Russian trade with Bangladesh in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Bangladesh
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Bangladesh was $1,628,174,264, down 1.02% ($16,703,668) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2018 were $733,511,140, down 3.85% ($29,349,209) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2018 totaled $894,663,124, up 1.43% ($12,645,541) from 2017.
Russia’s trade deficit with Bangladesh in 2018 was $161,151,984, a 35.24% increase ($41,994,750) over 2017.
Bangladesh was Russia’s 54th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 49th in 2017), accounting for 0.2366% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2816% in 2017).
Bangladesh was Russia’s 65th largest export market in 2018 (down from 57th in 2017), accounting for 0.1630% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.2136% in 2017).
Bangladesh was Russia’s 40th largest supplier in 2018 (up from 41st in 2017), accounting for 0.3757% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.3886% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Bangladesh
The major share of Russian exports to Bangladesh in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 53.90% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (46.45% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.39% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (25.55% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 10.19% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (4.21% in 2017);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 9.27% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (7.37% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.53% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (10.42% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.06% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (1.60% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $46,937,245;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $23,222,195;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $20,726,944;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $18,567,261;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $13,742,046;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $11,146,586;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $9,614,565;
- 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 $6,874,926;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $3,103,454.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $101,260,551;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $40,139,611;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $9,226,866;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $5,209,202;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - a decrease of $2,707,020.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 4,277 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 16,482,888 | 2.25 | 25,709,754 | -35.89 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 221,713 | 0.03 | 96,472 | 129.82 |
10 | Cereals | 367,751,598 | 50.14 | 320,814,353 | 14.63 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 10,669,685 | 1.45 | 7,566,231 | 41.02 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 61,417 | 0.01 | 29,190 | 110.40 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 1,111 | -100.00 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 14,018 | 0.00 | 15,173 | -7.61 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 15,019 | 0.00 | 36,394 | -58.73 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 857 | 0.00 | 4,089 | -79.04 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 128,988 | 0.02 | 73,686 | 75.05 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 3,360,208 | 0.46 | 4,317,107 | -22.17 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 23,360 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 26,443,704 | 3.61 | 7,876,443 | 235.73 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,918,311 | 0.26 | 2,089,104 | -8.18 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 98,562 | 0.01 | 99,914 | -1.35 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 67,673 | 0.01 | 128,974 | -47.53 |
31 | Fertilizers | 36,762,965 | 5.01 | 76,902,576 | -52.20 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 42,890 | 0.01 | 125,479 | -65.82 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 28,831 | -100.00 |
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 | 4,558 | 0.00 | 210 | 2,070.48 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 544 | 0.00 | 3,034 | -82.07 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,257,205 | 0.17 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 231,841 | 0.03 | 27,820 | 733.36 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 166,992 | 0.02 | 105,786 | 57.86 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,705,914 | 0.23 | 4,412,934 | -61.34 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 5,832 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 233,133 | 0.03 | 246 | 94,669.51 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 586,368 | 0.08 | 338,185 | 73.39 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2,034,587 | 0.28 | 357,152 | 469.67 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 65,162,795 | 8.88 | 55,548,230 | 17.31 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 15,752 | 0.00 | 1,844 | 754.23 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 567 | 0.00 | 9,192 | -93.83 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,161 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 7,477 | 0.00 | 2,258 | 231.13 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 14,799 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 650 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 378,481 | 0.05 | 126,631 | 198.88 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 39,286 | 0.01 | 148,706 | -73.58 |
72 | Iron and steel | 52,628,364 | 7.17 | 29,406,169 | 78.97 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 21,900,808 | 2.99 | 1,173,864 | 1,765.70 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 5,394 | 0.00 | 8,949 | -39.73 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 99,975 | 0.01 | 1,438,016 | -93.05 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,185 | -100.00 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 1,065 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,124 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 9,918 | 0.00 | 36,380 | -72.74 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 111,956 | 0.02 | 14,975 | 647.62 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 19,758,323 | 2.69 | 8,611,737 | 129.43 |
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 | 85,105,501 | 11.60 | 78,230,575 | 8.79 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 133,177 | 0.02 | 101,393,728 | -99.87 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 14,147,709 | 1.93 | 405,663 | 3,387.55 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,096,090 | 0.15 | 6,305,292 | -82.62 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,758 | 0.00 | 775 | 126.84 |
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 | 235,014 | 0.03 | 399,572 | -41.18 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 28,046 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,920 | 0.00 | 5,230 | 13.19 |
SS | Classified | 2,346,283 | 0.32 | 28 404 770 | -91.74 |
Russia’s Imports from Bangladesh
The major share of Russian imports from Bangladesh in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 96.89% of Russia’s total imports from Bangladesh (96.05% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.26% of Russia’s total imports from Bangladesh (3.14% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $28,037,961.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - a decrease of $6,255,458;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $4,126,771.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 10,797,126 | 1.21 | 17,052,584 | -36.68 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 28,600 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,800 | 0.00 | 54,303 | -91.16 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 922,998 | 0.10 | 2,042,374 | -54.81 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 8,432,004 | 0.94 | 8,510,520 | -0.92 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 0 | 0.00 | 35,895 | -100.00 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 9,245 | 0.00 | 16,261 | -43.15 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 73,368 | 0.01 | 142,675 | -48.58 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 107 | 0.00 | 2,834 | -96.22 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 11,697 | 0.00 | 17,063 | -31.45 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,876,558 | 0.43 | 3,825,157 | 1.34 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 361 | -100.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 198,017 | 0.02 | 139,560 | 41.89 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 191 | 0.00 | 2,618 | -92.70 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 182 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 31,860 | 0.00 | 34,012 | -6.33 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 15,902,478 | 1.78 | 18,534,401 | -14.20 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,802 | -100.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 3,059,813 | 0.34 | 2,953,469 | 3.60 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 227,168 | 0.03 | 626,360 | -63.73 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 50 | 0.00 | 14,095 | -99.65 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 441,394,683 | 49.34 | 413,356,722 | 6.78 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 369,659,472 | 41.32 | 369,677,876 | -0.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 15,671,168 | 1.75 | 16,913,643 | -7.35 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 19,607,931 | 2.19 | 23,734,702 | -17.39 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,253,517 | 0.14 | 1,349,570 | -7.12 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 110 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 18 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
69 | Ceramic products | 389,622 | 0.04 | 357,420 | 9.01 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 35 | 0.00 | 145 | -75.86 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 220 | 0.00 | 13 | 1,592.31 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 178 | 0.00 | 1,006 | -82.31 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 22 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 60 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3 | 0.00 | 184 | -98.37 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 16,967 | 0.00 | 3,178 | 433.89 |
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 | 2,196,388 | 0.25 | 1,684,236 | 30.41 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 104,449 | 0.01 | 5,364 | 1,847.22 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 98,113 | 0.01 | 172,997 | -43.29 |
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 | 398,690 | 0.04 | 412,106 | -3.26 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 289,617 | 0.03 | 339,724 | -14.75 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 791 | 0.00 | 2,011 | -60.67 |
SS | Classified | 5,100 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |