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Russian trade with Vietnam in 2013

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Vietnam in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Vietnam

In 2013, Russia’s trade with Vietnam totaled $3,970,456,082, up 8.45% ($309,429,735) from 2012.

Russia’s exports to Vietnam in 2013 were $1,373,461,318, down 1.09% ($15,079,698) from 2012.

Russia’s imports from Vietnam in 2013 totaled $2,596,994,764, up 14.28% ($324,509,433) from 2012.

Russia’s trade deficit with Vietnam in 2013 was $1,223,533,446, a 38.42% increase ($339,589,131) over 2012.

Vietnam was Russia’s 33rd largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 34th in 2012), accounting for 0.4714% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.4348% in 2012).

Vietnam was Russia’s 47th largest export market in 2013 (up from 49th in 2012), accounting for 0.2605% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.2646% in 2012).

Vietnam was Russia’s 26th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 27th in 2012), accounting for 0.8245% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.7163% in 2012).

Russia’s Exports to Vietnam

The major share of Russian exports to Vietnam in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 48.13% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (30.41% in 2012);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 7.68% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (3.02% in 2012);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.63% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (12.70% in 2012);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.19% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (5.65% in 2012);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.88% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (1.11% in 2012);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.20% of Russia’s total exports to Vietnam (1.55% in 2012).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Vietnam in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $251,878,159;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $68,400,570;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $59,946,548;
  • Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $43,747,191;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $10,937,102;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $9,756,908;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $5,323,135;
  • Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $4,329,003.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Vietnam in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $85,642,792;
  • 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 $79,351,561;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $16,860,827;
  • Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $8,524,345;
  • Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $5,839,340;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $4,560,418.
Russia’s exports to Vietnam in 2013 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2013,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2013
over 2012
02 Meat and edible meat offal 736,873 0.05 1,539,832-52.15
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 307,165 0.02 235,11530.64
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 34,737 0.00 93,974-63.04
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 97,141 0.01 39,624145.16
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 16,095 0.00 0
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 17,652 0.00 66,367-73.40
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 27,132 0.00 11,365138.73
10 Cereals 9,756,908 0.71 0
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 6,236,053 0.45 912,918583.09
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 118 0.00 0
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 405 0.00 41,637-99.03
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 5,171,391 0.38 11,010,731-53.03
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 234,606 0.02 277,503-15.46
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 190,069 0.01 478,600-60.29
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 597,963 0.04 581,0212.92
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 228,737 0.02 1,13420,070.81
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 4,043,491 0.29 4,826,758-16.23
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 2,461,334 0.18 1,398,18776.04
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 19,673,154 1.43 28,197,499-30.23
26 Ores, slag and ash 3,581,731 0.26 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 82,199,940 5.98 13,799,370495.68
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 7,464,165 0.54 3,498,557113.35
29 Organic chemicals 2,205,766 0.16 65,5533,264.86
30 Pharmaceutical products 2,560,868 0.19 3,679,264-30.40
31 Fertilizers 46,081,843 3.36 62,942,670-26.79
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 621,178 0.05 840,944-26.13
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 41,100 0.00 65,950-37.68
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 1,444,785 0.11 770,87587.42
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 989 0.00 43,394-97.72
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 3,761,556 0.27 1,712,431119.66
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 38,364 0.00 258,368-85.15
39 Plastics and articles thereof 5,358,593 0.39 2,462,141117.64
40 Rubber and articles thereof 1,723,867 0.13 2,060,785-16.35
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 186,314 0.01 89,443108.30
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 2,333 0.00 12,958-82.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 3,865,055 0.28 3,054,20526.55
45 Cork and articles of cork 47 0.00 0
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 7,337,028 0.53 3,008,025143.92
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 10,272,641 0.75 7,546,46436.13
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 45,544,075 3.32 1,796,8842,434.61
52 Cotton 238 0.00 103,484-99.77
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 1,467 0.00 1,841-20.32
54 Man-made filaments 1,712,310 0.12 546,781213.16
55 Man-made staple fibers 0 0.00 4,314-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 8,919 0.00 8,7971.39
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 225 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 32,306 0.00 41,682-22.49
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 935 0.00 99844.44
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 3,588 0.00 4,047-11.34
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 6,360 0.00 59,981-89.40
65 Headgear and parts thereof 610 0.00 1,692-63.95
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 363 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 153,929 0.01 287,242-46.41
69 Ceramic products 2,120 0.00 514,056.86
70 Glass and glassware 13,729 0.00 18,561-26.03
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 2,499,950 0.18 3,911,133-36.08
72 Iron and steel 61,412,214 4.47 147,055,006-58.24
73 Articles of iron or steel 17,047,433 1.24 18,290,354-6.80
74 Copper and articles thereof 376,850 0.03 1,448,265-73.98
75 Nickel and articles thereof 2,933 0.00 1,019187.83
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 3,371,077 0.25 4,032,968-16.41
78 Lead and articles thereof 6 0.00 1,039-99.42
79 Zinc and articles thereof 12,801 0.00 0
80 Tin and articles thereof 590 0.00 1,776-66.78
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 6,978,180 0.51 3,481,828100.42
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,658,408 0.12 1,746,964-5.07
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 224,394 0.02 343,123-34.60
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 70,493,690 5.13 59,556,58818.36
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 131,278,525 9.56 210,630,086-37.67
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 0 0.00 22,260-100.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 4,093,059 0.30 8,653,477-52.70
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 342,805,516 24.96 90,927,357277.01
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 112,393,922 8.18 52,447,374114.30
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 108,472 0.01 5,8991,738.82
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 296,637 0.02 163,24181.72
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 68,697 0.01 41,82764.24
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 20,003 0.00 2,890592.15
SS Classified 342,257,600 24.92 627 277 424-45.44

Russia’s Imports from Vietnam

The major share of Russian imports from Vietnam in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 56.98% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (60.10% in 2012);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 21.53% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (19.24% in 2012);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 14.54% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (14.20% in 2012);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.52% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (2.14% in 2012);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.29% of Russia’s total imports from Vietnam (0.77% in 2012).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Vietnam in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $327,165,028;
  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $67,303,692;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $35,090,090;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $30,715,490;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $22,987,077;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $10,567,873;
  • Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - an increase of $8,946,551.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Vietnam 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 $208,807,442;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $13,236,186.
Russia’s imports from Vietnam in 2013 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2013,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2013
over 2012
01 Live animals 27,489 0.00 7,596261.89
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 81,382,744 3.13 77,977,5884.37
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 13,216 0.00 8,51955.14
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 84,724 0.00 22,277280.32
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 483,212 0.02 269,96478.99
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 51,377,297 1.98 48,976,1254.90
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 134,280,674 5.17 131,461,8892.14
10 Cereals 43,144,761 1.66 8,054,671435.65
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 33,328 0.00 345,457-90.35
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 438,507 0.02 371,88517.91
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 0 0.00 2,121-100.00
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 47,063 0.00 15,083212.03
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 12,620 0.00 0
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 3,246,993 0.13 1,430,044127.06
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 230,724 0.01 205,17812.45
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 57,839 0.00 370,122-84.37
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 7,494,389 0.29 9,489,945-21.03
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 29,858,196 1.15 28,053,4256.43
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 24,058,220 0.93 15,111,66959.20
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 1,248,122 0.05 407,407206.36
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 631,160 0.02 38,7061,530.65
26 Ores, slag and ash 19,882,622 0.77 13,300,48849.49
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 0 0.00 9,088-100.00
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 375,028 0.01 284,89831.64
29 Organic chemicals 35,420 0.00 0
30 Pharmaceutical products 6,760,998 0.26 4,251,14059.04
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 2,900,016 0.11 2,463,84117.70
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 229,067 0.01 56,446305.82
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 635,298 0.02 410,51254.76
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 1,889,466 0.07 1,779,6016.17
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 2,815,926 0.11 2,672,7765.36
39 Plastics and articles thereof 12,920,076 0.50 12,453,4373.75
40 Rubber and articles thereof 10,946,685 0.42 24,182,871-54.73
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 26,861 0.00 6,741298.47
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 26,577,819 1.02 19,044,30539.56
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 3,295,863 0.13 9,42434,873.08
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,334,285 0.05 1,342,079-0.58
45 Cork and articles of cork 13,801 0.00 0
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 3,330,588 0.13 3,458,982-3.71
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,894,107 0.07 1,021,80885.37
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 58,378 0.00 168,890-65.43
52 Cotton 295,611 0.01 154,84090.91
54 Man-made filaments 4,807 0.00 84,220-94.29
55 Man-made staple fibers 1,045,734 0.04 813,10028.61
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 69,046 0.00 65,9894.63
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 5,045 0.00 4,6488.54
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 9,675 0.00 16,059-39.75
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 5,125 0.00 36,098-85.80
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 132,511 0.01 121,8638.74
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 72,463,081 2.79 49,476,00446.46
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 197,291,742 7.60 166,576,25218.44
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 12,776,198 0.49 13,054,442-2.13
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 272,110,945 10.48 204,807,25332.86
65 Headgear and parts thereof 2,575,926 0.10 1,767,01645.78
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 17,230 0.00 1,4411,095.70
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 226,668 0.01 144,13657.26
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 728,154 0.03 563,19429.29
69 Ceramic products 4,624,046 0.18 4,074,08213.50
70 Glass and glassware 562,717 0.02 524,0837.37
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 898,162 0.03 889,1291.02
72 Iron and steel 10,638,009 0.41 12,109,789-12.15
73 Articles of iron or steel 12,450,595 0.48 1,882,722561.31
74 Copper and articles thereof 131,708 0.01 27,420380.34
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 297,932 0.01 11,0762,589.89
80 Tin and articles thereof 3,564,491 0.14 1,191,989199.04
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 81,910 0.00 516,525-84.14
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 6,076,767 0.23 1,279,895374.79
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 170,219 0.01 398,474-57.28
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 469,634,109 18.08 142,469,081229.64
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 1,006,632,792 38.76 1,215,440,234-17.18
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 52,955 0.00 11,805348.58
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,425,553 0.05 1,597,480-10.76
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 0 0.00 5,788,856-100.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 1,900,667 0.07 471,876302.79
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 33,213 0.00 51,164-35.09
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 74,700 0.00 13,990433.95
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 19,214,031 0.74 18,384,5424.51
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 14,635,115 0.56 8,926,15063.96
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9,990,462 0.38 9,153,6739.14
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 531 0.00 0
SS Classified 73,000 0.00 47 74352.90
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia