Russian trade with Taiwan in 2012
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Taiwan
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Taiwan totaled $5,325,319,527, up 28.58% ($1,183,788,054) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2012 totaled $3,321,683,392, up 57.88% ($1,217,777,908) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2012 were $2,003,636,135, down 1.67% ($33,989,854) from 2011.
Russia’s trade surplus with Taiwan in 2012 was $1,318,047,257, a 1,888.62% increase ($1,251,767,762) over 2011.
Taiwan was Russia’s 28th largest trading partner in 2012 (up from 30th in 2011), accounting for 0.6325% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.5035% in 2011).
Taiwan was Russia’s 29th largest export market in 2012 (up from 37th in 2011), accounting for 0.6330% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.4072% in 2011).
Taiwan was Russia’s 29th largest supplier in 2012 (down from 27th in 2011), accounting for 0.6315% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.6664% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Taiwan
The major share of Russian exports to Taiwan in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 50.35% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (22.49% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 44.57% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (65.71% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.19% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (5.50% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.07% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (1.88% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.89% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (2.71% in 2011);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.46% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (1.28% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Taiwan 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) - an increase of $1,199,285,601;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $56,505,837;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $35,721,621.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $17,989,684;
- 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 $14,002,489;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $12,317,711;
- 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) - a decrease of $11,582,174;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $10,338,826.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 654 | -100.00 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 8,643,273 | 0.26 | 5,965,033 | 44.90 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 2,036 | 0.00 | 11,534 | -82.35 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 268,415 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 9,427 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 46,165 | 0.00 | 25,303 | 82.45 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,245,973 | 0.04 | 959,823 | 29.81 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 467,651 | 0.01 | 324,340 | 44.19 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 2,068 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 109,240 | 0.00 | 43,368 | 151.89 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 57,179 | 0.00 | 297,077 | -80.75 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,007,814 | 0.12 | 872,245 | 359.48 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,274 | 0.00 | 136,776 | -98.34 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,672,400,601 | 50.35 | 473,115,000 | 253.49 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,604,578 | 0.08 | 4,654,701 | -44.04 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 47,323,630 | 1.42 | 57,662,456 | -17.93 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,449,152 | 0.04 | 1,431,803 | 1.21 |
31 | Fertilizers | 499,648 | 0.02 | 18,489,332 | -97.30 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 79,621 | 0.00 | 1,076,038 | -92.60 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 12,748 | 0.00 | 5,378 | 137.04 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 15,786 | 0.00 | 3,025 | 421.85 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 299,442 | 0.01 | 4,423,915 | -93.23 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 506,313 | 0.02 | 3,308,612 | -84.70 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 19,813,192 | 0.60 | 24,710,367 | -19.82 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 909,799 | 0.03 | 2,771 | 32,732.88 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 99 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 4,889 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4,346,959 | 0.13 | 6,429,844 | -32.39 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 13,956,649 | 0.42 | 15,320,349 | -8.90 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 17,268,764 | 0.52 | 17,825,244 | -3.12 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 13,389 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 556 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 216 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 7,639 | 0.00 | 35,063 | -78.21 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 10,346 | 0.00 | 499 | 1,973.35 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 56,019 | 0.00 | 64 | 87,429.69 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | -100.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 33,101 | 0.00 | 14,783 | 123.91 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 19,533 | 0.00 | 7,162 | 172.73 |
69 | Ceramic products | 27,796 | 0.00 | 72,542 | -61.68 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 62,624 | 0.00 | 57,199 | 9.48 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 15,267,737 | 0.46 | 26,849,911 | -43.14 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,407,014,005 | 42.36 | 1,350,508,168 | 4.18 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,609,448 | 0.08 | 61,399 | 4,149.98 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6,086,019 | 0.18 | 1,847,381 | 229.44 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 61,616,483 | 1.85 | 25,894,862 | 137.95 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 1,056 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3,012,372 | 0.09 | 4,031,294 | -25.28 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 79,872 | 0.00 | 45,385 | 75.99 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 27,072 | 0.00 | 4,000 | 576.80 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,931,739 | 0.06 | 3,532,272 | -45.31 |
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 | 16,088,471 | 0.48 | 30,090,960 | -46.53 |
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 | 823,843 | 0.02 | 356,446 | 131.13 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,412 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10,774,820 | 0.32 | 23,092,531 | -53.34 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 9,809 | 0.00 | 26,108 | -62.43 |
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 | 718 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 230 | 0.00 | 130 | 76.92 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 35,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Taiwan
The major share of Russian imports from Taiwan in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 68.90% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (67.82% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.18% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (11.96% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.37% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (9.89% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.47% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (5.17% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $21,631,719;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $21,368,884;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $19,866,594;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $8,876,478;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $7,202,861;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $6,487,313;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $6,264,895.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $63,720,273;
- 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 $51,110,742;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $13,049,246;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $10,469,378.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 2,331 | -100.00 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 6,198,689 | 0.31 | 2,948,254 | 110.25 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 160,956 | 0.01 | 147,235 | 9.32 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 44,408 | -100.00 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 7,973 | 0.00 | 5,966 | 33.64 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 185,663 | 0.01 | 42,653 | 335.29 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 10,069 | 0.00 | 20,372 | -50.57 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 21,151 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 482,588 | 0.02 | 79,605 | 506.23 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 51,300 | -100.00 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 135,266 | 0.01 | 42,970 | 214.79 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 26,912 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 28,425 | 0.00 | 6,824 | 316.54 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 53,408 | 0.00 | 19,570 | 172.91 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 784,076 | 0.04 | 68,236 | 1,049.07 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,879,739 | 0.09 | 64,184 | 2,828.67 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 37,592 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 8,396 | 0.00 | 123,582 | -93.21 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 86,106 | 0.00 | 122,762 | -29.86 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,533,520 | 0.08 | 749,172 | 104.70 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 8,088,814 | 0.40 | 11,389,836 | -28.98 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 41,454 | 0.00 | 276,908 | -85.03 |
31 | Fertilizers | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,837,242 | 0.19 | 6,949,242 | -44.78 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 6,561,575 | 0.33 | 7,872,222 | -16.65 |
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 | 2,814,896 | 0.14 | 3,589,591 | -21.58 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 829,452 | 0.04 | 1,348,265 | -38.48 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 355 | -100.00 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 3,626,731 | 0.18 | 3,900,428 | -7.02 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 7,568,702 | 0.38 | 8,567,917 | -11.66 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 116,885,975 | 5.83 | 127,355,353 | -8.22 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 36,001,997 | 1.80 | 29,514,684 | 21.98 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,458,965 | 0.12 | 3,088,129 | -20.37 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 330,991 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,428,446 | 0.07 | 1,307,727 | 9.23 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 15,499 | 0.00 | 7,982 | 94.17 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 749,881 | 0.04 | 1,048,148 | -28.46 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,344,871 | 0.22 | 6,392,169 | -32.03 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,146,978 | 0.06 | 717,296 | 59.90 |
50 | Silk | 18,347 | 0.00 | 12,831 | 42.99 |
52 | Cotton | 153,439 | 0.01 | 700,586 | -78.10 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 114,599 | 0.01 | 13,169 | 770.22 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 2,318,694 | 0.12 | 1,973,756 | 17.48 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 20,005,365 | 1.00 | 14,200,511 | 40.88 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 521,839 | 0.03 | 824,033 | -36.67 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 176,426 | 0.01 | 83,509 | 111.27 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 725,940 | 0.04 | 685,545 | 5.89 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3,248,880 | 0.16 | 2,566,082 | 26.61 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 2,288,255 | 0.11 | 1,500,658 | 52.48 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 4,999,228 | 0.25 | 5,544,836 | -9.84 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,216,937 | 0.06 | 1,476,566 | -17.58 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,260,764 | 0.21 | 3,866,100 | 10.21 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,673,134 | 0.08 | 65,393,407 | -97.44 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 6,176,637 | 0.31 | 5,980,551 | 3.28 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 1,673,094 | 0.08 | 559,502 | 199.03 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 17,214 | 0.00 | 20,804 | -17.26 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 952,902 | 0.05 | 2,444,310 | -61.02 |
69 | Ceramic products | 1,662,017 | 0.08 | 467,839 | 255.25 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 8,173,584 | 0.41 | 9,348,178 | -12.56 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 193,178 | 0.01 | 314,135 | -38.50 |
72 | Iron and steel | 90,789,819 | 4.53 | 81,913,341 | 10.84 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 57,334,875 | 2.86 | 70,384,121 | -18.54 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,639,178 | 0.08 | 958,832 | 70.96 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 112,838 | 0.01 | 3,584 | 3,048.38 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 7,808,102 | 0.39 | 5,704,416 | 36.88 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 1,486 | 0.00 | 487 | 205.13 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 1,275 | 0.00 | 3,058 | -58.31 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 11,192 | 0.00 | 7,811 | 43.29 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 153,950 | 0.01 | 27,407 | 461.72 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 94,816,695 | 4.73 | 74,950,101 | 26.51 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11,339,195 | 0.57 | 9,808,272 | 15.61 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 453,861,148 | 22.65 | 432,492,264 | 4.94 |
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 | 777,918,232 | 38.83 | 829,028,974 | -6.17 |
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 | 311,892 | 0.02 | 416,015 | -25.03 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 98,829,841 | 4.93 | 77,198,122 | 28.02 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 713,087 | 0.04 | 232,251 | 207.03 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 48,904,880 | 2.44 | 42,639,985 | 14.69 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,673,670 | 0.08 | 1,507,405 | 11.03 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 2,188,859 | 0.11 | 2,728,539 | -19.78 |
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 | 40,182,236 | 2.01 | 35,611,497 | 12.84 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 32,389,893 | 1.62 | 25,187,032 | 28.60 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,637,027 | 0.28 | 6,249,115 | -9.79 |
SS | Classified | 8,441,870 | 0.42 | 4 362 193 | 93.52 |