Russian trade with the Philippines in 2014
April 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 the Philippines in 2014: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with the Philippines
In 2014, Russia’s trade with the Philippines was $1,437,909,580, down 19.15% ($340,485,546) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to the Philippines in 2014 were $1,059,476,844, down 19.97% ($264,389,567) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from the Philippines in 2014 were $378,432,736, down 16.74% ($76,095,979) from 2013.
Russia’s trade surplus with the Philippines in 2014 was $681,044,108, a 21.66% decrease ($188,293,588) over 2013.
The Philippines was Russia’s 60th largest trading partner in 2014 (down from 53rd in 2013), accounting for 0.1837% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2112% in 2013).
The Philippines was Russia’s 54th largest export market in 2014 (down from 49th in 2013), accounting for 0.2132% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.2511% in 2013).
The Philippines was Russia’s 60th largest supplier in 2014 (down from 58th in 2013), accounting for 0.1323% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1443% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to the Philippines
The major share of Russian exports to the Philippines in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 94.39% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (91.38% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.61% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (4.41% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.90% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (1.50% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.87% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (2.18% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to the Philippines in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to the Philippines 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 $209,542,802;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $31,000,855;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $19,578,716.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 9,184,815 | 0.87 | 28,763,531 | -68.07 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 117,360 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 10,515 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 871,437 | 0.08 | 1,057,531 | -17.60 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 999,170,785 | 94.31 | 1,208,713,587 | -17.34 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 762,386 | 0.07 | 2,851,710 | -73.27 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 50,628 | -100.00 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 695,112 | -100.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 96,900 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 81,741 | 0.01 | 17,709 | 361.58 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 598,644 | 0.06 | 331,309 | 80.69 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 349,430 | 0.03 | 148,692 | 135.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 246,656 | 0.02 | 196,490 | 25.53 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 550,178 | 0.05 | 590,806 | -6.88 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 19,297,050 | 1.82 | 19,086,324 | 1.10 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 33 | 0.00 | 50 | -34.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 4,260 | 0.00 | 1,407 | 202.77 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 358 | 0.00 | 37 | 867.57 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 27,354,934 | 2.58 | 58,355,789 | -53.12 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,099 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 237,959 | 0.02 | 1,230 | 19,246.26 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 3,785 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 370,846 | 0.04 | 2,598,213 | -85.73 |
| 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 | 96,568 | 0.01 | 50,474 | 91.32 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 185,921 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 89,542 | 0.01 | 131,260 | -31.78 |
| 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 | 2,902 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 10 200 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from the Philippines
The major share of Russian imports from the Philippines in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 73.28% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (68.13% in 2013);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 11.15% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (9.92% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.61% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (13.41% in 2013);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 5.05% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (6.15% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from the Philippines in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $1,577,331.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from the Philippines in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $28,518,030;
- 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 $23,417,673;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $7,046,904;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $6,101,967;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $4,768,207;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $2,734,424;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,698,148;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $1,586,498.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 56,176 | 0.01 | 41,584 | 35.09 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 1,707 | -100.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 122,384 | 0.03 | 176,510 | -30.66 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 65,758 | 0.02 | 66,316 | -0.84 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 27,630,592 | 7.30 | 32,398,799 | -14.72 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 496 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 434 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 4,120,404 | 1.09 | 4,434,693 | -7.09 |
| 14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 44,735 | 0.01 | 36,416 | 22.84 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 182,087 | 0.05 | 245,375 | -25.79 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 190,917 | 0.05 | 85,999 | 122.00 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 172,813 | 0.05 | 54,497 | 217.11 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 28,818 | 0.01 | 4,570 | 530.59 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 2,942,020 | 0.78 | 2,436,636 | 20.74 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 641,814 | 0.17 | 547,873 | 17.15 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 197,640 | 0.05 | 331,905 | -40.45 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 10,770 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 5,804,432 | 1.53 | 4,227,101 | 37.31 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 88,989 | 0.02 | 35,283 | 152.21 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 48,276 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 299 | 0.00 | 183 | 63.39 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,111,585 | 0.29 | 933,215 | 19.11 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 750 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 280,622 | 0.07 | 172,242 | 62.92 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 342,386 | 0.09 | 1,083,770 | -68.41 |
| 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 | 20,720 | 0.01 | 109,710 | -81.11 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 54 | 0.00 | 1,322 | -95.92 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,223,924 | 0.59 | 4,958,348 | -55.15 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 449,376 | 0.12 | 809,385 | -44.48 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 24,378,145 | 6.44 | 52,896,175 | -53.91 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 976,039 | 0.26 | 677,842 | 43.99 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 206,111 | 0.05 | 274,814 | -25.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 152,356 | 0.04 | 124,250 | 22.62 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 113,432 | 0.03 | 105,340 | 7.68 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 8,650 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,321,913 | 0.35 | 1,862,824 | -29.04 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 769 | 0.00 | 123 | 525.20 |
| 52 | Cotton | 54,518 | 0.01 | 3,966 | 1,274.63 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 172,985 | 0.05 | 401,131 | -56.88 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 421 | 0.00 | 98 | 329.59 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 46,988 | 0.01 | 914 | 5,040.92 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 839,700 | 0.22 | 993,563 | -15.49 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 21 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 11,403,642 | 3.01 | 18,450,546 | -38.19 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 6,147,802 | 1.62 | 7,734,300 | -20.51 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 50,490 | 0.01 | 32,756 | 54.14 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 845 | 0.00 | 1,355 | -37.64 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 379,751 | 0.10 | 349,031 | 8.80 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 124 | -100.00 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 5,803 | 0.00 | 3,395 | 70.93 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 31,199 | 0.01 | 8,647 | 260.81 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 11,333 | 0.00 | 22,073 | -48.66 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 361,730 | 0.10 | 56,589 | 539.22 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 110,179 | 0.03 | 105,433 | 4.50 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 983 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 331,998 | 0.09 | 350,479 | -5.27 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6,587 | 0.00 | 6,736 | -2.21 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 23,003 | 0.01 | 33,391 | -31.11 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 922 | 0.00 | 11,183 | -91.76 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 366,947 | 0.10 | 284,791 | 28.85 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 69,861,144 | 18.46 | 75,963,111 | -8.03 |
| 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 | 197,035,966 | 52.07 | 220,453,639 | -10.62 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 198,553 | 0.05 | 329,121 | -39.67 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10,227,614 | 2.70 | 12,925,762 | -20.87 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 358,980 | 0.09 | 454,792 | -21.07 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 18,070 | 0.00 | 88 | 20,434.09 |
| 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 | 634,553 | 0.17 | 693,765 | -8.53 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,738,699 | 0.46 | 1,372,174 | 26.71 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4,077,098 | 1.08 | 4,333,234 | -5.91 |
| SS | Classified | 6,653 | 0.00 | 8 549 | -22.18 |