Russian trade with Thailand in 2012
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Thailand
In 2012, Russia’s trade with Thailand was $3,381,781,197, down 17.66% ($725,396,985) from 2011.
Russia’s exports to Thailand in 2012 were $1,410,820,645, down 33.64% ($715,284,044) from 2011.
Russia’s imports from Thailand in 2012 were $1,970,960,552, down 0.51% ($10,112,941) from 2011.
Russia’s trade balance with Thailand went from a surplus of $145,031,196 in 2011, to a deficit of $560,139,907 in 2012.
Thailand was Russia’s 38th largest trading partner in 2012 (down from 31st in 2011), accounting for 0.4016% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4994% in 2011).
Thailand was Russia’s 47th largest export market in 2012 (down from 34th in 2011), accounting for 0.2689% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.4115% in 2011).
Thailand was Russia’s 30th largest supplier in 2012 (down from 28th in 2011), accounting for 0.6212% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.6479% in 2011).
Russia’s Exports to Thailand
The major share of Russian exports to Thailand in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 55.53% of Russia’s total exports to Thailand (71.52% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 23.35% of Russia’s total exports to Thailand (19.15% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 18.20% of Russia’s total exports to Thailand (6.36% in 2011);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.34% of Russia’s total exports to Thailand (0.17% in 2011);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.87% of Russia’s total exports to Thailand (1.11% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Thailand in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $119,237,211;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $10,723,393.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Thailand 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 $737,936,978;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $80,128,999;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $11,070,084.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 85,071 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,690,806 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5,000,313 | 0.35 | 3,808,424 | 31.30 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 17,402 | 0.00 | 99,723 | -82.55 |
10 | Cereals | 257,810 | 0.02 | 224,585 | 14.79 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,181,847 | 0.08 | 2,693,615 | -56.12 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 548 | 0.00 | 183 | 199.45 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 11,829 | 0.00 | 228 | 5,088.16 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 161 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 91,175 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 18,715 | 0.00 | 16,074 | 16.43 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 14,383,315 | 1.02 | 13,360,740 | 7.65 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 1,562,844 | 0.11 | 1,784,804 | -12.44 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 767,536,726 | 54.40 | 1,505,473,704 | -49.02 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 731,978 | 0.05 | 322,217 | 127.17 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2,692,160 | 0.19 | 288,790 | 832.22 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 42,050 | 0.00 | 39,346 | 6.87 |
31 | Fertilizers | 249,497,435 | 17.68 | 130,260,224 | 91.54 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 35,167 | 0.00 | 2,816 | 1,148.83 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 30 | 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 | 2,886 | 0.00 | 8,157 | -64.62 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,615 | 0.00 | 3,614 | -27.64 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 79,838 | 0.01 | 71,452 | 11.74 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,182,049 | 0.08 | 2,368,765 | -50.10 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,525,846 | 0.18 | 1,901,589 | 32.83 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 5,117 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 629,465 | 0.04 | 396,194 | 58.88 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 6,056,097 | 0.43 | 17,126,181 | -64.64 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,620,719 | 0.40 | 6,014,482 | -6.55 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 31,912 | 0.00 | 36,348 | -12.20 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 44,053 | 0.00 | 111,689 | -60.56 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,587 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 417 | 0.00 | 75 | 456.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,172 | 0.00 | 4,943 | -56.06 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,460 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 248 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 50,012 | 0.00 | 28,657 | 74.52 |
69 | Ceramic products | 216 | 0.00 | 6,974 | -96.90 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 84,909 | 0.01 | 16,069 | 428.40 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 514,703 | 0.04 | 569,928 | -9.69 |
72 | Iron and steel | 319,825,093 | 22.67 | 399,954,092 | -20.03 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 217,195 | 0.02 | 301,611 | -27.99 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 9,409,274 | 0.67 | 6,875,107 | 36.86 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 9,071 | 0.00 | 76,974 | -88.22 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 9,206 | 0.00 | 2,043 | 350.61 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,914,179 | 0.14 | 1,930,730 | -0.86 |
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 | 339,825 | 0.02 | 75,806 | 348.28 |
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 | 72,391 | 0.01 | 49,748 | 45.52 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 4,026,224 | 0.29 | 88,049 | 4,472.71 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 11,022,593 | 0.78 | 299,200 | 3,584.02 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,483,056 | 0.11 | 1,162,350 | 27.59 |
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 | 37,047 | 0.00 | 1,116 | 3,219.62 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 90,109 | 0.01 | 131,359 | -31.40 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 49 | 0.00 | 3,922 | -98.75 |
SS | Classified | 695,937 | 0.05 | 28 106 627 | -97.52 |
Russia’s Imports from Thailand
The major share of Russian imports from Thailand in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 64.03% of Russia’s total imports from Thailand (59.67% in 2011);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.09% of Russia’s total imports from Thailand (12.49% in 2011);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 10.66% of Russia’s total imports from Thailand (15.49% in 2011);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.55% of Russia’s total imports from Thailand (5.11% in 2011);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 3.08% of Russia’s total imports from Thailand (2.64% in 2011);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.21% of Russia’s total imports from Thailand (2.54% in 2011).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Thailand 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 $120,579,710;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $29,315,759;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $21,724,938;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $21,251,366;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - an increase of $12,921,167;
- 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 $8,432,104.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Thailand in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $62,391,950;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $57,961,581;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $25,007,543;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $24,700,509;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $24,629,616;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $20,227,459.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2011, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2012 over 2011 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 12,712 | 0.00 | 1,988 | 539.44 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 14,823,156 | 0.75 | 1,901,989 | 679.35 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 30,594,490 | 1.55 | 24,999,668 | 22.38 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 227,419 | 0.01 | 9,392 | 2,321.41 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 6,218,222 | 0.32 | 6,783,183 | -8.33 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,016,790 | 0.05 | 746,884 | 36.14 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 5,266,742 | 0.27 | 3,844,147 | 37.01 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 783,700 | 0.04 | 422,554 | 85.47 |
10 | Cereals | 6,490,635 | 0.33 | 26,718,094 | -75.71 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 685,731 | 0.03 | 5,260,887 | -86.97 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,766,933 | 0.14 | 2,604,934 | 6.22 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 48,651 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 96 | 0.00 | 63 | 52.38 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 21,830 | 0.00 | 12,816 | 70.33 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 27,031,542 | 1.37 | 25,536,093 | 5.86 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 26,475,217 | 1.34 | 88,867,167 | -70.21 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,437 | 0.00 | 33,866 | -95.76 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,041,218 | 0.05 | 649,843 | 60.23 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 67,075,431 | 3.40 | 92,082,974 | -27.16 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,184,754 | 0.11 | 1,616,213 | 35.18 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,851,082 | 0.09 | 3,156,056 | -41.35 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 9,207,543 | 0.47 | 12,720,631 | -27.62 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 6,213,064 | 0.32 | 8,901,217 | -30.20 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 44,367 | 0.00 | 1,640 | 2,605.30 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 1,627,051 | 0.08 | 986,205 | 64.98 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,346 | 0.00 | 2,706 | -13.30 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 647,564 | 0.03 | 433,227 | 49.47 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 5,045,472 | 0.26 | 29,745,981 | -83.04 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 409,966 | 0.02 | 36,733 | 1,016.07 |
31 | Fertilizers | 14,050 | 0.00 | 18,018 | -22.02 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4,305,663 | 0.22 | 4,036,256 | 6.67 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 11,873,791 | 0.60 | 8,006,338 | 48.30 |
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 | 3,340,559 | 0.17 | 4,138,537 | -19.28 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 5,756,929 | 0.29 | 6,446,934 | -10.70 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 651,099 | 0.03 | 548,343 | 18.74 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,211,366 | 0.11 | 1,039,276 | 112.78 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 97,519,623 | 4.95 | 76,268,257 | 27.86 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 146,005,391 | 7.41 | 116,689,632 | 25.12 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 5,450 | 0.00 | 12 | 45,316.67 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,409,645 | 0.17 | 3,649,828 | -6.58 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 59 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 2,131,473 | 0.11 | 2,659,401 | -19.85 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 2,570 | -100.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 7,663 | 0.00 | 1,066 | 618.86 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 25,343 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,830,014 | 0.19 | 3,724,189 | 2.84 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 427,912 | 0.02 | 486,607 | -12.06 |
50 | Silk | 5,483 | 0.00 | 42,560 | -87.12 |
52 | Cotton | 510,477 | 0.03 | 560,846 | -8.98 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 8,553 | 0.00 | 16,808 | -49.11 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 955,802 | 0.05 | 1,601,984 | -40.34 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 2,134,590 | 0.11 | 852,471 | 150.40 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,743,432 | 0.14 | 1,487,049 | 84.49 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 160,013 | 0.01 | 62,704 | 155.19 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 371,899 | 0.02 | 410,273 | -9.35 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 44,413 | 0.00 | 19,533 | 127.37 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 305,820 | 0.02 | 172,213 | 77.58 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 25,085,686 | 1.27 | 29,497,983 | -14.96 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 15,848,651 | 0.80 | 20,401,864 | -22.32 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,854,717 | 0.14 | 2,641,575 | 8.07 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 17,872,512 | 0.91 | 42,502,128 | -57.95 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 959,936 | 0.05 | 871,420 | 10.16 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 2,616 | 0.00 | 4,192 | -37.60 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 65,987 | 0.00 | 53,647 | 23.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 319,136 | 0.02 | 524,064 | -39.10 |
69 | Ceramic products | 5,991,570 | 0.30 | 5,297,244 | 13.11 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 2,690,510 | 0.14 | 1,771,551 | 51.87 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 60,780,497 | 3.08 | 52,348,393 | 16.11 |
72 | Iron and steel | 17,772,528 | 0.90 | 23,021,332 | -22.80 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 21,585,574 | 1.10 | 20,867,947 | 3.44 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 106,633 | 0.01 | 83,185 | 28.19 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,794 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 806,053 | 0.04 | 734,755 | 9.70 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 815,095 | 0.04 | 3,265,647 | -75.04 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 22,764 | 0.00 | 64,190 | -64.54 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 799,882 | 0.04 | 665,413 | 20.21 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,636,164 | 0.08 | 1,559,556 | 4.91 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 295,556,454 | 15.00 | 353,518,035 | -16.40 |
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 | 494,311,492 | 25.08 | 373,731,782 | 32.26 |
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 | 254,198 | 0.01 | 306,784 | -17.14 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 442,554,335 | 22.45 | 420,829,397 | 5.16 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 790,551 | 0.04 | 569,216 | 38.88 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 28,508,126 | 1.45 | 33,243,206 | -14.24 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3,569,413 | 0.18 | 2,818,174 | 26.66 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 134,198 | 0.01 | 101,665 | 32.00 |
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 | 7,507,872 | 0.38 | 6,761,186 | 11.04 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 13,730,398 | 0.70 | 10,017,542 | 37.06 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,420,157 | 0.07 | 1,895,246 | -25.07 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 430 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 60,087 | 0.00 | 57 181 | 5.08 |