Russian trade with Bangladesh in 2013
March 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 Bangladesh in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Bangladesh
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Bangladesh totaled $847,735,716, up 13.16% ($98,577,613) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2013 were $256,334,132, down 20.80% ($67,311,174) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2013 totaled $591,401,584, up 38.99% ($165,888,787) from 2012.
Russia’s trade deficit with Bangladesh in 2013 was $335,067,452, a 228.92% increase ($233,199,961) over 2012.
Bangladesh was Russia’s 72nd largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 71st in 2012), accounting for 0.1007% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0890% in 2012).
Bangladesh was Russia’s 81st largest export market in 2013 (down from 72nd in 2012), accounting for 0.0486% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0617% in 2012).
Bangladesh was Russia’s 55th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 58th in 2012), accounting for 0.1878% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1341% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Bangladesh
The major share of Russian exports to Bangladesh in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 25.68% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (17.10% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 22.60% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (0.36% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 21.53% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (49.98% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 18.74% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (17.10% in 2012);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.64% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (0.54% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $57,689,458;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $10,896,817;
- 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 $5,169,454;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $3,426,555;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,208,888;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - an increase of $1,706,648;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $1,604,592.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $107,007,985;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $12,647,833;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $1,805,836;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $1,063,562.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 57,689,458 | 22.51 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 95,060 | 0.04 | 1,158,622 | -91.80 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 149,131 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 856 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,974,416 | 1.16 | 1,369,824 | 117.14 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,805,556 | 1.48 | 379,001 | 904.10 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 210,395 | 0.08 | 33,496 | 528.12 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 33,612 | 0.01 | 122,822 | -72.63 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 4,800 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 54,382,585 | 21.22 | 161,390,570 | -66.30 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 549 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 13,729 | 0.01 | 35,832 | -61.69 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,597 | 0.00 | 143,032 | -98.88 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 550,848 | 0.21 | 42,234 | 1,204.28 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,716,282 | 0.67 | 9,634 | 17,714.84 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 390,247 | 0.15 | 976,682 | -60.04 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 499,159 | 0.19 | 273,306 | 82.64 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 967 | 0.00 | 41,889 | -97.69 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 6,009 | 0.00 | 538 | 1,016.91 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,488 | 0.00 | 571 | 510.86 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 212 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 92,598 | 0.04 | 6,528 | 1,318.47 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 966 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 65,751,715 | 25.65 | 54,854,898 | 19.86 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 78,019 | 0.03 | 219,771 | -64.50 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 595 | 0.00 | 12,987 | -95.42 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 423 | 0.00 | 240,124 | -99.82 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 11 | 0.00 | 6 | 83.33 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 5,745 | 0.00 | 2,536 | 126.54 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 274 | 0.00 | 504 | -45.63 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,815,242 | 1.10 | 3,062,126 | -8.06 |
| 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 | 5,766,999 | 2.25 | 597,545 | 865.12 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 36,920,106 | 14.40 | 38,725,942 | -4.66 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 12,647,833 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,525,257 | 0.99 | 316,369 | 698.20 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 12,693 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 19,853,753 | 7.75 | 46 960 864 | -57.72 |
Russia’s Imports from Bangladesh
The major share of Russian imports from Bangladesh in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 91.82% of Russia’s total imports from Bangladesh (94.09% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 7.95% of Russia’s total imports from Bangladesh (5.57% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $76,176,515;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $59,586,453;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $14,982,877;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $5,425,283;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $5,342,800;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $4,678,030;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - an increase of $2,662,246.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn (HS code 53) - a decrease of $2,436,695.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 29,694,498 | 5.02 | 14,711,621 | 101.84 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 704,387 | 0.12 | 350,652 | 100.88 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 5,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 5,349,835 | 0.90 | 2,687,589 | 99.06 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 39,320 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 11,249,767 | 1.90 | 5,906,967 | 90.45 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 228,371 | 0.04 | 488,591 | -53.26 |
| 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 | 10,035 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 19,984 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 97,463 | 0.02 | 83,923 | 16.13 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 912 | 0.00 | 906 | 0.66 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 12,667 | 0.00 | 46,568 | -72.80 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 345,253 | 0.06 | 261,653 | 31.95 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 357 | -100.00 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 13,018 | 0.00 | 21,274 | -38.81 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,316 | 0.00 | 92,416 | -98.58 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,214 | 0.00 | 114 | 964.91 |
| 52 | Cotton | 2,686 | 0.00 | 475,398 | -99.43 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 22,121,041 | 3.74 | 24,557,736 | -9.92 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 6,760 | -100.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 197,112 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,966,321 | 0.33 | 2,081,441 | -5.53 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 226,146 | 0.04 | 315,311 | -28.28 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,072 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 16,159 | 0.00 | 56,696 | -71.50 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 283,320,148 | 47.91 | 207,143,633 | 36.77 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 207,557,230 | 35.10 | 147,970,777 | 40.27 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 18,062,616 | 3.05 | 12,637,333 | 42.93 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 9,215,726 | 1.56 | 4,537,696 | 103.09 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 529,681 | 0.09 | 365,737 | 44.83 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 265,556 | 0.04 | 234,309 | 13.34 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 169 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,764 | 0.00 | 10,466 | -83.15 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 684 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 95,031 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | -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 | 260 | 0.00 | 449 | -42.09 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 606 | 0.00 | 16,786 | -96.39 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 264,517 | 0.04 | 164,162 | 61.13 |
| 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 | 38,543 | 0.01 | 18,905 | 103.88 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9,512 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,415 | 0.00 | 90 | 2,583.33 |