Russian trade with Bangladesh in 2019
February 14, 2020
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Bangladesh in 2019: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Bangladesh
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Bangladesh totaled $2,101,243,437, up 29.06% ($473,069,173) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2019 totaled $1,117,773,990, up 52.39% ($384,262,850) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2019 totaled $983,469,447, up 9.93% ($88,806,323) from 2018.
Russia’s trade balance with Bangladesh went from a deficit of $161,151,984 in 2018, to a surplus of $134,304,543 in 2019.
Bangladesh was Russia’s 49th largest trading partner in 2019 (up from 54th in 2018), accounting for 0.3152% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.2366% in 2018).
Bangladesh was Russia’s 54th largest export market in 2019 (up from 65th in 2018), accounting for 0.2644% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1630% in 2018).
Bangladesh was Russia’s 39th largest supplier in 2019 (up from 40th in 2018), accounting for 0.4034% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.3757% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Bangladesh
The major share of Russian exports to Bangladesh in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 48.45% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (53.90% in 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 16.27% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (16.39% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 13.38% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (10.19% in 2018);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.23% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (9.27% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.65% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (5.53% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.01% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (4.06% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $156,874,413;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $112,299,061;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $97,507,583;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $3,455,596.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $44,140,209;
- 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 $33,375,854;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $22,028,709;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $15,339,589;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $9,191,513;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $6,164,709;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $4,976,978;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $4,373,843.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 0 | 0.00 | 4,277 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 11,505,910 | 1.03 | 16,482,888 | -30.19 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 221,713 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 524,626,011 | 46.93 | 367,751,598 | 42.66 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 4,504,976 | 0.40 | 10,669,685 | -57.78 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 725,108 | 0.06 | 61,417 | 1,080.63 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 14,018 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 9,375 | 0.00 | 15,019 | -37.58 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 14,040 | 0.00 | 857 | 1,538.27 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 94,609 | 0.01 | 128,988 | -26.65 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 31,356 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 5,244,224 | 0.47 | 3,360,208 | 56.07 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 17,252,191 | 1.54 | 26,443,704 | -34.76 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,150,794 | 0.46 | 1,918,311 | 168.51 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 210,863 | 0.02 | 98,562 | 113.94 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 121,999 | 0.01 | 67,673 | 80.28 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 21,423,376 | 1.92 | 36,762,965 | -41.73 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 603,813 | 0.05 | 42,890 | 1,307.82 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 19,443 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 12,758 | 0.00 | 4,558 | 179.90 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 3,340 | 0.00 | 544 | 513.97 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 11,021 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 963,948 | 0.09 | 1,257,205 | -23.33 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 758,947 | 0.07 | 231,841 | 227.36 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 311,287 | 0.03 | 166,992 | 86.41 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,650,028 | 0.15 | 1,705,914 | -3.28 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 27,737 | 0.00 | 5,832 | 375.60 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 10,453 | 0.00 | 233,133 | -95.52 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 2,401,865 | 0.21 | 586,368 | 309.62 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,734,729 | 0.16 | 2,034,587 | -14.74 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 43,134,086 | 3.86 | 65,162,795 | -33.81 |
| 52 | Cotton | 47,518 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 114,859 | 0.01 | 15,752 | 629.17 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 420 | 0.00 | 567 | -25.93 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 7,767 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 12,885 | 0.00 | 2,161 | 496.25 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 164,490 | 0.01 | 7,477 | 2,099.95 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 172,119 | 0.02 | 14,799 | 1,063.04 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 243,222 | 0.02 | 650 | 37,318.77 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 37 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,038,273 | 0.09 | 378,481 | 174.33 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 4,578 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 119,662 | 0.01 | 39,286 | 204.59 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 8,488,155 | 0.76 | 52,628,364 | -83.87 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 134,199,869 | 12.01 | 21,900,808 | 512.76 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,707,903 | 0.24 | 5,394 | 50,102.13 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,555,571 | 0.32 | 99,975 | 3,456.46 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 2,897 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,065 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 63,019 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,812 | 0.00 | 2,124 | 32.39 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 178,783 | 0.02 | 9,918 | 1,702.61 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 346,699 | 0.03 | 111,956 | 209.67 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 117,265,906 | 10.49 | 19,758,323 | 493.50 |
| 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 | 51,729,647 | 4.63 | 85,105,501 | -39.22 |
| 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 | 11,337 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 774 | 0.00 | 133,177 | -99.42 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 9,773,866 | 0.87 | 14,147,709 | -30.92 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,075,854 | 0.28 | 1,096,090 | 180.62 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 219 | 0.00 | 1,758 | -87.54 |
| 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 | 686,717 | 0.06 | 235,014 | 192.20 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9,996 | 0.00 | 28,046 | -64.36 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 29,696 | 0.00 | 5,920 | 401.62 |
| SS | Classified | 141,160,153 | 12.63 | 2 346 283 | 5,916.33 |
Russia’s Imports from Bangladesh
The major share of Russian imports from Bangladesh in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 97.00% of Russia’s total imports from Bangladesh (96.89% in 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.18% of Russia’s total imports from Bangladesh (2.26% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $40,916,028;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $38,429,654;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $4,606,520.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 10,224,170 | 1.04 | 10,797,126 | -5.31 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 28,600 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 80,614 | 0.01 | 4,800 | 1,579.46 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 1,687,642 | 0.17 | 922,998 | 82.84 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 9,435,367 | 0.96 | 8,432,004 | 11.90 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,600 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 9,245 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 212,311 | 0.02 | 73,368 | 189.38 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 978 | 0.00 | 107 | 814.02 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 50,118 | 0.01 | 11,697 | 328.47 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 4,946,011 | 0.50 | 3,876,558 | 27.59 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 7,432 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 260,486 | 0.03 | 198,017 | 31.55 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 2 | 0.00 | 191 | -98.95 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 885 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 28,674 | 0.00 | 31,860 | -10.00 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 15,964,935 | 1.62 | 15,902,478 | 0.39 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 23 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,930,397 | 0.30 | 3,059,813 | -4.23 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 402,800 | 0.04 | 227,168 | 77.31 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 46 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 324 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 482,310,711 | 49.04 | 441,394,683 | 9.27 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 408,089,126 | 41.49 | 369,659,472 | 10.40 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 18,619,366 | 1.89 | 15,671,168 | 18.81 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 24,214,451 | 2.46 | 19,607,931 | 23.49 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,442,569 | 0.15 | 1,253,517 | 15.08 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 41 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 243 | 0.00 | 18 | 1,250.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 483,386 | 0.05 | 389,622 | 24.07 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 14,253 | 0.00 | 35 | 40,622.86 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 9,075 | 0.00 | 220 | 4,025.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,482 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 320 | 0.00 | 178 | 79.78 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 139 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 168 | 0.00 | 3 | 5,500.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 7,628 | 0.00 | 16,967 | -55.04 |
| 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 | 866,814 | 0.09 | 2,196,388 | -60.53 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 104,449 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 78,490 | 0.01 | 98,113 | -20.00 |
| 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 | 749,862 | 0.08 | 398,690 | 88.08 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 345,977 | 0.04 | 289,617 | 19.46 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 531 | 0.00 | 791 | -32.87 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 5 100 | -100.00 |