Russian trade in goods with Myanmar (Burma) in Q4 2020
February 14, 2021
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 Myanmar (Burma) in the fourth quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Myanmar (Burma)
In the 4th quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Myanmar (Burma) totaled $201,637,473, up 35.28% ($52,584,442) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 4th quarter of 2020 totaled $164,919,330, up 41.55% ($48,411,210) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 4th quarter of 2020 totaled $36,718,143, up 12.82% ($4,173,232) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Myanmar (Burma) in the 4th quarter of 2020 was $128,201,187, a 52.69% increase ($44,237,978) over the 4th quarter of 2019.
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 72nd largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2020 (up from 76th in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.1244% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0829% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 61st largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2020 (up from 69th in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.1747% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.1042% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 83rd largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2020 (up from 84th in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.0543% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0478% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Myanmar (Burma)
The major share of Russian exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 37.18% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (26.68% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.31% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (1.78% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.13% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (0.46% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.65% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (48.26% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.14% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (2.01% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th 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 $10,551,538;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $10,546,558;
- 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 $10,077,124;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $1,027,738;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $766,552;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $729,953;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $527,933.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 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 $55,160,084;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $1,283,706;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $946,286;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $674,941.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 143,681 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 1,283,706 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 233,883 | 0.14 | 908,824 | -74.27 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 354 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 460 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,071,132 | 0.65 | 56,231,216 | -98.10 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 212 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 633 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,289,073 | 0.78 | 261,335 | 393.26 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 286 | 0.00 | 679 | -57.88 |
| 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 | 5,876 | 0.00 | 226 | 2,500.00 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 9,718 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 40 | 0.00 | 98 | -59.18 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 125,216 | 0.08 | 27,899 | 348.82 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 438,735 | 0.27 | 243,698 | 80.03 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 990 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 117,405 | 0.07 | 80,693 | 45.50 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 32,826 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 9,887 | 0.01 | 99,366 | -90.05 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,048,943 | 0.64 | 318,990 | 228.83 |
| 52 | Cotton | 6,421 | 0.00 | 91 | 6,956.04 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 7,875 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 1,456 | 0.00 | 10 | 14,460.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,242 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 96,066 | 0.06 | 5,036 | 1,807.59 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,370 | 0.00 | 1,313 | 156.66 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 445 | 0.00 | 200 | 122.50 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 36,457 | 0.02 | 114 | 31,879.82 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 4,269 | 0.00 | 107 | 3,889.72 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,405,184 | 0.85 | 638,632 | 120.03 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 159,679 | 0.10 | 146,005 | 9.37 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 340 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,630,330 | 0.99 | 1,214,348 | 34.26 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 17 | 0.00 | 35 | -51.43 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,387 | 0.00 | 1,158 | 19.78 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 529,468 | 0.32 | 1,535 | 34,393.03 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 80,560 | 0.05 | 71,638 | 12.45 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 17,344,687 | 10.52 | 6,793,149 | 155.33 |
| 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 | 24,211,497 | 14.68 | 14,134,373 | 71.30 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 11,256,163 | 6.83 | 709,605 | 1,486.26 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 8,501,281 | 5.15 | 9,447,567 | -10.02 |
| 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 | 23,156 | 0.01 | 3,902 | 493.44 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,517 | 0.00 | 3,649 | 51.19 |
| SS | Classified | 95,227,224 | 57.74 | 23 734 782 | 301.21 |
Russia’s Imports from Myanmar (Burma)
The major share of Russian imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 92.87% of Russia’s total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (84.40% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.95% of Russia’s total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (9.98% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $6,325,678;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $1,670,664;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $693,150;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $254,330.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $3,219,742;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $1,466,467;
- 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 $127,976.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 698,107 | 1.90 | 4,957 | 13,983.26 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 3,219,742 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 16,387 | 0.04 | 23,308 | -29.69 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 37,463 | 0.10 | 19,172 | 95.40 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 605 | 0.00 | 311 | 94.53 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,688,518 | 4.60 | 1,434,188 | 17.73 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 57,529 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 23,297 | -100.00 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 613 | 0.00 | 380 | 61.32 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 7,682,379 | 20.92 | 6,011,715 | 27.79 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 22,954,248 | 62.51 | 16,628,570 | 38.04 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,087 | 0.01 | 2,075 | 48.77 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 3,282,018 | 8.94 | 4,748,485 | -30.88 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 162,537 | 0.44 | 78,640 | 106.68 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 15,778 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 54 | 0.00 | 2,600 | -97.92 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 28,522 | 0.08 | 156,498 | -81.77 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 57,181 | 0.16 | 10,709 | 433.95 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 3 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| 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 | 22,153 | 0.06 | 615 | 3,502.11 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 30,934 | 0.08 | 73,569 | -57.95 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,436 | 0.01 | 1,223 | 99.18 |
| SS | Classified | 35,111 | 0.10 | 47 325 | -25.81 |