Russian trade with Singapore in 2018
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Singapore
In 2018, Russia’s trade with Singapore was $3,659,102,942, down 17.74% ($789,099,775) from 2017.
Russia’s exports to Singapore in 2018 were $2,789,631,858, down 15.21% ($500,525,240) from 2017.
Russia’s imports from Singapore in 2018 were $869,471,084, down 24.92% ($288,574,535) from 2017.
Russia’s trade surplus with Singapore in 2018 was $1,920,160,774, a 9.94% decrease ($211,950,705) over 2017.
Singapore was Russia’s 37th largest trading partner in 2018 (down from 29th in 2017), accounting for 0.5318% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.7616% in 2017).
Singapore was Russia’s 35th largest export market in 2018 (down from 25th in 2017), accounting for 0.6200% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.9214% in 2017).
Singapore was Russia’s 42nd largest supplier in 2018 (down from 33rd in 2017), accounting for 0.3651% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.5102% in 2017).
Russia’s Exports to Singapore
The major share of Russian exports to Singapore in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 94.32% of Russia’s total exports to Singapore (91.30% in 2017);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.98% of Russia’s total exports to Singapore (5.71% in 2017);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 1.15% of Russia’s total exports to Singapore (0.10% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Singapore in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $28,804,674;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $12,808,489.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Singapore 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) - a decrease of $368,301,294;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $141,715,472.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 2,991 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 367,954 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 16,488 | 0.00 | 148 | 11,040.54 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 58,731 | 0.00 | 45,107 | 30.20 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 163,800 | 0.01 | 51,889 | 215.67 |
10 | Cereals | 2,686 | 0.00 | 11,976 | -77.57 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 49,696 | 0.00 | 28,591 | 73.82 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,119,989 | 0.08 | 2,348 | 90,189.14 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 4,384 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 65,003 | 0.00 | 683,243 | -90.49 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 153,144 | 0.01 | 101,237 | 51.27 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 4,981 | 0.00 | 4,194 | 18.76 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,249,990 | 0.04 | 409,326 | 205.38 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 26,039 | 0.00 | 4,485 | 480.58 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 295,230 | 0.01 | 64,229 | 359.65 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 28,963 | 0.00 | 44,334 | -34.67 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 277,973 | 0.01 | 39,481 | 604.07 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,078,070 | 0.11 | 2,699,923 | 14.01 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 45,723 | 0.00 | 8,420 | 443.03 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 0 | 0.00 | 4,352,321 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,631,231,314 | 94.32 | 2,999,532,608 | -12.28 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 836,260 | 0.03 | 2,438,952 | -65.71 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 2,641,281 | 0.09 | 2,326,451 | 13.53 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 221,098 | 0.01 | 201,864 | 9.53 |
31 | Fertilizers | 19,521,084 | 0.70 | 6,712,595 | 190.81 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 16,139 | 0.00 | 98,258 | -83.57 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 1,107,136 | 0.04 | 876,479 | 26.32 |
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 | 466,051 | 0.02 | 98,862 | 371.42 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 621 | 0.00 | 2,952 | -78.96 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 775,838 | 0.03 | 317,167 | 144.61 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 768,695 | 0.03 | 676,838 | 13.57 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 408,661 | 0.01 | 633,374 | -35.48 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 3,975 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 2,236 | 0.00 | 2,754 | -18.81 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 3,568,508 | 0.13 | 1,390,045 | 156.72 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 1,227 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,829,033 | 0.07 | 1,401,506 | 30.50 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 12,352 | 0.00 | 12,875 | -4.06 |
52 | Cotton | 3,060 | 0.00 | 1 | 305,900.00 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 10,827 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 272 | 0.00 | 216 | 25.93 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 3,658,339 | 0.13 | 3,580,352 | 2.18 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 149,964 | 0.01 | 19,008 | 688.95 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 21 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,104 | 0.00 | 7 | 15,671.43 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 476 | 0.00 | 2,090 | -77.22 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 13,751 | 0.00 | 58,280 | -76.41 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 2,169 | 0.00 | 114,045 | -98.10 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 11,187 | 0.00 | 4,545 | 146.14 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 21,033 | 0.00 | 29,795 | -29.41 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,039 | 0.00 | 126 | 724.60 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 317 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 317,524 | 0.01 | 348,364 | -8.85 |
69 | Ceramic products | 45,671 | 0.00 | 41,393 | 10.34 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 27,965 | 0.00 | 101,999 | -72.58 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 31,959,355 | 1.15 | 3,154,681 | 913.08 |
72 | Iron and steel | 276,994 | 0.01 | 1,292,831 | -78.57 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 6,080,864 | 0.22 | 1,160,832 | 423.84 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 589,027 | 0.02 | 60,379 | 875.55 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 132,414 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 6,338,874 | 0.23 | 2,893,938 | 119.04 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 8,943,293 | 0.32 | 13,918,682 | -35.75 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,736,580 | 0.06 | 2,375,131 | -26.88 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,391,710 | 0.05 | 864,325 | 61.02 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 3,894 | 0.00 | 23,269 | -83.27 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 24,988,579 | 0.90 | 19,533,576 | 27.93 |
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 | 3,258,561 | 0.12 | 1,999,755 | 62.95 |
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 | 614,305 | 0.02 | 7,463 | 8,131.34 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 71,955 | 0.00 | 18,400 | 291.06 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 21,800,000 | 0.78 | 163,515,472 | -86.67 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 4,368,562 | 0.16 | 2,936,418 | 48.77 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 315 | 0.00 | 335 | -5.97 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 10,740 | 0.00 | 900 | 1,093.33 |
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 | 340,402 | 0.01 | 155,796 | 118.49 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 175,373 | 0.01 | 10,438 | 1,580.14 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 16,579 | 0.00 | 3,112 | 432.74 |
SS | Classified | 845,440 | 0.03 | 46 656 291 | -98.19 |
Russia’s Imports from Singapore
The major share of Russian imports from Singapore in 2018 (and in 2017) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 70.07% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (83.68% in 2017);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.01% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (9.69% in 2017);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 9.09% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (2.52% in 2017);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.62% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (1.75% in 2017);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.76% of Russia’s total imports from Singapore (2.12% in 2017).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Singapore 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 $49,905,359;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $20,986,118;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $10,970,556;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $2,890,589.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Singapore in 2018 over 2017 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $275,148,941;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $88,211,659;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $8,470,137;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $6,228,289;
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code 18) - a decrease of $5,294,391.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2017, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2018 over 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 2,331 | 0.00 | 1,828 | 27.52 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 3,054,231 | 0.35 | 163,642 | 1,766.41 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 1,106 | 0.00 | 2,631 | -57.96 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 77,543 | 0.01 | 78,620 | -1.37 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 130,921 | 0.02 | 40,695 | 221.71 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 1,955,448 | 0.22 | 364,188 | 436.93 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 69,791 | 0.01 | 68,494 | 1.89 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 17,599,117 | 2.02 | 22,893,508 | -23.13 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 475,261 | 0.05 | 663,168 | -28.33 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 405,418 | 0.05 | 171,209 | 136.80 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 139,330 | 0.02 | 131,864 | 5.66 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 78,261 | 0.01 | 19,119 | 309.34 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 351 | -100.00 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 79,042,447 | 9.09 | 29,137,088 | 171.28 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 362,363 | 0.04 | 71,808 | 404.63 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 21,346,401 | 2.46 | 360,283 | 5,824.90 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 32,420,005 | 3.73 | 38,648,294 | -16.12 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 15,233,906 | 1.75 | 15,304,487 | -0.46 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 935,837 | 0.11 | 578,741 | 61.70 |
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 | 2,433,288 | 0.28 | 1,656,139 | 46.93 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 461,112 | 0.05 | 526,451 | -12.41 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 3,979 | 0.00 | 29,987 | -86.73 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 9,554,915 | 1.10 | 7,809,120 | 22.36 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 35,151,126 | 4.04 | 43,621,263 | -19.42 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,949,364 | 0.45 | 3,609,283 | 9.42 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 7,210 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,530 | 0.00 | 1,996 | 76.85 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 4,476 | 0.00 | 5,626 | -20.44 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 1,148 | 0.00 | 41 | 2,700.00 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 1,886 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 16,056 | 0.00 | 16,357 | -1.84 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 2,420,843 | 0.28 | 596,070 | 306.13 |
52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 114 | -100.00 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 5,876 | -100.00 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 2 | 0.00 | 267 | -99.25 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 36,567 | 0.00 | 1,472 | 2,384.17 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 229 | 0.00 | 577 | -60.31 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 53,503 | 0.01 | 123,508 | -56.68 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 11,482 | 0.00 | 13,246 | -13.32 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 31,571 | 0.00 | 6,353 | 396.95 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 766 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 212 | 0.00 | 123 | 72.36 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 233,516 | 0.03 | 220,053 | 6.12 |
69 | Ceramic products | 102,701 | 0.01 | 39,763 | 158.28 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 43,573 | 0.01 | 61,670 | -29.34 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 451,851 | 0.05 | 50,007 | 803.58 |
72 | Iron and steel | 204,025 | 0.02 | 17,361 | 1,075.19 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 23,020,497 | 2.65 | 12,049,941 | 91.04 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 267,713 | 0.03 | 359,290 | -25.49 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 353,581 | 0.04 | 206,400 | 71.31 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,343,389 | 0.15 | 210,491 | 538.22 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 26,250 | 0.00 | 11,595 | 126.39 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 230 | -100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 37,735 | 0.00 | 116,756 | -67.68 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,279,547 | 0.49 | 5,211,706 | -17.89 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,914,452 | 0.22 | 2,092,691 | -8.52 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 108,223,811 | 12.45 | 196,435,470 | -44.91 |
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 | 149,677,677 | 17.21 | 148,972,300 | 0.47 |
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 | 179,043 | 0.02 | 318,134 | -43.72 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,852,410 | 0.21 | 1,338,560 | 38.39 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 273,270,909 | 31.43 | 548,419,850 | -50.17 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 76,007,342 | 8.74 | 73,518,814 | 3.38 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 289,227 | 0.03 | 678,218 | -57.35 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 666 | 0.00 | 1,088 | -38.79 |
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 | 96,286 | 0.01 | 953,457 | -89.90 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2,024 | 0.00 | 2,730 | -25.86 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 30,039 | 0.00 | 5,931 | 406.47 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 8,828 | 0.00 | 20,130 | -56.15 |
SS | Classified | 90,091 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |