Russian trade with Malta in 2015
May 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 Malta in 2015: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Malta
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Malta was $2,526,976,475, down 18.24% ($563,561,746) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Malta in 2015 were $2,501,418,088, down 17.87% ($544,098,073) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Malta in 2015 were $25,558,387, down 43.23% ($19,463,673) from 2014.
Russia’s trade surplus with Malta in 2015 was $2,475,859,701, a 17.48% decrease ($524,634,400) over 2014.
Malta was Russia’s 38th largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 41st in 2014), accounting for 0.4802% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.3947% in 2014).
Malta was Russia’s 28th largest export market in 2015 (up from 33rd in 2014), accounting for 0.7280% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.6128% in 2014).
Malta was Russia’s 100th largest supplier in 2015 (down from 93rd in 2014), accounting for 0.0140% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0157% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Malta
The major share of Russian exports to Malta in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 96.78% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (99.35% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.19% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (0.63% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $59,965,878.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2015 over 2014 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 $604,561,789.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 64,479 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,420,992,182 | 96.78 | 3,025,553,971 | -19.98 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 8,628 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 35,871 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 18,490 | 0.00 | 281 | 6,480.07 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 565 | 0.00 | 1,472 | -61.62 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,641 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,935 | 0.00 | 136,238 | -98.58 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 123 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 35,269 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 564,188 | 0.02 | 713,129 | -20.89 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 24,602 | 0.00 | 3,140 | 683.50 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 256 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 573 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 38 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 457 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 54 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,736 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 84 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 807 | 0.00 | 21,418 | -96.23 |
| 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 | 66,244 | 0.00 | 38,630 | 71.48 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 75,397,200 | 3.01 | 15,431,322 | 388.60 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 4,246,427 | 0.17 | 3,543,759 | 19.83 |
| 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 | 67 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 7,025 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 330 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 10,815 | 0.00 | 7 794 | 38.76 |
Russia’s Imports from Malta
The major share of Russian imports from Malta in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 75.83% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (39.10% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 21.40% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (59.13% in 2014);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.83% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (0.79% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $1,913,914;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $127,666.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $19,786,925;
- 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 $1,077,515;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $145,543;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $141,011;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - a decrease of $116,479;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $105,108.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 101 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 17,457 | 0.07 | 7,731 | 125.81 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 3,739 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 20,848 | 0.08 | 100 | 20,748.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 19,180,557 | 75.05 | 17,266,643 | 11.08 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 3,428 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 20,566 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 32,677 | 0.13 | 137,785 | -76.28 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 146,089 | 0.57 | 176,370 | -17.17 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 162,440 | 0.64 | 278,919 | -41.76 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,090 | 0.00 | 1,090 | 0.00 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 7,577 | 0.03 | 15 | 50,413.33 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 19 | 0.00 | 2,987 | -99.36 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 36,403 | 0.14 | 48,668 | -25.20 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 425,273 | 1.66 | 297,607 | 42.90 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 142 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,703 | 0.01 | 3,627 | -53.05 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 4,149 | 0.02 | 1,053 | 294.02 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 229 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 358 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 10,336 | 0.04 | 13,915 | -25.72 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,950 | 0.01 | 4,393 | -32.85 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,360 | 0.01 | 728 | 86.81 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 140 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,302 | 0.01 | 1,160 | 12.24 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 25,478 | 0.10 | 171,021 | -85.10 |
| 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 | 4,106,627 | 16.07 | 5,184,142 | -20.78 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 415 | 0.00 | 44 | 843.18 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 1,227,320 | 4.80 | 21,014,245 | -94.16 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 110,606 | 0.43 | 251,617 | -56.04 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 20 | 0.00 | 14,063 | -99.86 |
| 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 | 4,160 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 35,187 | 0.14 | 111,770 | -68.52 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 4 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.00 |