Russian trade with Malta in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malta
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Malta totaled $4,695,265,934, up 87.51% ($2,191,306,579) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Malta in 2018 totaled $4,664,845,804, up 88.22% ($2,186,442,552) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Malta in 2018 totaled $30,420,130, up 19.03% ($4,864,027) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Malta in 2018 was $4,634,425,674, a 88.94% increase ($2,181,578,525) over 2017.
Malta was Russia’s 34th largest trading partner in 2018 (up from 41st in 2017), accounting for 0.6823% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.4287% in 2017).
Malta was Russia’s 24th largest export market in 2018 (up from 32nd in 2017), accounting for 1.0367% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.6941% in 2017).
Malta was Russia’s 100th largest supplier in 2018 (down from 98th in 2017), accounting for 0.0128% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0113% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Malta
The major share of Russian exports to Malta in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 99.86% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (99.55% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2018 over 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 $2,191,315,441.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 8,057 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,000 | 0.00 | 10,441 | -80.84 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 4,658,507,976 | 99.86 | 2,467,192,535 | 88.82 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 338 | 0.00 | 345 | -2.03 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 1,976,153 | 0.04 | 5,135,084 | -61.52 |
31 | Fertilizers | 4,110 | 0.00 | 11,199 | -63.30 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 68 | -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 | 10,055 | 0.00 | 9,979 | 0.76 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 850,942 | 0.02 | 7,153 | 11,796.30 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 14,301 | 0.00 | 42,924 | -66.68 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,424 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 215 | 0.00 | 372 | -42.20 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 191,522 | 0.00 | 148,010 | 29.40 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 124 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 971,053 | 0.02 | 661,386 | 46.82 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 16,428 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 12,000 | 0.00 | 11,230 | 6.86 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 86,510 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 94 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 4,776 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 534 | -100.00 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 36 | -100.00 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 273 | -100.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 161 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 619 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 172 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,720 | 0.00 | 1,082 | 151.39 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,711 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,434 | 0.00 | 5,991 | -76.06 |
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 | 16,263 | 0.00 | 9,556 | 70.19 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 127,087 | 0.00 | 178,277 | -28.71 |
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 | 2,081,839 | 0.04 | 3,274,826 | -36.43 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,950 | 0.00 | 300 | 550.00 |
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 | 44,923 | -100.00 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 46,843 | 0.00 | 20,771 | 125.52 |
Russia’s Imports from Malta
The major share of Russian imports from Malta in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 54.75% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (75.66% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 43.36% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (22.81% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $8,086,285;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $1,796,570;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $880,463.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2018 over 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 $3,400,502;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $2,604,947;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $116,493.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 0 | 0.00 | 1,063 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 14,499 | -100.00 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 96,898 | 0.32 | 54,837 | 76.70 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 16,184,920 | 53.20 | 18,789,867 | -13.86 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 362 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,619 | 0.01 | 1,449 | 11.73 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 158,077 | 0.52 | 161,174 | -1.92 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 213,109 | 0.70 | 329,602 | -35.34 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 9,363 | 0.03 | 45,703 | -79.51 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 54,019 | 0.18 | 0 | ∞ |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,478 | 0.00 | 23 | 6,326.09 |
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 | 136,430 | 0.45 | 55,443 | 146.07 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 33,791 | 0.11 | 23,313 | 44.94 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 15 | 0.00 | 413 | -96.37 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,218 | 0.00 | 2,414 | -49.54 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 962 | 0.00 | 1,084 | -11.25 |
69 | Ceramic products | 1,333 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 11,769 | 0.04 | 14,386 | -18.19 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 25,408 | 0.08 | 34,044 | -25.37 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 37,220 | 0.12 | 2,574 | 1,346.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 46 | 0.00 | 234 | -80.34 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 26 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11,970 | 0.04 | 13,683 | -12.52 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,909,559 | 6.28 | 112,989 | 1,590.04 |
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 | 1,974,689 | 6.49 | 5,375,191 | -63.26 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 802 | 0.00 | 264 | 203.79 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 8,086,285 | 26.58 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,220,189 | 4.01 | 339,726 | 259.17 |
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 | 484 | 0.00 | 5,065 | -90.44 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 248,006 | 0.82 | 177,063 | 40.07 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |