Russian trade in goods with Malta in Q1 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malta
In the 1st quarter of 2018, Russia’s trade with Malta totaled $1,212,644,305, up 59.43% ($452,013,438) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s exports to Malta in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $1,202,281,788, up 59.39% ($447,999,593) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s imports from Malta in the 1st quarter of 2018 totaled $10,362,517, up 63.22% ($4,013,845) from the 1st quarter of 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Malta in the 1st quarter of 2018 was $1,191,919,271, a 59.36% increase ($443,985,748) over the 1st quarter of 2017.
Malta was Russia’s 31st largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 34th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.7693% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.5917% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Malta was Russia’s 19th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 27th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 1.1670% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.9051% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Malta was Russia’s 95th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2018 (up from 98th in the 1st quarter of 2017), accounting for 0.0190% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0140% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Malta
The major share of Russian exports to Malta in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 99.77% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (99.69% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malta in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $447,642,624.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malta in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 8,057 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,199,552,640 | 99.77 | 751,910,016 | 59.53 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 90 | 0.00 | 174 | -48.28 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 1,265,891 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 661 | 0.00 | 586 | 12.80 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 236 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,563 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 505 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 22,564 | 0.00 | 62,048 | -63.63 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 596,435 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 12,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 89 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 480 | 0.00 | 2,692 | -82.17 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,076 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 60,570 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 1,541,884 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 759,748 | 0.06 | 741,958 | 2.40 |
| 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 | 2,960 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 18,060 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Malta
The major share of Russian imports from Malta in the 1st quarter of 2018 (and in the 1st quarter of 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 52.52% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (20.29% in the 1st quarter of 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 46.87% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (78.77% in the 1st quarter of 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malta in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $4,500,000;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $327,535.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malta in the 1st quarter of 2018 over the 1st quarter of 2017 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 $654,749;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $126,869.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2018 over Q1 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 565 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 341 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 4,778,747 | 46.12 | 4,905,616 | -2.59 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 11,839 | 0.11 | 19,968 | -40.71 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 66,099 | 0.64 | 75,210 | -12.11 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 11,192 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 68 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,932 | 0.07 | 21,586 | -67.89 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 12,374 | 0.12 | 12,917 | -4.20 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 735 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 279 | 0.00 | 70 | 298.57 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 2,842 | 0.03 | 1,622 | 75.22 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 8,889 | 0.09 | 8,610 | 3.24 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 750 | 0.01 | 716 | 4.75 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,804 | 0.04 | 1,717 | 121.55 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 646 | 0.01 | 19,456 | -96.68 |
| 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 | 557,213 | 5.38 | 1,211,962 | -54.02 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 339 | 0.00 | 26 | 1,203.85 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 4,500,000 | 43.43 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 384,236 | 3.71 | 56,701 | 577.65 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 26,369 | 0.25 | 738 | 3,473.04 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |