Russian trade with Malaysia in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malaysia
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Malaysia totaled $2,713,194,287, up 26.35% ($565,766,996) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Malaysia in 2018 totaled $1,086,628,663, up 80.63% ($485,047,730) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Malaysia in 2018 totaled $1,626,565,624, up 5.22% ($80,719,266) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Malaysia in 2018 was $539,936,961, a 42.82% decrease ($404,328,464) over 2017.
Malaysia was Russia’s 42nd largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 45th in 2017), accounting for 0.3943% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3677% in 2017).
Malaysia was Russia’s 51st largest export market in 2018 (up from 65th in 2017), accounting for 0.2415% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1685% in 2017).
Malaysia was Russia’s 31st largest supplier in 2018 (just as in 2017), accounting for 0.6830% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.6811% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Malaysia
The major share of Russian exports to Malaysia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 79.80% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (62.95% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 10.75% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (23.09% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.57% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (5.35% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.49% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (2.60% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.64% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (2.37% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.34% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (2.65% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malaysia in 2018 over 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 $490,590,994;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $13,642,638;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $5,740,143;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $5,703,433;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,148,392.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malaysia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $22,577,414;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $5,694,442;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $3,605,611.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 15,440 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,675,210 | 0.15 | 93,254 | 1,696.39 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 64,321 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 52,818 | 0.00 | 5,500 | 860.33 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 649,779 | 0.06 | 553,461 | 17.40 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 309,407 | 0.03 | 187,034 | 65.43 |
10 | Cereals | 32,118,866 | 2.96 | 18,476,228 | 73.84 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 7,430 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 620,611 | 0.06 | 487,973 | 27.18 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 3,009,177 | 0.28 | 8,703,619 | -65.43 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,650 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 48,875 | 0.00 | 2,219 | 2,102.57 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 34,540 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 99,281 | 0.01 | 9,096 | 991.48 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 0 | 0.00 | 12,187 | -100.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 78,224 | 0.01 | 3,683,835 | -97.88 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 330,743 | 0.03 | 114,921 | 187.80 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 3,997,645 | 0.37 | 6,391,875 | -37.46 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 862,784,868 | 79.40 | 372,193,874 | 131.81 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,788,465 | 0.16 | 3,990,799 | -55.19 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 3,166,326 | 0.29 | 473,116 | 569.25 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 51,464 | 0.00 | 2,621 | 1,863.53 |
31 | Fertilizers | 102,107,229 | 9.40 | 124,684,643 | -18.11 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 43,969 | 0.00 | 32,581 | 34.95 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 329,125 | 0.03 | 391,672 | -15.97 |
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 | 224,497 | 0.02 | 15,559 | 1,342.88 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 20,851 | 0.00 | 21,085 | -1.11 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 259,514 | 0.02 | 296,656 | -12.52 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,627,195 | 0.15 | 1,350,434 | 20.49 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,242,875 | 0.67 | 7,669,422 | -5.56 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 3,795 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 390 | 0.00 | 927 | -57.93 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,810,490 | 0.17 | 1,826,845 | -0.90 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 11,922,119 | 1.10 | 6,181,976 | 92.85 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 13,315,454 | 1.23 | 7,612,021 | 74.93 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 59,414 | 0.01 | 5,258 | 1,029.97 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 6,136 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 9 | 0.00 | 4,715 | -99.81 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 40,383 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 20 | 0.00 | 1,093 | -98.17 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 56 | 0.00 | 50 | 12.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 15,820 | 0.00 | 8,760 | 80.59 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3,153 | 0.00 | 2,483 | 26.98 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 50 | 0.00 | 590 | -91.53 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 339 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 580,136 | 0.05 | 667,122 | -13.04 |
69 | Ceramic products | 510 | 0.00 | 202 | 152.48 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 87,993 | 0.01 | 104,188 | -15.54 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 3,402,800 | 0.31 | 4,451,020 | -23.55 |
72 | Iron and steel | 2,511,247 | 0.23 | 2,893,512 | -13.21 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 811,623 | 0.07 | 322,581 | 151.60 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 41,265 | 0.00 | 787 | 5,143.33 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,261 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 11,017,135 | 1.01 | 12,310,631 | -10.51 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 187,239 | 0.02 | 419,559 | -55.37 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,418 | 0.00 | 257 | 3,175.49 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,780,158 | 0.44 | 631,766 | 656.63 |
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 | 4,402,818 | 0.41 | 2,959,563 | 48.77 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 24,113 | 0.00 | 3,844 | 527.29 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 444,077 | 0.04 | 354,400 | 25.30 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 8,221,664 | 0.76 | 10,309,261 | -20.25 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 160 | 0.00 | 9,308 | -98.28 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 630 | 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 | 1,846 | 0.00 | 6,350 | -70.93 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 11,160 | 0.00 | 33,907 | -67.09 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 8,088 | 0.00 | 16,723 | -51.64 |
SS | Classified | 194,418 | 0.02 | 548 448 | -64.55 |
Russia’s Imports from Malaysia
The major share of Russian imports from Malaysia in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 65.57% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (65.67% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 15.76% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (16.20% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 14.04% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (14.16% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.45% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (0.94% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malaysia in 2018 over 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) - an increase of $109,896,869;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $17,207,643;
- Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $11,426,648;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $7,784,178;
- 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 (HS code 34) - an increase of $6,013,132.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malaysia in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $79,325,651;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $7,838,128.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 5,000 | -100.00 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 7,887 | 0.00 | 19,787 | -60.14 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 15,608 | 0.00 | 60,687 | -74.28 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 35,139 | 0.00 | 58,939 | -40.38 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 249,115 | 0.02 | 434,074 | -42.61 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 912 | 0.00 | 4,383 | -79.19 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 168 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 101,299 | -100.00 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 11,409 | 0.00 | 21,405 | -46.70 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 111,420,480 | 6.85 | 113,004,577 | -1.40 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 457,576 | 0.03 | 460,215 | -0.57 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 64,965,424 | 3.99 | 63,417,659 | 2.44 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,965,722 | 0.18 | 3,525,505 | -15.88 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,143,655 | 0.19 | 1,956,320 | 60.69 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 30,714,037 | 1.89 | 19,287,389 | 59.24 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 136,223 | 0.01 | 13,945 | 876.86 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 14,325,845 | 0.88 | 16,540,029 | -13.39 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 8,500 | 0.00 | 18,824 | -54.84 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 403,222 | 0.02 | 84,607 | 376.58 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,834,219 | 0.24 | 3,492,489 | 9.78 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 120,997 | 0.01 | 154,746 | -21.81 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 15,632,774 | 0.96 | 16,996,505 | -8.02 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 175,513 | 0.01 | 77,351 | 126.90 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 11,000,986 | 0.68 | 12,358,178 | -10.98 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 5,372,081 | 0.33 | 1,971,419 | 172.50 |
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 | 22,098,407 | 1.36 | 16,085,275 | 37.38 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,002,505 | 0.12 | 1,102,864 | 81.57 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,215,135 | 0.07 | 1,618,987 | -24.94 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 21,544,173 | 1.32 | 29,382,301 | -26.68 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 20,007,300 | 1.23 | 21,236,510 | -5.79 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 157,194,832 | 9.66 | 149,410,654 | 5.21 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 56,163 | 0.00 | 15,689 | 257.98 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 15,627 | 0.00 | 176,138 | -91.13 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 671 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 789,599 | 0.05 | 691,548 | 14.18 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 49 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 273,794 | 0.02 | 406,956 | -32.72 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 528,695 | 0.03 | 592,668 | -10.79 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 43,466 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 1,283,829 | 0.08 | 727,192 | 76.55 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 18,449 | 0.00 | 155,369 | -88.13 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 615,588 | 0.04 | 679,221 | -9.37 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,563,400 | 0.28 | 1,473,436 | 209.71 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 5,878 | 0.00 | 11,313 | -48.04 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 211,527 | 0.01 | 720,085 | -70.62 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 54,781 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,831,912 | 0.36 | 5,551,971 | 5.04 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 926,165 | 0.06 | 1,195,741 | -22.54 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 510,759 | 0.03 | 705,141 | -27.57 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 634,949 | 0.04 | 563,786 | 12.62 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 315,112 | 0.02 | 297,383 | 5.96 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 107 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 1,767 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 7,556 | 0.00 | 75,053 | -89.93 |
69 | Ceramic products | 60,417 | 0.00 | 289,841 | -79.16 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 364,790 | 0.02 | 587,306 | -37.89 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 53,373 | 0.00 | 51,636 | 3.36 |
72 | Iron and steel | 5,197,981 | 0.32 | 1,407,810 | 269.22 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 10,934,592 | 0.67 | 10,464,993 | 4.49 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 685,549 | 0.04 | 610,360 | 12.32 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 717 | 0.00 | 517 | 38.68 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 4,604,685 | 0.28 | 459,307 | 902.53 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 879 | 0.00 | 291 | 202.06 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 493 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 432,534 | 0.03 | 32,619 | 1,226.02 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 65,291 | 0.00 | 64,353 | 1.46 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 518,017 | 0.03 | 589,408 | -12.11 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,152,030 | 0.07 | 973,579 | 18.33 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 216,529,315 | 13.31 | 295,854,966 | -26.81 |
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 | 708,493,313 | 43.56 | 598,596,444 | 18.36 |
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 | 61,015 | 0.00 | 532,105 | -88.53 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 20,676,435 | 1.27 | 17,258,365 | 19.81 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 7,346,296 | 0.45 | 6,577,938 | 11.68 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 113,496,783 | 6.98 | 96,289,140 | 17.87 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 49,128 | 0.00 | 41,545 | 18.25 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,455,033 | 0.09 | 461,572 | 215.23 |
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 | 16,785,647 | 1.03 | 18,171,389 | -7.63 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 8,118,701 | 0.50 | 6,903,507 | 17.60 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,744,414 | 0.23 | 2,585,962 | 44.80 |
SS | Classified | 89,301 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |