Russian trade with Malaysia in 2017
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malaysia
In 2017, Russia’s trade with Malaysia was $2,147,427,291, down 1.33% ($29,001,680) from 2016.
Russia’s exports to Malaysia in 2017 were $601,580,933, down 38.12% ($370,533,303) from 2016.
Russia’s imports from Malaysia in 2017 totaled $1,545,846,358, up 28.36% ($341,531,623) from 2016.
Russia’s trade deficit with Malaysia in 2017 was $944,265,425, a 306.66% increase ($712,064,926) over 2016.
Malaysia was Russia’s 45th largest trading partner in 2017 (down from 43rd in 2016), accounting for 0.3677% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4653% in 2016).
Malaysia was Russia’s 65th largest export market in 2017 (down from 45th in 2016), accounting for 0.1685% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.3405% in 2016).
Malaysia was Russia’s 31st largest supplier in 2017 (just as in 2016), accounting for 0.6811% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.6608% in 2016).
Russia’s Exports to Malaysia
The major share of Russian exports to Malaysia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 62.95% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (75.09% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 23.09% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (11.83% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 5.35% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (3.28% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.65% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (3.53% in 2016);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 2.60% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (1.72% in 2016);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.37% of Russia’s total exports to Malaysia (4.44% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malaysia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $21,123,206;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $6,633,154;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $5,872,532;
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $4,431,847;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $2,941,167;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $2,578,980.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malaysia in 2017 over 2016 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 $357,193,524;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $18,113,380;
- 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 $16,101,127;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $14,389,062;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $5,880,127;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $3,811,884.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 93,254 | 0.02 | 95,238 | -2.08 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 5,500 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 553,461 | 0.09 | 945,132 | -41.44 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 224 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 187,034 | 0.03 | 196,216 | -4.68 |
10 | Cereals | 18,476,228 | 3.07 | 11,843,074 | 56.01 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 730,958 | -100.00 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 487,973 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 8,703,619 | 1.45 | 8,485,439 | 2.57 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 2,219 | 0.00 | 54,539 | -95.93 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 9,096 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 12,187 | 0.00 | 1,712 | 611.86 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,683,835 | 0.61 | 9,563,962 | -61.48 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 114,921 | 0.02 | 41,465 | 177.15 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 6,391,875 | 1.06 | 519,343 | 1,130.76 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 372,193,874 | 61.87 | 729,387,398 | -48.97 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 3,990,799 | 0.66 | 1,411,819 | 182.67 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 473,116 | 0.08 | 4,285,000 | -88.96 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,621 | 0.00 | 6,050 | -56.68 |
31 | Fertilizers | 124,684,643 | 20.73 | 103,561,437 | 20.40 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 32,581 | 0.01 | 223,707 | -85.44 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 391,672 | 0.07 | 28,944 | 1,253.21 |
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 | 15,559 | 0.00 | 8,096 | 92.18 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 21,085 | 0.00 | 53,299 | -60.44 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 89,600 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 296,656 | 0.05 | 76,646 | 287.05 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 1,350,434 | 0.22 | 575,109 | 134.81 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,669,422 | 1.27 | 4,728,255 | 62.20 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 927 | 0.00 | 320 | 189.69 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,826,845 | 0.30 | 1,619,825 | 12.78 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 6,181,976 | 1.03 | 6,355,329 | -2.73 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,612,021 | 1.27 | 8,739,797 | -12.90 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,258 | 0.00 | 5,496 | -4.33 |
52 | Cotton | 6,136 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 4,715 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 40,383 | 0.01 | 4,791 | 742.89 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,093 | 0.00 | 150 | 628.67 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 8,760 | 0.00 | 6,323 | 38.54 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,483 | 0.00 | 3,219 | -22.86 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 590 | 0.00 | 85 | 594.12 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 339 | 0.00 | 70 | 384.29 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 667,122 | 0.11 | 292,944 | 127.73 |
69 | Ceramic products | 202 | 0.00 | 289 | -30.10 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 104,188 | 0.02 | 43,151 | 141.45 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 4,451,020 | 0.74 | 19,173 | 23,115.04 |
72 | Iron and steel | 2,893,512 | 0.48 | 21,006,892 | -86.23 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 322,581 | 0.05 | 403,919 | -20.14 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 787 | 0.00 | 4,910 | -83.97 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 2,261 | 0.00 | 4,595 | -50.79 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 12,310,631 | 2.05 | 12,049,753 | 2.17 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,671 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 419,559 | 0.07 | 781,196 | -46.29 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 257 | 0.00 | 16,511 | -98.44 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 631,766 | 0.11 | 15,020,828 | -95.79 |
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 | 2,959,563 | 0.49 | 19,060,690 | -84.47 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 3,844 | 0.00 | 16,387 | -76.54 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 354,400 | 0.06 | 872 | 40,542.20 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 10,309,261 | 1.71 | 9,087,019 | 13.45 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 9,308 | 0.00 | 15,799 | -41.08 |
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 | 6,350 | 0.00 | 14,334 | -55.70 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 33,907 | 0.01 | 114,583 | -70.41 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 16,723 | 0.00 | 19,779 | -15.45 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 422 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 548,448 | 0.09 | 487 452 | 12.51 |
Russia’s Imports from Malaysia
The major share of Russian imports from Malaysia in 2017 (and in 2016) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 65.67% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (62.02% in 2016);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.20% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (17.03% in 2016);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 14.16% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (16.13% in 2016);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.94% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (1.00% in 2016);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 0.79% of Russia’s total imports from Malaysia (1.13% in 2016).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malaysia in 2017 over 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) - an increase of $117,750,983;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $107,086,456;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $33,199,891;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $32,018,244;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $21,758,063;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $8,038,093;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $6,573,476.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malaysia in 2017 over 2016 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2017 over 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 5,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 19,787 | 0.00 | 30,613 | -35.36 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 60,687 | 0.00 | 92,332 | -34.27 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 58,939 | 0.00 | 76,025 | -22.47 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 434,074 | 0.03 | 170,631 | 154.39 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 4,383 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 209 | -100.00 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 101,299 | 0.01 | 109,045 | -7.10 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 21,405 | 0.00 | 11,563 | 85.12 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 113,004,577 | 7.31 | 91,246,514 | 23.85 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 460,215 | 0.03 | 473,997 | -2.91 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 63,417,659 | 4.10 | 59,946,425 | 5.79 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 3,525,505 | 0.23 | 3,485,440 | 1.15 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 1,956,320 | 0.13 | 1,657,630 | 18.02 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 19,287,389 | 1.25 | 23,559,577 | -18.13 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 13,945 | 0.00 | 25,526 | -45.37 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 16,540,029 | 1.07 | 12,378,423 | 33.62 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,011,764 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 18,824 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 84,607 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,492,489 | 0.23 | 3,396,746 | 2.82 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 154,746 | 0.01 | 356,265 | -56.56 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 16,996,505 | 1.10 | 16,358,814 | 3.90 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 77,351 | 0.01 | 86,243 | -10.31 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 271,196 | -100.00 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 12,358,178 | 0.80 | 10,562,462 | 17.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,971,419 | 0.13 | 688,191 | 186.46 |
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 | 16,085,275 | 1.04 | 13,021,461 | 23.53 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,102,864 | 0.07 | 1,032,452 | 6.82 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 1,618,987 | 0.10 | 1,533,884 | 5.55 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 29,382,301 | 1.90 | 21,344,208 | 37.66 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 21,236,510 | 1.37 | 22,400,705 | -5.20 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 149,410,654 | 9.67 | 117,392,410 | 27.27 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 15,689 | 0.00 | 1,000 | 1,468.90 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 176,138 | 0.01 | 420,348 | -58.10 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 671 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 691,548 | 0.04 | 915,859 | -24.49 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 406,956 | 0.03 | 550,880 | -26.13 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 592,668 | 0.04 | 748,536 | -20.82 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 43,466 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
52 | Cotton | 727,192 | 0.05 | 396,304 | 83.49 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 155,369 | 0.01 | 403,800 | -61.52 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 679,221 | 0.04 | 731,803 | -7.19 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,473,436 | 0.10 | 1,468,846 | 0.31 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 11,313 | 0.00 | 1,838 | 515.51 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 720,085 | 0.05 | 449,726 | 60.12 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 54,781 | 0.00 | 149,199 | -63.28 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,551,971 | 0.36 | 7,170,614 | -22.57 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,195,741 | 0.08 | 1,737,337 | -31.17 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 705,141 | 0.05 | 525,645 | 34.15 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 563,786 | 0.04 | 320,859 | 75.71 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 297,383 | 0.02 | 196,237 | 51.54 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 107 | 0.00 | 339 | -68.44 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 1,767 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 75,053 | 0.00 | 105,552 | -28.89 |
69 | Ceramic products | 289,841 | 0.02 | 2,787,269 | -89.60 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 587,306 | 0.04 | 850,019 | -30.91 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 51,636 | 0.00 | 45,288 | 14.02 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,407,810 | 0.09 | 845,049 | 66.60 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 10,464,993 | 0.68 | 9,105,009 | 14.94 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 610,360 | 0.04 | 606,003 | 0.72 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 517 | 0.00 | 47,784 | -98.92 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 459,307 | 0.03 | 228,154 | 101.31 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 291 | 0.00 | 84 | 246.43 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 32,619 | 0.00 | 11,625 | 180.59 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 64,353 | 0.00 | 43,531 | 47.83 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 589,408 | 0.04 | 308,066 | 91.33 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 973,579 | 0.06 | 893,289 | 8.99 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 295,854,966 | 19.14 | 188,768,510 | 56.73 |
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 | 598,596,444 | 38.72 | 480,845,461 | 24.49 |
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 | 532,105 | 0.03 | 84,907 | 526.69 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 17,258,365 | 1.12 | 14,173,159 | 21.77 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 6,577,938 | 0.43 | 4,462 | 147,321.29 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 96,289,140 | 6.23 | 63,089,249 | 52.62 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 41,545 | 0.00 | 19,568 | 112.31 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 461,572 | 0.03 | 812,304 | -43.18 |
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 | 18,171,389 | 1.18 | 14,402,800 | 26.17 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,903,507 | 0.45 | 5,056,872 | 36.52 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,585,962 | 0.17 | 1,941,166 | 33.22 |
SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 329 620 | -100.00 |