Russian trade with Hong Kong in 2012
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Hong Kong
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Hong Kong totaled $1,499,567,068, up 41.71% ($441,358,231) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Hong Kong in 2012 totaled $1,410,760,136, up 44.60% ($435,158,841) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Hong Kong in 2012 totaled $88,806,932, up 7.50% ($6,199,390) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with Hong Kong in 2012 was $1,321,953,204, a 48.04% increase ($428,959,451) over 2011.
Hong Kong was Russia’s 60th largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 67th in 2011), accounting for 0.1781% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1287% in 2011).
Hong Kong was Russia’s 48th largest export market in 2012 (up from 57th in 2011), accounting for 0.2689% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1888% in 2011).
Hong Kong was Russia’s 84th largest supplier in 2012 (up from 86th in 2011), accounting for 0.0280% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0270% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Hong Kong
The major share of Russian exports to Hong Kong in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 58.27% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (40.70% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 23.13% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (27.30% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 10.49% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (17.22% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.44% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (5.80% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.76% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (2.45% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.19% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (1.82% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.94% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (2.90% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Hong Kong in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $425,035,912;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $46,672,043;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $14,800,891.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Hong Kong in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $22,808,779;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - a decrease of $8,258,481;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $7,726,197;
- 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 $5,526,480;
- Lead and articles thereof (HS code 78) - a decrease of $5,163,291.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 8,500,059 | 0.60 | 8,023,913 | 5.93 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 531,710 | 0.04 | 2,821,001 | -81.15 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 6,892,753 | 0.49 | 5,426,629 | 27.02 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 281,280 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 67,009 | 0.00 | 37,957 | 76.54 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 73,075 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 244,474 | 0.02 | 828,377 | -70.49 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 28 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 115,280 | 0.01 | 73,618 | 56.59 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 245,595 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 81,390 | 0.01 | 3,492 | 2,230.76 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 265,265 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,924,654 | 0.21 | 4,469,732 | -34.57 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 16,753,061 | 1.19 | 1,952,170 | 758.18 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 306,601,382 | 21.73 | 259,929,339 | 17.96 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 134,985,882 | 9.57 | 157,794,661 | -14.45 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 79,690 | 0.01 | 78,960 | 0.92 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,195,345 | 0.65 | 7,565,717 | 21.54 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4,142 | 0.00 | 1,384 | 199.28 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 30,087 | 0.00 | 133 | 22,521.80 |
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 | 465 | 0.00 | 6 | 7,650.00 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 17,351 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,641,929 | 0.19 | 1,491,215 | 77.17 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,061,581 | 0.08 | 752,227 | 41.13 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 304,258 | -100.00 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 6,769,071 | 0.48 | 15,027,552 | -54.96 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 897 | 0.00 | 4,167 | -78.47 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 14,886 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 722,395 | 0.05 | 956,907 | -24.51 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 23,866,845 | 1.69 | 22,661,891 | 5.32 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 294,817 | 0.02 | 303,326 | -2.81 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 208,278 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 3,451 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 24 | 0.00 | 90 | -73.33 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 140 | 0.00 | 16 | 775.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,923 | 0.00 | 4,772 | -59.70 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 11,894 | 0.00 | 10,395 | 14.42 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 51 | 0.00 | 10,628 | -99.52 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 43,450 | 0.00 | 24,074 | 80.49 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 634 | 0.00 | 281 | 125.62 |
69 | Ceramic products | 1,534 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 21,047 | 0.00 | 73,289 | -71.28 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 822,066,658 | 58.27 | 397,030,746 | 107.05 |
72 | Iron and steel | 116,188 | 0.01 | 1,194,515 | -90.27 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,124,127 | 0.08 | 1,091,332 | 3.01 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,894,143 | 0.21 | 2,079,344 | 39.19 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,797,872 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,269,056 | 0.37 | 12,995,253 | -59.45 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 3,789,194 | 0.27 | 8,952,485 | -57.67 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 120,524 | 0.01 | 97,094 | 24.13 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 14,756 | 0.00 | 94,035 | -84.31 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 3,352 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,694,199 | 0.33 | 4,738,786 | -0.94 |
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 | 38,336,465 | 2.72 | 43,862,945 | -12.60 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 54,144 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,625,257 | 0.12 | 481,992 | 237.20 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 282,110 | 0.02 | 3,793,300 | -92.56 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,655,231 | 0.26 | 3,630,581 | 0.68 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,532,549 | 0.11 | 889,092 | 72.37 |
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 | 15,624 | 0.00 | 297,434 | -94.75 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 88,396 | 0.01 | 69,382 | 27.40 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,546 | 0.00 | 165,933 | -98.47 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,449,923 | 0.10 | 399,337 | 263.08 |
SS | Classified | 707,148 | 0.05 | 671 382 | 5.33 |
Russia’s Imports from Hong Kong
The major share of Russian imports from Hong Kong in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 39.42% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (50.29% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 19.94% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (15.86% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 14.06% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (16.02% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.29% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (4.95% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.44% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (2.10% in 2011);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 2.59% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (0.95% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.01% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (5.40% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Hong Kong in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $8,228,580;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $4,523,098;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,773,564;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $1,512,448;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,291,220;
- 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 $1,225,644;
- 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $941,213;
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (HS code 43) - an increase of $760,987;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $708,693;
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles (HS code 96) - an increase of $485,077;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $462,968;
- 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 (HS code 94) - an increase of $404,405;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $276,291.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Hong Kong in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $9,336,123;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $4,461,649;
- 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 $1,247,495;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $879,525;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $613,594;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $603,138;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $580,562.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 17,074 | 0.02 | 11,238 | 51.93 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 847 | 0.00 | 17 | 4,882.35 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 13,141 | 0.01 | 5,939 | 121.27 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,336 | 0.00 | 908 | 157.27 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 11,002 | 0.01 | 11,769 | -6.52 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5,632 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 4,461,649 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 199 | 0.00 | 580 | -65.69 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,459,105 | 1.64 | 233,461 | 524.99 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 489,710 | 0.55 | 26,742 | 1,731.24 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 2,854 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 107,045 | 0.12 | 471 | 22,627.18 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 244,468 | 0.28 | 181,168 | 34.94 |
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 | 58,020 | 0.07 | 70,918 | -18.19 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 295 | 0.00 | 1 | 29,400.00 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 0 | 0.00 | 56,391 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,700 | 0.00 | 604,838 | -99.72 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,236,338 | 2.52 | 2,849,932 | -21.53 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 97,694 | 0.11 | 60,486 | 61.52 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 363,164 | 0.41 | 592,410 | -38.70 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 1,492,439 | 1.68 | 731,452 | 104.04 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 137,265 | 0.15 | 45,033 | 204.81 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 28,726 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 240,344 | 0.27 | 221,759 | 8.38 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 17,329,669 | 19.51 | 12,806,571 | 35.32 |
50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 1,560 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 5,082 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 79 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 77,405 | 0.09 | 10,012 | 673.12 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 277,569 | 0.31 | 1,278 | 21,619.01 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 272,652 | 0.31 | 253,305 | 7.64 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,209 | 0.00 | 45,999 | -97.37 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 6,124 | 0.01 | 56,084 | -89.08 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 194,675 | 0.22 | 2 | 9,733,650.00 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 43,431 | 0.05 | 6,023 | 621.09 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,751,963 | 4.22 | 4,631,488 | -18.99 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 6,538,113 | 7.36 | 7,118,675 | -8.16 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 100,764 | 0.11 | 75,518 | 33.43 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 937,640 | 1.06 | 700,124 | 33.92 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 42,907 | 0.05 | 55,361 | -22.50 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 8,330 | 0.01 | 79,726 | -89.55 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 228,806 | 0.26 | 196,681 | 16.33 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 15 | 0.00 | 8,804 | -99.83 |
69 | Ceramic products | 84,874 | 0.10 | 31,942 | 165.71 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 124,857 | 0.14 | 67,058 | 86.19 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 2,295,796 | 2.59 | 783,348 | 193.07 |
72 | Iron and steel | 271,251 | 0.31 | 27,122 | 900.11 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,778,966 | 2.00 | 1,070,273 | 66.22 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 7,530 | 0.01 | 181 | 4,060.22 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 77,705 | 0.09 | 20,340 | 282.03 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 188 | 0.00 | 3 | 6,166.67 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 464 | -100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 65,000 | 0.07 | 158,329 | -58.95 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 362,446 | 0.41 | 107,337 | 237.67 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 488,496 | 0.55 | 350,066 | 39.54 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 14,186,908 | 15.98 | 12,895,688 | 10.01 |
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 | 14,534,999 | 16.37 | 15,782,494 | -7.90 |
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 | 1,022,365 | 1.15 | 81,152 | 1,159.81 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 83,381 | 0.09 | 42,354 | 96.87 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 10,065 | 0.01 | 9,346,188 | -99.89 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 5,168,841 | 5.82 | 3,395,277 | 52.24 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 568,692 | 0.64 | 444,566 | 27.92 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 2,419 | 0.00 | 8,514 | -71.59 |
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 | 1,102,333 | 1.24 | 697,928 | 57.94 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9,125,112 | 10.28 | 896,532 | 917.82 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 591,126 | 0.67 | 106,049 | 457.41 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 26,455 | 0.03 | 44,739 | -40.87 |
SS | Classified | 32,955 | 0.04 | 3 566 | 824.14 |