Russian trade with Singapore in 2012
February 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 Singapore in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Singapore
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Singapore was $2,003,376,267, down 24.00% ($632,654,832) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Singapore in 2012 were $1,589,451,731, down 29.37% ($660,827,023) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Singapore in 2012 totaled $413,924,536, up 7.30% ($28,172,191) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with Singapore in 2012 was $1,175,527,195, a 36.95% decrease ($688,999,214) over 2011.
Singapore was Russia’s 48th largest trading partner in 2012 (down from 42nd in 2011), accounting for 0.2379% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.3205% in 2011).
Singapore was Russia’s 45th largest export market in 2012 (down from 33rd in 2011), accounting for 0.3029% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.4355% in 2011).
Singapore was Russia’s 60th largest supplier in 2012 (down from 59th in 2011), accounting for 0.1305% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1262% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Singapore
The major share of Russian exports to Singapore in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 95.77% of Russia’s total exports to Singapore (91.82% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.21% of Russia’s total exports to Singapore (5.03% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.25% of Russia’s total exports to Singapore (1.11% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.46% of Russia’s total exports to Singapore (1.65% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Singapore in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $10,072,587;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $9,231,272;
- 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 $8,797,992.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Singapore in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $554,184,314;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $76,708,075;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $24,627,934;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $9,151,106;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $7,889,789.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 100 | 0.00 | 400 | -75.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 49,763 | 0.00 | 159,906 | -68.88 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 552,088 | 0.03 | 403,424 | 36.85 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 306,545 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 192,692 | 0.01 | 1,031,467 | -81.32 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 243,910 | 0.02 | 466,364 | -47.70 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,046 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 187,777 | 0.01 | 22,181 | 746.57 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 17,026,892 | 1.07 | 6,954,305 | 144.84 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,505,077,319 | 94.69 | 2,059,261,633 | -26.91 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 736,789 | 0.05 | 4,029,904 | -81.72 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 76,418 | 0.00 | 695,547 | -89.01 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 441,355 | 0.03 | 308,000 | 43.30 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 440,435 | 0.03 | 8,330,224 | -94.71 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,965,750 | 0.44 | 9,495,763 | -26.64 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 4,069 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 337 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,062 | 0.00 | 2,120 | -49.91 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 472,091 | 0.03 | 294,225 | 60.45 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,231,617 | 0.08 | 1,411,679 | -12.76 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 9,546,069 | 0.60 | 314,797 | 2,932.45 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 284 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 85,147 | 0.01 | 503,216 | -83.08 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 528,559 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,258,789 | 0.21 | 1,963,968 | 65.93 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 10 | 0.00 | 2,677 | -99.63 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 88 | -100.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 57,664 | 0.00 | 68,012 | -15.21 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 338 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,605,000 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 140,032 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 22 | 0.00 | 50 | -56.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 6,780 | 0.00 | 12,360 | -45.15 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 158 | 0.00 | 144 | 9.72 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 271 | 0.00 | 14 | 1,835.71 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 175 | 0.00 | 917 | -80.92 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 12,675 | 0.00 | 928 | 1,265.84 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 56,172 | 0.00 | 32,744 | 71.55 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 49,430 | 0.00 | 54,894 | -9.95 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 479 | -100.00 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 177,177 | 0.01 | 80,801 | 119.28 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,359,807 | 0.09 | 25,987,741 | -94.77 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,508,107 | 0.16 | 6,033,218 | -58.43 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,493 | 0.00 | 95,045 | -97.38 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 161,162 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,944,912 | 0.12 | 3,261,340 | -40.36 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 140 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 89,224 | 0.01 | 188 | 47,359.57 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 257,840 | 0.02 | 292,615 | -11.88 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 911,392 | 0.06 | 1,378,839 | -33.90 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 282 | 0.00 | 170,455 | -99.83 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,950,198 | 0.50 | 17,101,304 | -53.51 |
| 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 | 13,013,939 | 0.82 | 4,215,947 | 208.68 |
| 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 | 1,376,025 | 0.09 | 1,976,718 | -30.39 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 668 | 0.00 | 147,545 | -99.55 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 10,261,247 | 0.65 | 86,969,322 | -88.20 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,456,961 | 0.15 | 2,697,090 | -8.90 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 7,650 | 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 | 45,964 | 0.00 | 56,899 | -19.22 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 23,988 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 8 | 0.00 | 61 | -86.89 |
| SS | Classified | 150,000 | 0.01 | 1 386 113 | -89.18 |
Russia’s Imports from Singapore
The major share of Russian imports from Singapore in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 74.99% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (75.60% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 11.11% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (8.45% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.76% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (6.94% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.74% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (4.75% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.11% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (0.22% in 2011);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.19% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (2.93% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Singapore in 2012 over 2011 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 $18,245,001;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $14,135,842;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $11,852,409;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $9,507,611;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - an increase of $6,266,995;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $6,053,599;
- 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 $1,375,252;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,321,813.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Singapore in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $22,892,271;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $6,353,392;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $5,268,268;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $2,432,199;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $1,420,041.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 12,618 | 0.00 | 6,054 | 108.42 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,861,391 | 0.45 | 2,334,591 | -20.27 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 7,044 | 0.00 | 2,006 | 251.15 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 145,590 | 0.04 | 117,983 | 23.40 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 28,747 | 0.01 | 7,527 | 281.92 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 57,760 | 0.01 | 37,063 | 55.84 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 31,715 | 0.01 | 11,999 | 164.31 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,037,463 | 0.25 | 1,457,735 | -28.83 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 10,103 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,209,010 | 0.53 | 4,641,209 | -52.40 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 710,408 | 0.17 | 549,824 | 29.21 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 17,397 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 8,881,308 | 2.15 | 8,819,455 | 0.70 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 434,565 | 0.10 | 291,067 | 49.30 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 75,055 | 0.02 | 4,829 | 1,454.26 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 11,976 | 0.00 | 13,670 | -12.39 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,918,253 | 1.19 | 11,271,645 | -56.37 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 76,928 | 0.02 | 317,083 | -75.74 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 844,998 | 0.20 | 1,284,931 | -34.24 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 8,843,912 | 2.14 | 2,790,313 | 216.95 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 2,676 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 10,753,355 | 2.60 | 4,486,360 | 139.69 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 152,052 | 0.04 | 329,809 | -53.90 |
| 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 | 4,086,943 | 0.99 | 2,711,691 | 50.72 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 169,470 | 0.04 | 145,103 | 16.79 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 836 | 0.00 | 2,272 | -63.20 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,047,326 | 0.49 | 725,513 | 182.19 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 17,167,841 | 4.15 | 18,208,153 | -5.71 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,834,157 | 0.44 | 1,604,890 | 14.29 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 3,924 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 34,023 | 0.01 | 44,856 | -24.15 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 183,200 | 0.04 | 23,196 | 689.79 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 121,754 | 0.03 | 86,711 | 40.41 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 12,587,220 | 3.04 | 734,811 | 1,612.99 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 1,560 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 69,253 | 0.02 | 64,450 | 7.45 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 761 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 19,222 | 0.00 | 47,346 | -59.40 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 11,273 | 0.00 | 2,513 | 348.59 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 483,602 | 0.12 | 687,046 | -29.61 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 81,959 | 0.02 | 42,402 | 93.29 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 31,691 | 0.01 | 5,532 | 472.87 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,831 | 0.00 | 8,578 | -67.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 261 | -100.00 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 360 | 0.00 | 58,065 | -99.38 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,031,918 | 0.25 | 69,876 | 1,376.78 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 27,700 | 0.01 | 113,920 | -75.68 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 15,920 | 0.00 | 46,073 | -65.45 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,054,583 | 0.25 | 1,556,403 | -32.24 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 10,400 | 0.00 | 7,923 | 31.26 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 11,102,426 | 2.68 | 16,370,694 | -32.18 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 356,981 | 0.09 | 368,440 | -3.11 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 89,946 | 0.02 | 510,804 | -82.39 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 275,561 | 0.07 | 1,383,223 | -80.08 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 1,632 | 0.00 | 17,446 | -90.65 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 13 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,898 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3,407 | 0.00 | 23,694 | -85.62 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,264,836 | 1.27 | 6,684,877 | -21.24 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 2,578,966 | 0.62 | 1,384,282 | 86.30 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 115,532,802 | 27.91 | 138,425,073 | -16.54 |
| 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 | 131,929,906 | 31.87 | 113,684,905 | 16.05 |
| 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 | 167,396 | 0.04 | 599,118 | -72.06 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,477,593 | 0.36 | 1,252,086 | 18.01 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 19,409,646 | 4.69 | 9,902,035 | 96.02 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 41,885,243 | 10.12 | 27,749,401 | 50.94 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 147,898 | 0.04 | 7,090 | 1,986.01 |
| 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 | 1,512,789 | 0.37 | 1,512,255 | 0.04 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 565 | 0.00 | 16,875 | -96.65 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 18,539 | 0.00 | 17,161 | 8.03 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 31,591 | -100.00 |