Russian trade with Bangladesh in 2015
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Bangladesh
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Bangladesh totaled $1,447,692,802, up 61.47% ($551,119,359) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2015 totaled $869,030,841, up 271.03% ($634,810,998) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2015 were $578,661,961, down 12.64% ($83,691,639) from 2014.
Russia’s trade balance with Bangladesh went from a deficit of $428,133,757 in 2014, to a surplus of $290,368,880 in 2015.
Bangladesh was Russia’s 48th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 70th in 2014), accounting for 0.2751% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.1145% in 2014).
Bangladesh was Russia’s 52nd largest export market in 2015 (up from 84th in 2014), accounting for 0.2529% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0471% in 2014).
Bangladesh was Russia’s 46th largest supplier in 2015 (up from 49th in 2014), accounting for 0.3168% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.2316% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Bangladesh
The major share of Russian exports to Bangladesh in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 17.68% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (18.70% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 15.28% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (23.84% in 2014);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.92% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (17.46% in 2014);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 6.27% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (17.72% in 2014);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.18% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (9.04% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.78% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (5.95% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $105,350,002;
- 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 $46,455,127;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $24,398,204;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $18,130,738;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $12,662,329;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $12,071,004;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $6,777,651;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $3,018,923;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $2,647,023.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $7,860,584;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $5,338,973;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $3,251,314.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 6,777,651 | 0.78 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 28,820 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 145,781,007 | 16.78 | 40,431,005 | 260.57 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 892,741 | 0.10 | 25,191 | 3,443.89 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 72,626 | 0.01 | 3,323,940 | -97.82 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 580 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 3,336 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 11,659 | 0.00 | 756 | 1,442.20 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 70,395 | 0.01 | 18,050 | 290.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,822,462 | 0.32 | 4,643,272 | -39.21 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,957,740 | 0.46 | 9,296,713 | -57.43 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,001,701 | 0.12 | 390,750 | 156.35 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 104,518 | 0.01 | 253,010 | -58.69 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 92,281 | 0.01 | 116,400 | -20.72 |
31 | Fertilizers | 52,333,496 | 6.02 | 40,262,492 | 29.98 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,635 | 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 | 106 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 154,979 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 308 | 0.00 | 103 | 199.03 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 37,108 | 0.00 | 3,874 | 857.87 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 720,797 | 0.08 | 483,361 | 49.12 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 5,408,728 | 0.62 | 5,111,502 | 5.81 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 172,634 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,134,644 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 59,025,738 | 6.79 | 40,895,000 | 44.33 |
52 | Cotton | 769 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 2,979 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 16,105 | 0.00 | 570 | 2,725.44 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,064 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 103,076 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 536,505 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 127 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 170 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 34,148 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 19,787,280 | 2.28 | 21,096,087 | -6.20 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,085,252 | 0.36 | 66,329 | 4,551.44 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,687 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,647,502 | 0.30 | 479 | 552,614.41 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 10 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 14 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 118 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,001,217 | 0.23 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 70,933 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 25,423,408 | 2.93 | 1,025,204 | 2,379.84 |
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 | 91,875,327 | 10.57 | 45,420,200 | 102.28 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,588,143 | 0.18 | 305,370 | 420.07 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 33,564 | 0.00 | 7,894,148 | -99.57 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 13,863,887 | 1.60 | 1,201,558 | 1,053.83 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 68 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 331,817 | 0.04 | 18,834 | 1,661.80 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,089 | 0.00 | 2,233 | 127.90 |
SS | Classified | 427,009,884 | 49.14 | 11 933 412 | 3,478.27 |
Russia’s Imports from Bangladesh
The major share of Russian imports from Bangladesh in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 93.48% of Russia’s total imports from Bangladesh (92.11% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.10% of Russia’s total imports from Bangladesh (7.31% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $11,908,101.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $50,737,267;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $16,440,008;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $9,582,359;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $5,912,701;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - a decrease of $5,482,710;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $3,247,438;
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 16) - a decrease of $2,539,915.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 6,210,937 | 1.07 | 22,650,945 | -72.58 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 5,148,175 | 0.89 | 11,060,876 | -53.46 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 156,400 | -100.00 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,065,419 | 0.18 | 3,605,334 | -70.45 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 7,484 | -100.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 9,255 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 22,837,283 | 3.95 | 10,929,182 | 108.96 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 1,018 | -100.00 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 55,457 | 0.01 | 119,075 | -53.43 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 772 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,738 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 171,494 | 0.03 | 293,108 | -41.49 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,007 | 0.00 | 5,698 | -47.23 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 759,952 | 0.13 | 998,311 | -23.88 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 3,242 | 0.00 | 43,858 | -92.61 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 14,657 | 0.00 | 16 | 91,506.25 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 757 | -100.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 54,830 | 0.01 | 18,120 | 202.59 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 18,948 | 0.00 | 52,539 | -63.94 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 722 | 0.00 | 2,443 | -70.45 |
52 | Cotton | 55,925 | 0.01 | 805 | 6,847.20 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 18,656,500 | 3.22 | 18,094,703 | 3.10 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 36 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,985,016 | 0.34 | 3,002,235 | -33.88 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 830,458 | 0.14 | 456,582 | 81.89 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,250 | 0.00 | 1,701 | 32.28 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 262,347,286 | 45.34 | 313,084,553 | -16.21 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 221,725,649 | 38.32 | 231,308,008 | -4.14 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 22,310,217 | 3.86 | 27,792,927 | -19.73 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 12,459,460 | 2.15 | 15,706,898 | -20.68 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 541,435 | 0.09 | 633,480 | -14.53 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 946 | 0.00 | 2,483 | -61.90 |
69 | Ceramic products | 130,838 | 0.02 | 480,534 | -72.77 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,603 | 0.00 | 1,819 | -11.87 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 105 | 0.00 | 107 | -1.87 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 318 | 0.00 | 117 | 171.79 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 906 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 123 | 0.00 | 424 | -70.99 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 8,988 | 0.00 | 153,121 | -94.13 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 31 | 0.00 | 284 | -89.08 |
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 | 4,909 | 0.00 | 3,712 | 32.25 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 199,730 | 0.03 | 236,642 | -15.60 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 122,563 | 0.02 | 236,333 | -48.14 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 636 | -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 | 275,220 | 0.05 | 26,184 | 951.10 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 635,272 | 0.11 | 1,175,553 | -45.96 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 3,231 | 0.00 | 7,653 | -57.78 |