Russian trade with Taiwan in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Taiwan
In 2014, Russia’s trade with Taiwan was $5,592,659,910, down 12.04% ($765,761,632) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2014 were $3,914,036,345, down 11.91% ($529,325,457) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2014 were $1,678,623,565, down 12.35% ($236,436,175) from 2013.
Russia’s trade surplus with Taiwan in 2014 was $2,235,412,780, a 11.58% decrease ($292,889,282) over 2013.
Taiwan was Russia’s 28th largest trading partner in 2014 (down from 27th in 2013), accounting for 0.7143% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.7549% in 2013).
Taiwan was Russia’s 27th largest export market in 2014 (just as in 2013), accounting for 0.7876% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.8427% in 2013).
Taiwan was Russia’s 29th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 30th in 2013), accounting for 0.5870% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.6080% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to Taiwan
The major share of Russian exports to Taiwan in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 54.85% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (63.55% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 39.60% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (31.99% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.25% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (2.47% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $106,183,358;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $23,306,653;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $15,293,201.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2014 over 2013 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 $676,634,390.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 98,802 | -100.00 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5,085,894 | 0.13 | 7,299,421 | -30.32 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 33,160 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 205,400 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 33,550 | 0.00 | 48,290 | -30.52 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 26,047 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 3,836,582 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,491,486 | 0.04 | 1,333,689 | 11.83 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,072,480 | 0.03 | 475,479 | 125.56 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 203 | 0.00 | 150 | 35.33 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,277 | 0.00 | 26,014 | -91.25 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 163,808 | 0.00 | 2,500 | 6,452.32 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 619,495 | 0.02 | 9,297,704 | -93.34 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5,303 | 0.00 | 187,410 | -97.17 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,146,972,823 | 54.85 | 2,823,607,213 | -23.96 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,710,038 | 0.04 | 1,595,930 | 7.15 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 105,716,980 | 2.70 | 82,410,327 | 28.28 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,104,000 | 0.03 | 1,923,526 | -42.61 |
31 | Fertilizers | 3,783,335 | 0.10 | 10,173,842 | -62.81 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 45,176 | 0.00 | 109,053 | -58.57 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 56,023 | 0.00 | 13,091 | 327.95 |
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 | 27,646 | 0.00 | 637 | 4,240.03 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 7,956 | 0.00 | 9,079 | -12.37 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 16,769 | 0.00 | 3,446 | 386.62 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 234,349 | 0.01 | 506,199 | -53.70 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 393,862 | 0.01 | 204,108 | 92.97 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 13,944,519 | 0.36 | 13,015,306 | 7.14 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 2,218,926 | 0.06 | 641,328 | 245.99 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 241 | -100.00 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,682 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 9,901,466 | 0.25 | 6,026,596 | 64.30 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 10,934,834 | 0.28 | 8,312,259 | 31.55 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 14,022,862 | 0.36 | 14,330,166 | -2.14 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,397 | 0.00 | 1,750 | 322.69 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 211,441 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 12,113 | 0.00 | 17,333 | -30.12 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,956 | 0.00 | 3,113 | -5.04 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 28,002 | 0.00 | 70,063 | -60.03 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 907,764 | 0.02 | 30,454 | 2,880.77 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 16,279 | 0.00 | 26,867 | -39.41 |
69 | Ceramic products | 19,832 | 0.00 | 21,675 | -8.50 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 77,492 | 0.00 | 213,552 | -63.71 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 14,036,854 | 0.36 | 14,687,696 | -4.43 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,481,731,722 | 37.86 | 1,375,548,364 | 7.72 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 8,490,281 | 0.22 | 1,241,881 | 583.66 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 510,524 | 0.01 | 1,284,309 | -60.25 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 3,308 | 0.00 | 832 | 297.60 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 56,420,034 | 1.44 | 41,126,833 | 37.19 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 135 | -100.00 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 129 | 0.00 | 2,104 | -93.87 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,976,350 | 0.05 | 2,022,613 | -2.29 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 862,337 | 0.02 | 10,762 | 7,912.80 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11 | 0.00 | 5,400 | -99.80 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,184,021 | 0.03 | 1,286,307 | -7.95 |
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 | 12,660,733 | 0.32 | 11,933,516 | 6.09 |
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 | 935,556 | 0.02 | 1,250,167 | -25.17 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,269,495 | 0.03 | 1,003,692 | 26.48 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 9,138,444 | 0.23 | 9,692,713 | -5.72 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 21,250 | 0.00 | 14,333 | 48.26 |
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 | 5,277 | -100.00 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 5,395 | 0.00 | 524 | 929.58 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 6,702 | 0.00 | 564 | 1,088.30 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 11,824 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 26,250 | 0.00 | 60 | 43,650.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Taiwan
The major share of Russian imports from Taiwan in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 65.53% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (67.14% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.06% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (14.75% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.50% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (9.02% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 3.01% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (2.60% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $9,168,358.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2014 over 2013 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 $127,142,426;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $40,443,385;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $19,966,409;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $12,242,460;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $9,046,802;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $8,880,470;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $8,820,583;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $8,294,936;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $5,898,521.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 2,362,332 | 0.14 | 10,657,268 | -77.83 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 59,931 | 0.00 | 96,399 | -37.83 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 56 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 11,745 | 0.00 | 1,709 | 587.24 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 86,176 | 0.01 | 275,399 | -68.71 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 186 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 12,761 | 0.00 | 7,513 | 69.85 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 14,275 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 72,548 | 0.00 | 221,958 | -67.31 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 101,776 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 59,557 | 0.00 | 92,260 | -35.45 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,010 | 0.00 | 2,164 | -53.33 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 78,561 | 0.00 | 53,930 | 45.67 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 93,968 | 0.01 | 147,187 | -36.16 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,494,909 | 0.09 | 1,139,225 | 31.22 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 667,584 | 0.04 | 839,763 | -20.50 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 4,397 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,549 | 0.00 | 232,364 | -98.90 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 85,101 | 0.01 | 135,872 | -37.37 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,422,213 | 0.08 | 1,081,880 | 31.46 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 6,519,980 | 0.39 | 5,184,219 | 25.77 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,078,132 | 0.06 | 194,896 | 453.18 |
31 | Fertilizers | 25,605 | 0.00 | 8,432 | 203.66 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,935,720 | 0.23 | 3,728,870 | 5.55 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 6,580,660 | 0.39 | 5,347,307 | 23.06 |
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 | 2,301,809 | 0.14 | 2,623,922 | -12.28 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,814,324 | 0.11 | 1,097,466 | 65.32 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 16 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,517,968 | 0.09 | 2,624,681 | -42.17 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 8,394,531 | 0.50 | 6,989,693 | 20.10 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 87,267,604 | 5.20 | 96,314,406 | -9.39 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 38,642,735 | 2.30 | 47,523,205 | -18.69 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 19,070 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,253,109 | 0.19 | 3,454,321 | -5.82 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 301 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,682,198 | 0.10 | 1,344,607 | 25.11 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 19,217 | 0.00 | 17,703 | 8.55 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 773,227 | 0.05 | 699,724 | 10.50 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 3,475,237 | 0.21 | 3,832,295 | -9.32 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 3,259,313 | 0.19 | 832,722 | 291.40 |
50 | Silk | 19,350 | 0.00 | 7,166 | 170.03 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 11,871 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 73,739 | 0.00 | 57,773 | 27.64 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 11,899 | 0.00 | 85,861 | -86.14 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 13,356,830 | 0.80 | 4,188,472 | 218.90 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 15,322,658 | 0.91 | 18,926,971 | -19.04 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 690,656 | 0.04 | 775,418 | -10.93 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 61,633 | 0.00 | 106,850 | -42.32 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 532,241 | 0.03 | 640,250 | -16.87 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,765,752 | 0.11 | 1,887,814 | -6.47 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 721,822 | 0.04 | 1,449,213 | -50.19 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,178,609 | 0.31 | 5,837,984 | -11.29 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,375,991 | 0.08 | 1,443,867 | -4.70 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,221,349 | 0.19 | 3,757,894 | -14.28 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 864,543 | 0.05 | 1,309,721 | -33.99 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 6,220,405 | 0.37 | 8,439,951 | -26.30 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 1,058,614 | 0.06 | 849,932 | 24.55 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 8,803 | 0.00 | 39,526 | -77.73 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 900,725 | 0.05 | 806,052 | 11.75 |
69 | Ceramic products | 286,033 | 0.02 | 1,619,854 | -82.34 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 9,509,617 | 0.57 | 8,142,330 | 16.79 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 201,562 | 0.01 | 197,277 | 2.17 |
72 | Iron and steel | 89,039,281 | 5.30 | 86,021,536 | 3.51 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 59,188,724 | 3.53 | 79,155,133 | -25.22 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,426,150 | 0.08 | 1,221,801 | 16.73 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 257,659 | 0.02 | 4,516 | 5,605.47 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,271,175 | 0.19 | 6,617,864 | -50.57 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 489 | 0.00 | 1,332 | -63.29 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 4,695 | 0.00 | 3,325 | 41.20 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 450,611 | 0.03 | 17,216 | 2,517.40 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 94,502 | 0.01 | 150,327 | -37.14 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 89,790,308 | 5.35 | 98,610,891 | -8.94 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 9,216,858 | 0.55 | 10,692,586 | -13.80 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 411,550,426 | 24.52 | 451,993,811 | -8.95 |
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 | 551,678,873 | 32.86 | 678,821,299 | -18.73 |
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 | 107,219 | 0.01 | 247,200 | -56.63 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 92,585,338 | 5.52 | 104,827,798 | -11.68 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 56,191 | 0.00 | 410 | 13,605.12 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 44,006,405 | 2.62 | 49,904,926 | -11.82 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,627,489 | 0.16 | 1,714,723 | 53.23 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,241,904 | 0.07 | 1,893,938 | -34.43 |
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 | 36,389,302 | 2.17 | 36,379,633 | 0.03 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 31,785,002 | 1.89 | 33,754,944 | -5.84 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 8,021,653 | 0.48 | 5,367,798 | 49.44 |
SS | Classified | 7,272,665 | 0.43 | 10 256 750 | -29.09 |