Russian trade with Myanmar (Burma) in 2011
January 02, 2016
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 Myanmar (Burma) in 2011: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Myanmar (Burma)
In 2011, Russia’s trade with Myanmar (Burma) totaled $533,907,115, up 368.73% ($420,001,801) from 2010.
Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in 2011 totaled $509,296,708, up 412.21% ($409,865,242) from 2010.
Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in 2011 totaled $24,610,407, up 70.03% ($10,136,559) from 2010.
Russia’s trade surplus with Myanmar (Burma) in 2011 was $484,686,301, a 470.50% increase ($399,728,683) over 2010.
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 79th largest trading partner in 2011 (up from 104th in 2010), accounting for 0.0649% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0182% in 2010).
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 71st largest export market in 2011 (up from 93rd in 2010), accounting for 0.0986% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0250% in 2010).
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 108th largest supplier in 2011 (just as in 2010), accounting for 0.0080% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0063% in 2010).
Russia’s Exports to Myanmar (Burma)
The major share of Russian exports to Myanmar (Burma) in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 28.03% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (1.02% in 2010);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 17.01% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (46.69% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $141,455,311;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $45,264,701;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $8,884,179;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $1,621,566.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in 2011 over 2010 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 $13,422,293.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,472 | 0.00 | 2,115 | 64.16 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 200 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 10,716 | 0.00 | 3,833 | 179.57 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 771,583 | 0.15 | 293,283 | 163.08 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4,423 | 0.00 | 652 | 578.37 |
| 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 | 14,415 | 0.00 | 8,017 | 79.81 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 2,671 | -100.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 1,134,331 | 0.22 | 50,930 | 2,127.24 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,890 | 0.00 | 1,259 | 129.55 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 415,676 | 0.08 | 65,607 | 533.58 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 256,138 | 0.05 | 227,529 | 12.57 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,917 | 0.00 | 829 | 372.50 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 243,798 | 0.05 | 7,418 | 3,186.57 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 91,051 | -100.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,094,663 | 0.41 | 473,097 | 342.76 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 316 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 44 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 1,437 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,150 | 0.00 | 21,035 | -94.53 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 138,417 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 121,083 | 0.02 | 2,618 | 4,525.02 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 125,163 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 25 | 0.00 | 1,677 | -98.51 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 19,118 | 0.00 | 9,048 | 111.30 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 382 | 0.00 | 3,958 | -90.35 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 142,242,615 | 27.93 | 787,304 | 17,967.05 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,887 | 0.00 | 15,649 | -87.94 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 52,323 | 0.01 | 52,240 | 0.16 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 444,922 | 0.09 | 138,796 | 220.56 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,308 | 0.00 | 13,928 | -83.43 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 50,839,048 | 9.98 | 5,574,347 | 812.02 |
| 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 | 8,393,375 | 1.65 | 8,909,839 | -5.80 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 6,676,140 | 1.31 | 20,098,433 | -66.78 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 20,724,981 | 4.07 | 11,840,802 | 75.03 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 8,063 | 0.00 | 599 | 1,246.08 |
| 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 | 170,747 | 0.03 | 410,455 | -58.40 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,964 | 0.00 | 1,740 | 70.34 |
| SS | Classified | 274,500,938 | 53.90 | 50 193 747 | 446.88 |
Russia’s Imports from Myanmar (Burma)
The major share of Russian imports from Myanmar (Burma) in 2011 (and in 2010) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 54.72% of Russia’s total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (54.54% in 2010);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 45.17% of Russia’s total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (45.35% in 2010).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $5,053,665;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $4,221,168;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $1,362,843.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in 2011 over 2010 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $501,405.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2010, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2011 over 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,131,026 | 4.60 | 1,632,431 | -30.72 |
| 10 | Cereals | 9,984,579 | 40.57 | 4,930,914 | 102.49 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 452 | 0.00 | 30 | 1,406.67 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,645 | 0.01 | 3,288 | 10.86 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 20,858 | 0.08 | 438 | 4,662.10 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,505,113 | 10.18 | 1,142,270 | 119.31 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 10,928,698 | 44.41 | 6,707,530 | 62.93 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 33,717 | 0.14 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 43,743 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 671 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 2,545 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 123 | 0.00 | 108 | 13.89 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,982 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 376 | -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 | 1,508 | 0.01 | 7,670 | -80.34 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 13 | 0.00 | 523 | -97.51 |