Russian trade with Malaysia 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 Malaysia in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Malaysia
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Malaysia totaled $2,686,000,343, up 53.78% ($939,303,193) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Malaysia in 2013 totaled $1,280,376,054, up 364.04% ($1,004,454,105) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Malaysia in 2013 were $1,405,624,289, down 4.43% ($65,150,912) from 2012.
Russia’s trade deficit with Malaysia in 2013 was $125,248,235, a 89.52% decrease ($1,069,605,017) over 2012.
Malaysia was Russia’s 43rd largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 53rd in 2012), accounting for 0.3189% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2074% in 2012).
Malaysia was Russia’s 51st largest export market in 2013 (up from 79th in 2012), accounting for 0.2428% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0526% in 2012).
Malaysia was Russia’s 36th largest supplier in 2013 (down from 34th in 2012), accounting for 0.4463% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.4636% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Malaysia
The major share of Russian exports to Malaysia in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 80.09% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (31.46% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.08% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (49.52% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.21% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (7.72% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.39% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (6.34% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.31% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (4.11% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malaysia in 2013 over 2012 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 $938,788,366;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $18,144,504;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $11,892,201;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $9,232,452;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $8,391,160;
- 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 $8,111,998.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malaysia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $10,253,219;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $5,143,687.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 8,121 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 111,949 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 9,232,452 | 0.72 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 206,121 | -100.00 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 190 | -100.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 3,736 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 28,031 | 0.00 | 21,898 | 28.01 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,236 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 138,390 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,025,458,485 | 80.09 | 86,670,119 | 1,083.17 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 984,189 | 0.08 | 508,266 | 93.64 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 11,224,803 | 0.88 | 2,833,643 | 296.13 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,520 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 101,368,191 | 7.92 | 111,621,410 | -9.19 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,868,090 | 0.30 | 2,840,908 | 36.16 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 4,511 | 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 | 26,999 | 0.00 | 5,943 | 354.30 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 95,268 | 0.01 | 44,354 | 114.79 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 93,692 | 0.01 | 290,967 | -67.80 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 949,545 | 0.07 | 576,120 | 64.82 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 36,053,861 | 2.82 | 17,909,357 | 101.31 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 335 | 0.00 | 325 | 3.08 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 196,514 | 0.02 | 153,009 | 28.43 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 4,497,132 | 0.35 | 5,836,918 | -22.95 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 12,994,383 | 1.01 | 11,093,832 | 17.13 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 75,491 | 0.01 | 396,057 | -80.94 |
| 52 | Cotton | 73,679 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 34,978 | 0.00 | 92 | 37,919.57 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 25,406 | 0.00 | 4,428 | 473.76 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 575 | 0.00 | 453 | 26.93 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 8,200 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 17,032 | 0.00 | 8,300 | 105.20 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,085 | 0.00 | 1,547 | 164.06 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 185 | 0.00 | 116 | 59.48 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 60 | 0.00 | 35 | 71.43 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 525,321 | 0.04 | 30,670 | 1,612.82 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 17,663 | 0.00 | 55 | 32,014.55 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 90,477 | 0.01 | 287 | 31,425.09 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 17,000 | 0.00 | 21,302 | -20.20 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 709,477 | 0.06 | 5,853,164 | -87.88 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,371 | 0.00 | 1,452 | -5.58 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,620,781 | 0.20 | 2,189,563 | 19.69 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 678,525 | 0.05 | 3,266,965 | -79.23 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,603 | 0.00 | 10,771 | -85.12 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 15,949,367 | 1.25 | 4,057,166 | 293.12 |
| 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 | 14,895,294 | 1.16 | 6,783,296 | 119.59 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 244,314 | 0.02 | 359,580 | -32.06 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,980,272 | 0.78 | 10,096,257 | -1.15 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 44,030 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 148,436 | 0.01 | 50,654 | 193.04 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 800 | 0.00 | 16,406 | -95.12 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,222 | 0.00 | 193 | 533.16 |
| SS | Classified | 27,068,421 | 2.11 | 1 957 283 | 1,282.96 |
Russia’s Imports from Malaysia
The major share of Russian imports from Malaysia in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 56.41% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (53.16% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 17.12% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (16.85% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 16.38% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (19.57% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.68% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (2.81% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.66% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (1.42% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malaysia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $26,714,092;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - an increase of $16,130,176;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $8,354,874;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $4,681,824.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malaysia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $75,684,246;
- 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) - a decrease of $14,177,177;
- 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 $11,786,282;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $8,940,967;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $7,366,140;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $6,275,941;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $5,789,996.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 4,949 | 0.00 | 9,618 | -48.54 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 182,275 | 0.01 | 264,311 | -31.04 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 4,107 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 120,947 | 0.01 | 138,457 | -12.65 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 177,592 | 0.01 | 131,840 | 34.70 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 297,146 | 0.02 | 332,373 | -10.60 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 86,623 | 0.01 | 16,732 | 417.71 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 206,208 | 0.01 | 4,012 | 5,039.78 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 88,480 | -100.00 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 21,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 122,323,410 | 8.70 | 198,007,656 | -38.22 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 337,791 | 0.02 | 216,272 | 56.19 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 81,909,257 | 5.83 | 65,779,081 | 24.52 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 5,414,575 | 0.39 | 2,404,766 | 125.16 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 653,357 | 0.05 | 80,446 | 712.17 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 12,041,429 | 0.86 | 16,115,495 | -25.28 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 174,664 | 0.01 | 306,312 | -42.98 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 6,248,741 | 0.44 | 3,838,122 | 62.81 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 148,429 | -100.00 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 1,109,216 | 0.08 | 1,676,133 | -33.82 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 7,427,953 | 0.53 | 5,439,836 | 36.55 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,659,082 | 0.12 | 1,306,370 | 27.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 23,616,847 | 1.68 | 15,261,973 | 54.74 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 5,219 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 31,200 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 6,445,325 | 0.46 | 12,235,321 | -47.32 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 638,783 | 0.05 | 566,142 | 12.83 |
| 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 | 4,143,161 | 0.29 | 1,861,962 | 122.52 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 663,314 | 0.05 | 1,001,171 | -33.75 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 794,296 | 0.06 | 1,238,190 | -35.85 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 28,123,898 | 2.00 | 34,399,839 | -18.24 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 48,476,205 | 3.45 | 46,443,458 | 4.38 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 126,135,587 | 8.97 | 133,501,727 | -5.52 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 630 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 189,138 | 0.01 | 221,621 | -14.66 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,145,639 | 0.08 | 3,754,697 | -69.49 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 1,878 | 0.00 | 878 | 113.90 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 17,632 | 0.00 | 19,683 | -10.42 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,369,993 | 0.10 | 1,097,986 | 24.77 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,903,238 | 0.14 | 869,448 | 118.90 |
| 52 | Cotton | 99,000 | 0.01 | 13,569 | 629.60 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 2,437 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 2,526,641 | 0.18 | 3,701,638 | -31.74 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 1,272 | 0.00 | 54,769 | -97.68 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 124,517 | 0.01 | 1,002,287 | -87.58 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,481 | 0.00 | 1,990 | -25.58 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 598,416 | 0.04 | 377,732 | 58.42 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 720,962 | 0.05 | 758,855 | -4.99 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 14,504,804 | 1.03 | 10,740,924 | 35.04 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 3,037,397 | 0.22 | 2,669,358 | 13.79 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 479,729 | 0.03 | 330,996 | 44.93 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,129,808 | 0.08 | 1,039,033 | 8.74 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 167,843 | 0.01 | 140,422 | 19.53 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 2,915 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 8,333 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 956,788 | 0.07 | 310,046 | 208.60 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 723,382 | 0.05 | 214,585 | 237.11 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,076,460 | 0.15 | 1,960,655 | 5.91 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 27,703 | 0.00 | 28,675 | -3.39 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,398,964 | 0.10 | 410,293 | 240.97 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 26,121,412 | 1.86 | 29,205,559 | -10.56 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 764,291 | 0.05 | 208,889 | 265.88 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 251 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 649,168 | 0.05 | 440,987 | 47.21 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 197 | 0.00 | 298 | -33.89 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 5,763,518 | 0.41 | 6,814,548 | -15.42 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 4,158 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,074,700 | 0.15 | 3,088,844 | -32.83 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 920,571 | 0.07 | 1,149,400 | -19.91 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 200,810,094 | 14.29 | 209,751,061 | -4.26 |
| 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 | 467,298,218 | 33.24 | 479,084,500 | -2.46 |
| 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 | 1,220,972 | 0.09 | 832,265 | 46.70 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 14,435,576 | 1.03 | 9,753,752 | 48.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 109,106,701 | 7.76 | 82,392,609 | 32.42 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 5,612 | 0.00 | 9,036 | -37.89 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 75,850 | 0.01 | 64,049 | 18.42 |
| 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 | 52,071,647 | 3.70 | 66,248,824 | -21.40 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 7,254,910 | 0.52 | 5,238,914 | 38.48 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4,400,919 | 0.31 | 3,911,369 | 12.52 |