336.30 |
| SS | Classified | 555 | 0.00 | 95 017 | -99.42 |