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Russian trade with Romania in 2021

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Romania in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Romania

In 2021, Russia’s trade with Romania totaled $4,933,791,565, up 47.60% ($1,591,141,537) from 2020.

Russia’s exports to Romania in 2021 totaled $3,343,455,421, up 63.12% ($1,293,721,204) from 2020.

Russia’s imports from Romania in 2021 totaled $1,590,336,144, up 23.00% ($297,420,333) from 2020.

Russia’s trade surplus with Romania in 2021 was $1,753,119,277, a 131.64% increase ($996,300,871) over 2020.

Romania was Russia’s 30th largest trading partner in 2021 (just as in 2020), accounting for 0.6285% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.5887% in 2020).

Romania was Russia’s 32nd largest export market in 2021 (up from 33rd in 2020), accounting for 0.6801% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.6093% in 2020).

Romania was Russia’s 33rd largest supplier in 2021 (down from 32nd in 2020), accounting for 0.5420% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.5587% in 2020).

Russia’s Exports to Romania

The major share of Russian exports to Romania in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 75.24% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (68.00% in 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.40% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (12.95% in 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.48% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (5.09% in 2020);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.54% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (3.85% in 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.51% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (5.23% in 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.13% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (3.09% in 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Romania in 2021 over 2020 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 $1,063,628,446;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $81,134,417;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $63,322,691;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $40,229,240;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $29,536,577;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $26,728,271;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $19,604,245;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $13,864,601;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $12,312,566;
  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $10,493,576.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Romania in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $49,481,148;
  • 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 $47,171,512;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $10,663,621.
Russia’s exports to Romania in 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2021
over 2020
01 Live animals 37,702 0.00 7145,180.39
02 Meat and edible meat offal 87,974 0.00 0
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 27,505 0.00 0
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 37,741 0.00 0
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 1,770,658 0.05 591,373199.41
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 11,166 0.00 0
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 206,162 0.01 489,805-57.91
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 7,422 0.00 0
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 122,397 0.00 139,971-12.56
10 Cereals 7,217 0.00 10,670,838-99.93
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 141,991 0.00 396,037-64.15
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 116,949 0.00 49,598,097-99.76
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 12,338 0.00 5,010146.27
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 965 0.00 2,638-63.42
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 217,224 0.01 285,648-23.95
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 43,068 0.00 0
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 403,559 0.01 323,94224.58
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 62,578 0.00 111,123-43.69
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 44,594 0.00 17,514154.62
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 22,795 0.00 0
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 568,365 0.02 417,40736.17
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 209,478 0.01 87,342139.84
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 294,960 0.01 154,99790.30
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 4,208,126 0.13 9,710,552-56.66
26 Ores, slag and ash 69,865,918 2.09 6,543,227967.76
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 2,441,110,120 73.01 1,377,481,67477.22
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 17,075,562 0.51 13,301,84828.37
29 Organic chemicals 41,193,630 1.23 21,589,38590.81
30 Pharmaceutical products 345,517 0.01 243,79641.72
31 Fertilizers 232,293,269 6.95 151,158,85253.67
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 366,992 0.01 234,25956.66
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 4,071,102 0.12 3,925,8363.70
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 1,191,646 0.04 1,006,24418.43
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 66,899 0.00 64,8343.19
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 41,960-100.00
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 7,200 0.00 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,258,266 0.04 762,70564.97
39 Plastics and articles thereof 28,326,716 0.85 14,462,11595.87
40 Rubber and articles thereof 88,214,290 2.64 58,677,71350.34
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 127,672 0.00 166,016-23.10
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 106,078 0.00 124,717-14.95
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 70,888,848 2.12 44,160,57760.53
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 58 0.00 29100.00
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 2,213,489 0.07 1,784,24924.06
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 45,143,010 1.35 32,830,44437.50
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 245,280 0.01 85,758186.01
52 Cotton 187,269 0.01 207,217-9.63
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 17,010 0.00 89,273-80.95
54 Man-made filaments 49,991 0.00 247,909-79.83
55 Man-made staple fibers 74,118 0.00 17642,012.50
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 1,545,419 0.05 886,70474.29
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 430,744 0.01 140,563206.44
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 251 0.00 19628.06
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 104,872 0.00 38,746170.67
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 257 0.00 0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 22,951 0.00 47,626-51.81
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 153,477 0.00 58,173163.83
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 1,383,282 0.04 1,381,4870.13
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 7,298 0.00 6191,079.00
65 Headgear and parts thereof 661 0.00 431,437.21
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 668 0.00 0
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 22,393 0.00 1,1751,805.79
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 11,020,822 0.33 8,025,68537.32
69 Ceramic products 3,549,745 0.11 3,213,12610.48
70 Glass and glassware 9,420,252 0.28 8,055,84816.94
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 13,134,894 0.39 3,671,193257.78
72 Iron and steel 133,410,510 3.99 93,181,27043.17
73 Articles of iron or steel 8,077,153 0.24 8,524,294-5.25
74 Copper and articles thereof 307,887 0.01 48,185538.97
75 Nickel and articles thereof 308,728 0.01 9,1423,277.03
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 3,739,497 0.11 1,576,973137.13
78 Lead and articles thereof 2,076,748 0.06 34,8205,864.24
79 Zinc and articles thereof 1 0.00 1,014-99.90
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 52,207 0.00 1,1644,385.14
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 613,652 0.02 380,28961.36
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 1,018,660 0.03 520,49095.71
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 32,790,622 0.98 24,112,11135.99
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 18,103,892 0.54 65,275,404-72.27
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 334,416 0.01 1,914,461-82.53
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 18,170,621 0.54 13,792,24331.75
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 11,215,197 0.34 721,6211,454.17
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 3,443,237 0.10 1,305,903163.67
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 45,591 0.00 15,671190.93
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 0 0.00 809-100.00
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 8,331,633 0.25 4,429,34588.10
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 234,476 0.01 112,028109.30
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 6,629,471 0.20 6,024,80410.04
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 6,304 0.00 28,526-77.90
SS Classified 0 0.00 8 645-100.00

Russia’s Imports from Romania

The major share of Russian imports from Romania in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 60.95% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (55.91% in 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.95% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (20.91% in 2020);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.58% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (7.21% in 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.06% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (4.72% in 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.87% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (7.21% in 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Romania in 2021 over 2020 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 $89,814,122;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $74,667,008;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $51,432,531;
  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $16,842,353;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $16,415,330;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $13,069,068;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $12,614,659;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $11,361,129;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $8,794,044;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $8,306,392;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $6,121,123;
  • 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 $5,176,500.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Romania in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $12,100,164;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $10,523,407;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $9,179,018.
Russia’s imports from Romania in 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2021
over 2020
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 1,233 0.00 0
10 Cereals 9,796,714 0.62 20,320,121-51.79
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 38,400 0.00 0
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 40,844,362 2.57 50,023,380-18.35
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 908 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 93,982 0.01 140,183-32.96
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 207,882 0.01 6,9852,876.12
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 472,392 0.03 327,33644.31
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 361,926 0.02 385,635-6.15
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 586,020 0.04 732,896-20.04
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 5,154,318 0.32 5,472,987-5.82
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 582,537 0.04 354,95364.12
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 3,300,709 0.21 15,400,873-78.57
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 74,263 0.00 6,2321,091.64
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 2,395,061 0.15 2,751,530-12.96
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 551,843 0.03 854,804-35.44
29 Organic chemicals 14,424,723 0.91 3,063,594370.84
30 Pharmaceutical products 138,499,789 8.71 129,705,7456.78
31 Fertilizers 104,384 0.01 72,52543.93
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 2,013,777 0.13 1,929,6944.36
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 66,935,206 4.21 54,320,54723.22
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 5,790,439 0.36 613,939843.16
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 67,893 0.00 50,64734.05
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,623,686 0.10 1,516,2277.09
39 Plastics and articles thereof 45,657,376 2.87 29,242,04656.14
40 Rubber and articles thereof 57,349,669 3.61 49,043,27716.94
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 28,813 0.00 76,444-62.31
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 5,512,579 0.35 5,820,644-5.29
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 157,312 0.01 174,507-9.85
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 9,834,870 0.62 6,838,64143.81
45 Cork and articles of cork 6,382 0.00 0
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 1,298 0.00 65797.56
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 616,492 0.04 449,61037.12
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 706,848 0.04 1,419,479-50.20
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 435,926 0.03 545,465-20.08
52 Cotton 49,867 0.00 43,91913.54
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 2,058 0.00 293602.39
54 Man-made filaments 661,852 0.04 767,205-13.73
55 Man-made staple fibers 609,441 0.04 720,147-15.37
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 1,092,877 0.07 796,46437.22
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 26,636 0.00 20,84527.78
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 1,336,662 0.08 882,87851.40
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 2,343,076 0.15 2,328,5280.62
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 40,564 0.00 30,77431.81
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 19,142,311 1.20 15,906,04320.35
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 57,160,021 3.59 51,038,89811.99
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 2,288,194 0.14 1,242,62184.14
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 18,702,793 1.18 18,032,3063.72
65 Headgear and parts thereof 212,396 0.01 267,588-20.63
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 560,727 0.04 650,634-13.82
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 60,949 0.00 52,74315.56
69 Ceramic products 3,519,369 0.22 3,203,4089.86
70 Glass and glassware 3,592,835 0.23 5,382,557-33.25
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 4,176,408 0.26 2,604,73060.34
72 Iron and steel 12,669,398 0.80 9,380,10335.07
73 Articles of iron or steel 24,646,247 1.55 23,969,8252.82
74 Copper and articles thereof 85,041 0.01 75,84612.12
75 Nickel and articles thereof 4,652 0.00 55,499-91.62
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 3,904,295 0.25 2,313,72868.74
79 Zinc and articles thereof 260,997 0.02 88,362195.37
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 55,905 0.00 57,564-2.88
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 661,408 0.04 5,101,785-87.04
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 22,227,927 1.40 19,978,74411.26
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 289,312,587 18.19 237,880,05621.62
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 295,838,053 18.60 206,023,93143.59
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 263,423 0.02 39,165572.60
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 320,358,814 20.14 245,691,80630.39
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 21,822,545 1.37 4,980,192338.19
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 41,282,694 2.60 28,213,62646.32
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 22,376 0.00 14,78051.39
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 121,442 0.01 260,770-53.43
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 21,237,748 1.34 19,628,9208.20
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 3,473,203 0.22 2,323,88549.46
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,555,382 0.10 1,203,04029.29
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia