Russian trade with Taiwan in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Taiwan
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Taiwan totaled $6,358,421,542, up 19.40% ($1,033,102,015) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2013 totaled $4,443,361,802, up 33.77% ($1,121,678,410) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2013 were $1,915,059,740, down 4.42% ($88,576,395) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Taiwan in 2013 was $2,528,302,062, a 91.82% increase ($1,210,254,805) over 2012.
Taiwan was Russia’s 27th largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 28th in 2012), accounting for 0.7549% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.6325% in 2012).
Taiwan was Russia’s 27th largest export market in 2013 (up from 29th in 2012), accounting for 0.8427% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.6330% in 2012).
Taiwan was Russia’s 30th largest supplier in 2013 (down from 29th in 2012), accounting for 0.6080% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.6315% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Taiwan
The major share of Russian exports to Taiwan in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 63.55% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (50.35% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 31.99% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (44.57% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.47% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (2.19% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.65% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (1.07% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Taiwan 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 $1,151,206,612;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $35,086,697.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $31,465,641;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $20,489,650.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
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03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 98,802 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 7,299,421 | 0.16 | 8,643,273 | -15.55 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 2,036 | -100.00 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 205,400 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 48,290 | 0.00 | 46,165 | 4.60 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,333,689 | 0.03 | 1,245,973 | 7.04 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 475,479 | 0.01 | 467,651 | 1.67 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 150 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 26,014 | 0.00 | 109,240 | -76.19 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,500 | 0.00 | 57,179 | -95.63 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 9,297,704 | 0.21 | 4,007,814 | 131.99 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 187,410 | 0.00 | 2,274 | 8,141.42 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,823,607,213 | 63.55 | 1,672,400,601 | 68.84 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,595,930 | 0.04 | 2,604,578 | -38.73 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 82,410,327 | 1.85 | 47,323,630 | 74.14 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,923,526 | 0.04 | 1,449,152 | 32.73 |
31 | Fertilizers | 10,173,842 | 0.23 | 499,648 | 1,936.20 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 109,053 | 0.00 | 79,621 | 36.97 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 13,091 | 0.00 | 12,748 | 2.69 |
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 | 637 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 9,079 | 0.00 | 15,786 | -42.49 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 3,446 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 506,199 | 0.01 | 299,442 | 69.05 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 204,108 | 0.00 | 506,313 | -59.69 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 13,015,306 | 0.29 | 19,813,192 | -34.31 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 641,328 | 0.01 | 909,799 | -29.51 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 241 | 0.00 | 99 | 143.43 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 1,682 | 0.00 | 4,889 | -65.60 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 6,026,596 | 0.14 | 4,346,959 | 38.64 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 8,312,259 | 0.19 | 13,956,649 | -40.44 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 14,330,166 | 0.32 | 17,268,764 | -17.02 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,750 | 0.00 | 13,389 | -86.93 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 556 | -100.00 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 216 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 20 | 0.00 | 4 | 400.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 17,333 | 0.00 | 7,639 | 126.90 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 3,113 | 0.00 | 10,346 | -69.91 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 70,063 | 0.00 | 56,019 | 25.07 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 30,454 | 0.00 | 33,101 | -8.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 26,867 | 0.00 | 19,533 | 37.55 |
69 | Ceramic products | 21,675 | 0.00 | 27,796 | -22.02 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 213,552 | 0.00 | 62,624 | 241.01 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 14,687,696 | 0.33 | 15,267,737 | -3.80 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,375,548,364 | 30.96 | 1,407,014,005 | -2.24 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,241,881 | 0.03 | 2,609,448 | -52.41 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,284,309 | 0.03 | 6,086,019 | -78.90 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 832 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 41,126,833 | 0.93 | 61,616,483 | -33.25 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 135 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 2,104 | 0.00 | 1,056 | 99.24 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,022,613 | 0.05 | 3,012,372 | -32.86 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 10,762 | 0.00 | 79,872 | -86.53 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,400 | 0.00 | 27,072 | -80.05 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,286,307 | 0.03 | 1,931,739 | -33.41 |
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 | 11,933,516 | 0.27 | 16,088,471 | -25.83 |
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 | 1,250,167 | 0.03 | 823,843 | 51.75 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,003,692 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,692,713 | 0.22 | 10,774,820 | -10.04 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 14,333 | 0.00 | 9,809 | 46.12 |
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 | 5,277 | 0.00 | 718 | 634.96 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 524 | 0.00 | 230 | 127.83 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 564 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 35,000 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Taiwan
The major share of Russian imports from Taiwan in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 67.14% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (68.90% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 14.75% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (13.18% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.02% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (9.37% in 2012);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.60% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (2.47% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $21,820,258;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $11,521,208;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $5,997,957.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2013 over 2012 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) - a decrease of $99,096,933;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $20,571,569.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
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 | 10,657,268 | 0.56 | 6,198,689 | 71.93 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 96,399 | 0.01 | 160,956 | -40.11 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 1,709 | 0.00 | 7,973 | -78.57 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 275,399 | 0.01 | 185,663 | 48.33 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 7,513 | 0.00 | 10,069 | -25.38 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 21,151 | -100.00 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 14,275 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 221,958 | 0.01 | 482,588 | -54.01 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 92,260 | 0.00 | 135,266 | -31.79 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,164 | 0.00 | 26,912 | -91.96 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 53,930 | 0.00 | 28,425 | 89.73 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 147,187 | 0.01 | 53,408 | 175.59 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,139,225 | 0.06 | 784,076 | 45.30 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 839,763 | 0.04 | 1,879,739 | -55.33 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 232,364 | 0.01 | 8,396 | 2,667.56 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 135,872 | 0.01 | 86,106 | 57.80 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,081,880 | 0.06 | 1,533,520 | -29.45 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 5,184,219 | 0.27 | 8,088,814 | -35.91 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 194,896 | 0.01 | 41,454 | 370.15 |
31 | Fertilizers | 8,432 | 0.00 | 7 | 120,357.14 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,728,870 | 0.19 | 3,837,242 | -2.82 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 5,347,307 | 0.28 | 6,561,575 | -18.51 |
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 | 2,623,922 | 0.14 | 2,814,896 | -6.78 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,097,466 | 0.06 | 829,452 | 32.31 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 2,624,681 | 0.14 | 3,626,731 | -27.63 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 6,989,693 | 0.36 | 7,568,702 | -7.65 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 96,314,406 | 5.03 | 116,885,975 | -17.60 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 47,523,205 | 2.48 | 36,001,997 | 32.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,454,321 | 0.18 | 2,458,965 | 40.48 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 301 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,344,607 | 0.07 | 1,428,446 | -5.87 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 17,703 | 0.00 | 15,499 | 14.22 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 699,724 | 0.04 | 749,881 | -6.69 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,832,295 | 0.20 | 4,344,871 | -11.80 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 832,722 | 0.04 | 1,146,978 | -27.40 |
50 | Silk | 7,166 | 0.00 | 18,347 | -60.94 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 11,871 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 57,773 | 0.00 | 153,439 | -62.35 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 85,861 | 0.00 | 114,599 | -25.08 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 4,188,472 | 0.22 | 2,318,694 | 80.64 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 18,926,971 | 0.99 | 20,005,365 | -5.39 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 775,418 | 0.04 | 521,839 | 48.59 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 106,850 | 0.01 | 176,426 | -39.44 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 640,250 | 0.03 | 725,940 | -11.80 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,887,814 | 0.10 | 3,248,880 | -41.89 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 1,449,213 | 0.08 | 2,288,255 | -36.67 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,837,984 | 0.30 | 4,999,228 | 16.78 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,443,867 | 0.08 | 1,216,937 | 18.65 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,757,894 | 0.20 | 4,260,764 | -11.80 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,309,721 | 0.07 | 1,673,134 | -21.72 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 8,439,951 | 0.44 | 6,176,637 | 36.64 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 849,932 | 0.04 | 1,673,094 | -49.20 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 39,526 | 0.00 | 17,214 | 129.62 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 806,052 | 0.04 | 952,902 | -15.41 |
69 | Ceramic products | 1,619,854 | 0.08 | 1,662,017 | -2.54 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 8,142,330 | 0.43 | 8,173,584 | -0.38 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 197,277 | 0.01 | 193,178 | 2.12 |
72 | Iron and steel | 86,021,536 | 4.49 | 90,789,819 | -5.25 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 79,155,133 | 4.13 | 57,334,875 | 38.06 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,221,801 | 0.06 | 1,639,178 | -25.46 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 4,516 | 0.00 | 112,838 | -96.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 6,617,864 | 0.35 | 7,808,102 | -15.24 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 1,332 | 0.00 | 1,486 | -10.36 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 3,325 | 0.00 | 1,275 | 160.78 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 17,216 | 0.00 | 11,192 | 53.82 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 150,327 | 0.01 | 153,950 | -2.35 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 98,610,891 | 5.15 | 94,816,695 | 4.00 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 10,692,586 | 0.56 | 11,339,195 | -5.70 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 451,993,811 | 23.60 | 453,861,148 | -0.41 |
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 | 678,821,299 | 35.45 | 777,918,232 | -12.74 |
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 | 247,200 | 0.01 | 311,892 | -20.74 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 104,827,798 | 5.47 | 98,829,841 | 6.07 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 410 | 0.00 | 713,087 | -99.94 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 49,904,926 | 2.61 | 48,904,880 | 2.04 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,714,723 | 0.09 | 1,673,670 | 2.45 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,893,938 | 0.10 | 2,188,859 | -13.47 |
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 | 36,379,633 | 1.90 | 40,182,236 | -9.46 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 33,754,944 | 1.76 | 32,389,893 | 4.21 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,367,798 | 0.28 | 5,637,027 | -4.78 |
SS | Classified | 10,256,750 | 0.54 | 8 441 870 | 21.50 |