Russian trade with Taiwan in 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Taiwan
In 2019, Russia’s trade with Taiwan was $5,250,320,450, down 21.00% ($1,395,748,059) from 2018.
Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2019 were $3,226,451,202, down 28.33% ($1,275,534,208) from 2018.
Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2019 were $2,023,869,248, down 5.61% ($120,213,851) from 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Taiwan in 2019 was $1,202,581,954, a 49.00% decrease ($1,155,320,357) over 2018.
Taiwan was Russia’s 26th largest trading partner in 2019 (down from 22nd in 2018), accounting for 0.7877% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.9658% in 2018).
Taiwan was Russia’s 30th largest export market in 2019 (down from 25th in 2018), accounting for 0.7632% of Russia’s total exports (down from 1.0005% in 2018).
Taiwan was Russia’s 27th largest supplier in 2019 (just as in 2018), accounting for 0.8302% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.9003% in 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Taiwan
The major share of Russian exports to Taiwan in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 50.25% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (41.59% in 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 43.79% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (51.98% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.09% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (4.50% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2019 over 2018 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 $927,332,392;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $185,589,158;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $64,608,704;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $63,220,157;
- 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) - a decrease of $9,819,232.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2019 over 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 20,077 | 0.00 | 21,907 | -8.35 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 306,361 | -100.00 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 22,886 | 0.00 | 14,632 | 56.41 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 7,074,142 | 0.22 | 8,906,410 | -20.57 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 36,267 | 0.00 | 68,574 | -47.11 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 827 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 6,196 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 280,391 | 0.01 | 81,060 | 245.91 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 168,350 | 0.01 | 345,988 | -51.34 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 33,565 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 684,287 | 0.02 | 665,642 | 2.80 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 2,516,318 | 0.08 | 1,793,884 | 40.27 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 844,774 | 0.03 | 1,033,467 | -18.26 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,139,772 | 0.04 | 813,306 | 40.14 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 61,914 | 0.00 | 19,251 | 221.61 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 47,890 | 0.00 | 74,739 | -35.92 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 77,329 | 0.00 | 85,511 | -9.57 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 9,965,803 | 0.31 | 8,130,394 | 22.57 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 16,570 | 0.00 | 88 | 18,729.55 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,412,996,627 | 43.79 | 2,340,329,019 | -39.62 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 2,416,051 | 0.07 | 3,723,218 | -35.11 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 114,677,954 | 3.55 | 177,898,111 | -35.54 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 7,240 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 108,393 | 0.00 | 203,755 | -46.80 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 174,936 | 0.01 | 96,550 | 81.19 |
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 | 37,863 | 0.00 | 44,371 | -14.67 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 43 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 134,061 | 0.00 | 345,909 | -61.24 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 500,065 | 0.02 | 682,436 | -26.72 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 14,039,147 | 0.44 | 19,711,330 | -28.78 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 189,242 | 0.01 | 863,957 | -78.10 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 53,511 | 0.00 | 1,560 | 3,330.19 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 5,678,800 | 0.18 | 10,563,348 | -46.24 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 3,090,304 | 0.10 | 3,111,399 | -0.68 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 10,981,833 | 0.34 | 12,020,340 | -8.64 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,532 | 0.00 | 2,662 | 145.38 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,231 | 0.00 | 2 | 111,450.00 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,189 | 0.00 | 576 | 106.42 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 765 | 0.00 | 750 | 2.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 14,851 | 0.00 | 16,004 | -7.20 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 4,685 | 0.00 | 2,528 | 85.32 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,545 | 0.00 | 1,329 | 166.74 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 62,192 | 0.00 | 56,214 | 10.63 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 61,537 | 0.00 | 21,845 | 181.70 |
69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 182,696 | -100.00 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 113,093 | 0.00 | 95,441 | 18.50 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 6,130,804 | 0.19 | 15,950,036 | -61.56 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,579,266,972 | 48.95 | 1,764,856,130 | -10.52 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 7,694,342 | 0.24 | 6,423,899 | 19.78 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,569,767 | 0.05 | 3,076,207 | -48.97 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 11,367 | 0.00 | 1,050 | 982.57 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 30,495,698 | 0.95 | 95,104,402 | -67.93 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 285 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,350,985 | 0.07 | 2,835,868 | -17.10 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 8,555 | 0.00 | 16,162 | -47.07 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 24,014 | 0.00 | 17,686 | 35.78 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,629,931 | 0.08 | 10,397,919 | -74.71 |
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 | 6,468,302 | 0.20 | 9,220,031 | -29.85 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 304,700 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 178,439 | 0.01 | 337,686 | -47.16 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,080,312 | 0.03 | 966,704 | 11.75 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 3,052 | -100.00 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 6,962 | 0.00 | 10,390 | -32.99 |
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 | 117,324 | 0.00 | 15,507 | 656.59 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 17,717 | 0.00 | 20,224 | -12.40 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 21,229 | 0.00 | 59,234 | -64.16 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 6,244 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 24,149 | 0.00 | 25 673 | -5.94 |
Russia’s Imports from Taiwan
The major share of Russian imports from Taiwan in 2019 (and in 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 73.07% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (73.05% in 2018);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.05% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (13.14% in 2018);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.19% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (7.95% in 2018);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.53% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (1.80% in 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2019 over 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $63,743,798;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $11,766,575.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2019 over 2018 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 $146,381,557;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $34,453,109;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $6,116,843.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
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 | 2,524,949 | 0.12 | 3,983,972 | -36.62 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 310,065 | 0.02 | 229,221 | 35.27 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,814 | 0.00 | 1,978 | -8.29 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 346 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 80,442 | 0.00 | 68,684 | 17.12 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 23,547 | 0.00 | 76,364 | -69.16 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 39,369 | 0.00 | 16,051 | 145.27 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 60,262 | 0.00 | 76,276 | -20.99 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 3,195 | 0.00 | 22,750 | -85.96 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 282,894 | 0.01 | 394,200 | -28.24 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 110,151 | 0.01 | 87,845 | 25.39 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 1,004,253 | 0.05 | 974,166 | 3.09 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 725,303 | 0.04 | 632,671 | 14.64 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 309 | -100.00 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 249,830 | 0.01 | 1,071,080 | -76.67 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 46,580 | 0.00 | 102,864 | -54.72 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,841,029 | 0.24 | 2,611,622 | 85.36 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 14,173,766 | 0.70 | 16,710,133 | -15.18 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,936,062 | 0.34 | 4,747,915 | 46.09 |
31 | Fertilizers | 1,540,925 | 0.08 | 14 | 11,006,507.14 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 7,744,039 | 0.38 | 10,945,723 | -29.25 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 6,548,357 | 0.32 | 6,735,159 | -2.77 |
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 | 1,590,074 | 0.08 | 1,567,953 | 1.41 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 1,385,038 | 0.07 | 1,521,743 | -8.98 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 5,661,877 | 0.28 | 5,484,902 | 3.23 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 12,096,474 | 0.60 | 10,368,411 | 16.67 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 81,905,168 | 4.05 | 79,923,368 | 2.48 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 41,557,332 | 2.05 | 29,790,757 | 39.50 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 972,537 | 0.05 | 1,760,753 | -44.77 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 838,301 | 0.04 | 1,343,488 | -37.60 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 1,940 | 0.00 | 2,432 | -20.23 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 373,592 | 0.02 | 610,210 | -38.78 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,318,742 | 0.36 | 5,340,448 | 37.04 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 436,783 | 0.02 | 443,000 | -1.40 |
50 | Silk | 4,491 | 0.00 | 10,410 | -56.86 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 7,488 | 0.00 | 229,812 | -96.74 |
52 | Cotton | 50,175 | 0.00 | 339,733 | -85.23 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 164,400 | 0.01 | 30,508 | 438.88 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 3,972,500 | 0.20 | 5,949,888 | -33.23 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 7,814,881 | 0.39 | 12,189,803 | -35.89 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,625,416 | 0.13 | 4,061,562 | -35.36 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 1,786 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 553,614 | 0.03 | 715,418 | -22.62 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,054,402 | 0.10 | 2,205,777 | -6.86 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 1,047,971 | 0.05 | 952,608 | 10.01 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 2,243,329 | 0.11 | 1,802,776 | 24.44 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 515,276 | 0.03 | 991,417 | -48.03 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,811,122 | 0.24 | 4,906,196 | -1.94 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 903,276 | 0.04 | 728,634 | 23.97 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 3,749,844 | 0.19 | 2,821,878 | 32.88 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 455,533 | 0.02 | 572,777 | -20.47 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 863 | 0.00 | 1,023 | -15.64 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,444,714 | 0.07 | 966,986 | 49.40 |
69 | Ceramic products | 221,744 | 0.01 | 400,771 | -44.67 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 10,314,783 | 0.51 | 9,671,751 | 6.65 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 207,947 | 0.01 | 49,534 | 319.81 |
72 | Iron and steel | 60,691,000 | 3.00 | 95,144,109 | -36.21 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 67,318,984 | 3.33 | 68,162,504 | -1.24 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,837,873 | 0.09 | 1,151,981 | 59.54 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 72,946 | 0.00 | 457,511 | -84.06 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 4,596,755 | 0.23 | 2,979,213 | 54.29 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 807 | 0.00 | 994 | -18.81 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 131,742 | 0.01 | 100,798 | 30.70 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 15,793 | 0.00 | 20,049 | -21.23 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 206,175 | 0.01 | 511,854 | -59.72 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 97,607,022 | 4.82 | 101,658,275 | -3.99 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 11,402,220 | 0.56 | 11,438,381 | -0.32 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 721,436,148 | 35.65 | 657,692,350 | 9.69 |
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 | 652,653,943 | 32.25 | 799,035,500 | -18.32 |
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 | 8,244 | 0.00 | 22,723 | -63.72 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 53,302,557 | 2.63 | 59,419,400 | -10.29 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 76,919 | 0.00 | 1,785,200 | -95.69 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 51,357,362 | 2.54 | 48,236,036 | 6.47 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 6,640,262 | 0.33 | 7,317,719 | -9.26 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,095,619 | 0.05 | 588,023 | 86.32 |
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 | 20,325,244 | 1.00 | 23,307,620 | -12.80 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 19,364,899 | 0.96 | 19,288,625 | 0.40 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,842,350 | 0.29 | 6,418,720 | -8.98 |
SS | Classified | 3,335,925 | 0.16 | 2 097 658 | 59.03 |