Russian trade in goods with Malta in Q1 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malta
In the 1st quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Malta was $923,326,792, down 0.85% ($7,878,528) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Malta in the 1st quarter of 2020 were $921,963,818, down 0.71% ($6,612,960) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Malta in the 1st quarter of 2020 were $1,362,974, down 48.15% ($1,265,568) from the 1st quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Malta in the 1st quarter of 2020 was $920,600,844, a 0.58% decrease ($5,347,392) over the 1st quarter of 2019.
Malta was Russia’s 32nd largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 34th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.6496% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.5915% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Malta was Russia’s 23rd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2020 (up from 28th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 1.0361% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.8896% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Malta was Russia’s 125th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2020 (down from 112th in the 1st quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0026% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0050% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Malta
The major share of Russian exports to Malta in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 98.73% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (98.47% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.10% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (0.02% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.08% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (1.48% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malta in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $9,733,567.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malta in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $12,657,609;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $4,061,277.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 592,890 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 404 | 0.00 | 14,058 | -97.13 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 910,262,074 | 98.73 | 914,323,351 | -0.44 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 0 | 0.00 | 75 | -100.00 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 9,866,477 | 1.07 | 132,910 | 7,323.43 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,105 | -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 | 13,913 | 0.00 | 9,354 | 48.74 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 244,288 | 0.03 | 3,083 | 7,823.71 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,721 | 0.00 | 8,548 | -44.77 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 60 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 33,025 | 0.00 | 22,556 | 46.41 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 171,750 | 0.02 | 299,420 | -42.64 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 34 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 13,107 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 243,658 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 12,428 | 0.00 | 3,405 | 264.99 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 12,657,609 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 748,741 | 0.08 | 856,922 | -12.62 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 630 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Malta
The major share of Russian imports from Malta in the 1st quarter of 2020 (and in the 1st quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 67.68% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (23.32% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 15.09% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (72.60% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 14.68% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (0.24% in the 1st quarter of 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.08% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (1.23% in the 1st quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malta in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $220,808;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $195,431;
- 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 $55,427;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $33,153;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $11,689;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $8,463;
- 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 (HS code 94) - an increase of $4,392.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malta in the 1st quarter of 2020 over the 1st quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,700,805;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $44,421;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $25,020;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $12,925;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $8,698.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q1 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q1 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q1 2020 over Q1 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 957 | 0.07 | 169 | 466.27 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 3,355 | 0.25 | 16,280 | -79.39 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 84,071 | 6.17 | 1,784,876 | -95.29 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,057 | 0.08 | 2,371 | -55.42 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 58,164 | 4.27 | 46,475 | 25.15 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 59,089 | 4.34 | 58,280 | 1.39 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 6,290 | 0.46 | 7,438 | -15.43 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 101 | 0.01 | 8,799 | -98.85 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 25,020 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 14,268 | 1.05 | 5,805 | 145.79 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 134 | -100.00 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 416 | 0.03 | 1,342 | -69.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 3,890 | 0.29 | 2,343 | 66.03 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 198,668 | 14.58 | 3,237 | 6,037.41 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 198 | 0.01 | 319 | -37.93 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 1,339 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,200 | 0.09 | 1,522 | -21.16 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 325,068 | 23.85 | 104,260 | 211.79 |
| 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 | 393,390 | 28.86 | 337,963 | 16.40 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 204,004 | 14.97 | 170,851 | 19.40 |
| 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 | 4,865 | 0.36 | 473 | 928.54 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 3,914 | 0.29 | 48,335 | -91.90 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 911 | -100.00 |