Russian trade in goods with Malta in Q2 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malta
In the 2nd quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Malta totaled $1,291,118,334, up 108.18% ($670,916,515) from the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Malta in the 2nd quarter of 2018 totaled $1,281,276,888, up 108.42% ($666,518,241) from the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Malta in the 2nd quarter of 2018 totaled $9,841,446, up 80.80% ($4,398,274) from the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Malta in the 2nd quarter of 2018 was $1,271,435,442, a 108.67% increase ($662,119,967) over the 2nd quarter of 2017.
Malta was Russia’s 30th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (up from 41st in the 2nd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.7554% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.4438% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
Malta was Russia’s 19th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (up from 29th in the 2nd quarter of 2017), accounting for 1.1626% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.7321% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
Malta was Russia’s 96th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (up from 103rd in the 2nd quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0162% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0098% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Malta
The major share of Russian exports to Malta in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 99.87% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (99.41% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malta in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 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 $668,539,415.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malta in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2018 over Q2 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,279,666,960 | 99.87 | 611,127,545 | 109.39 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 79 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 582,486 | 0.05 | 2,933,295 | -80.14 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,172 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 9,552 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,853 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 21 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 65 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 56,183 | 0.00 | 20,105 | 179.45 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 35,230 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,500 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 42 | 0.00 | 3,156 | -98.67 |
| 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 | 12,858 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 8,999 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 853,995 | 0.07 | 637,588 | 33.94 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 550 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 32,458 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 46,843 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Malta
The major share of Russian imports from Malta in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 52.62% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (24.14% in the 2nd quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 46.29% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (74.65% in the 2nd quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malta in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $3,586,285;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $708,026;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $494,661;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $193,769;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $36,644;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $36,624;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $31,877.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malta in the 2nd quarter of 2018 over the 2nd quarter of 2017 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) - a decrease of $624,071;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $31,061.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2018 over Q2 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,411 | 0.01 | 4,488 | -68.56 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,447,617 | 45.19 | 3,952,956 | 12.51 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 688 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 56,918 | 0.58 | 25,041 | 127.30 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 49,319 | 0.50 | 80,380 | -38.64 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,914 | 0.03 | 22,908 | -87.28 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,241 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 37,449 | 0.38 | 825 | 4,439.27 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,723 | 0.03 | 875 | 211.20 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 15 | 0.00 | 410 | -96.34 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 277 | 0.00 | 568 | -51.23 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 804 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 762 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,207 | 0.02 | 2,675 | -17.50 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 4,444 | 0.05 | 9,651 | -53.95 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 487 | 0.00 | 863 | -43.57 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 46 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,561 | 0.03 | 6,420 | -60.11 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 735,866 | 7.48 | 27,840 | 2,543.20 |
| 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 | 598,230 | 6.08 | 1,222,301 | -51.06 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 463 | 0.00 | 100 | 363.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3,586,285 | 36.44 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 257,275 | 2.61 | 63,506 | 305.12 |
| 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 | 484 | 0.00 | 5,065 | -90.44 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 51,452 | 0.52 | 14,808 | 247.46 |