Russian trade in goods with Myanmar (Burma) in Q3 2017
November 26, 2017
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 Myanmar (Burma) in the third quarter of 2017: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Myanmar (Burma)
In the 3rd quarter of 2017, Russia’s trade with Myanmar (Burma) was $25,592,794, down 2.23% ($583,808) from the 3rd quarter of 2016.
Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 3rd quarter of 2017 were $9,060,018, down 54.63% ($10,910,219) from the 3rd quarter of 2016.
Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 3rd quarter of 2017 totaled $16,532,776, up 166.38% ($10,326,411) from the 3rd quarter of 2016.
Russia’s trade balance with Myanmar (Burma) went from a surplus of $13,763,872 in the 3rd quarter of 2016, to a deficit of $7,472,758 in the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 111th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (down from 110th in the 3rd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0175% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0215% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 119th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (down from 100th in the 3rd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0106% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0278% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 91st largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (up from 101st in the 3rd quarter of 2016), accounting for 0.0272% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0124% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Myanmar (Burma)
The major share of Russian exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 27.85% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (70.39% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 25.81% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (14.59% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 14.33% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (1.86% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 5.15% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (1.21% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.78% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (0.48% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $782,491;
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - an increase of $416,600;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $182,980;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $179,666;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $156,548;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $83,187.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd quarter of 2016 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 $4,427,290;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $3,460,932;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $3,456,027;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $555,483;
- 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 (HS code 94) - a decrease of $291,211;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $196,568;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $190,084;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $100,703;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $91,309;
- Glass and glassware (HS code 70) - a decrease of $85,190.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2017 over Q3 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 416,600 | 4.60 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 91,309 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 50,225 | 0.55 | 150,928 | -66.72 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,183 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,982,640 | 21.88 | 2,538,123 | -21.89 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 12 | 0.00 | 166 | -92.77 |
| 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 | 3 | 0.00 | 2,325 | -99.87 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 14 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 63 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 252,253 | 2.78 | 72,587 | 247.52 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 103,771 | 1.15 | 300,339 | -65.45 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 7,038 | 0.08 | 8,853 | -20.50 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 252,163 | 2.78 | 95,615 | 163.73 |
| 52 | Cotton | 1,398 | 0.02 | 816 | 71.32 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 0 | 0.00 | 91 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 358 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 3,711 | 0.04 | 470 | 689.57 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 286 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,561 | 0.02 | 9,461 | -83.50 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 238 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,117 | 0.01 | 9,613 | -88.38 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 88,404 | 0.98 | 5,217 | 1,594.54 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 794 | 0.01 | 85,984 | -99.08 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 3,108 | 0.03 | 8,515 | -63.50 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,050,598 | 11.60 | 268,107 | 291.86 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3,528 | 0.04 | 21,272 | -83.41 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 90 | 0.00 | 29 | 210.34 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 37,596 | 0.41 | 35,832 | 4.92 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 268 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 188 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 2,500 | 0.03 | 19,479 | -87.17 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 200,242 | 2.21 | 17,262 | 1,060.02 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,480,445 | 16.34 | 4,936,472 | -70.01 |
| 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 | 640,974 | 7.07 | 5,068,264 | -87.35 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 242,241 | 2.67 | 432,325 | -43.97 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 159,747 | 1.76 | 3,620,679 | -95.59 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 2,394 | 0.03 | 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 | 5,782 | 0.06 | 296,993 | -98.05 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 11 | 0.00 | 19,717 | -99.94 |
| SS | Classified | 2,067,624 | 22.82 | 1 852 244 | 11.63 |
Russia’s Imports from Myanmar (Burma)
The major share of Russian imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 3rd quarter of 2017 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 70.52% of Russia’s total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (89.62% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 25.34% of Russia’s total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (5.40% in the 3rd quarter of 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.58% of Russia’s total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (0.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $3,947,561;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $3,869,828;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $1,502,625;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $548,991;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $261,158;
- Headgear and parts thereof (HS code 65) - an increase of $92,236;
- 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 $64,351.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 3rd quarter of 2017 over the 3rd quarter of 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $63,385.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2017 over Q3 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5,930 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 135,742 | 0.82 | 199,127 | -31.83 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 37,990 | 0.23 | 19,017 | 99.77 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 5 | 0.00 | 3,021 | -99.83 |
| 10 | Cereals | 3,982,501 | 24.09 | 112,673 | 3,434.57 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 25,110 | 0.15 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 1,479 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,308 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 305,503 | 1.85 | 289,842 | 5.40 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 261,158 | 1.58 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,457,018 | 14.86 | 954,393 | 157.44 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 6,691,216 | 40.47 | 2,743,655 | 143.88 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 14,104 | 0.09 | 6,224 | 126.61 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,374,230 | 14.36 | 1,825,239 | 30.08 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 123,099 | 0.74 | 30,863 | 298.86 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 5 | 0.00 | 2,067 | -99.76 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 11,676 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 74,731 | 0.45 | 10,380 | 619.95 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 24,607 | 0.15 | 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 | 73 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2,450 | 0.01 | 8,105 | -69.77 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 55 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 3,265 | 0.02 | 267 | 1,122.85 |