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Russian trade in goods with Romania in Q4 2020

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Romania in the fourth quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Romania

In the 4th quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with Romania was $926,451,901, down 20.47% ($238,508,304) from the 4th quarter of 2019.

Russia’s exports to Romania in the 4th quarter of 2020 were $519,578,927, down 35.10% ($280,960,143) from the 4th quarter of 2019.

Russia’s imports from Romania in the 4th quarter of 2020 totaled $406,872,974, up 11.65% ($42,451,839) from the 4th quarter of 2019.

Russia’s trade surplus with Romania in the 4th quarter of 2020 was $112,705,953, a 74.16% decrease ($323,411,982) over the 4th quarter of 2019.

Romania was Russia’s 32nd largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2020 (up from 33rd in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.5717% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.6477% in the 4th quarter of 2019).

Romania was Russia’s 36th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2020 (down from 31st in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.5502% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.7158% in the 4th quarter of 2019).

Romania was Russia’s 31st largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2020 (up from 32nd in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.6016% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.5357% in the 4th quarter of 2019).

Russia’s Exports to Romania

The major share of Russian exports to Romania in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 63.17% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (78.67% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.27% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (10.64% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.45% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (4.32% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.21% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (1.98% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.96% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (2.23% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.93% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (1.16% in the 4th quarter of 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Romania in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 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) - an increase of $26,024,579;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $8,497,634;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $6,531,805;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $2,221,136;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $2,023,253;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,728,698.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Romania 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 $307,924,220;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $10,482,986;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $3,816,052;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $3,297,348;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $2,240,278;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $1,856,994;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,803,442.
Russia’s exports to Romania in the 4th quarter of 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q4 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q4 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q4 2020
over Q4 2019
01 Live animals 714 0.00 0
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 432,554 0.08 26,9771,503.42
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 77,067 0.01 47,12063.55
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 118,503 0.02 40,227194.59
10 Cereals 2,023,253 0.39 0
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 108,047 0.02 162,085-33.34
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 6,716,409 1.29 8,573,403-21.66
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 1,952 0.00 2,960-34.05
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 142,790 0.03 142,7400.04
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 0 0.00 4,465-100.00
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 54,735 0.01 82,204-33.42
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 2,692 0.00 8,994-70.07
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 116,666 0.02 89,29830.65
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 66,962 0.01 75,841-11.71
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 154,997 0.03 0
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 4,430,431 0.85 4,606,467-3.82
26 Ores, slag and ash 6,539,894 1.26 8,08980,749.23
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 317,268,774 61.06 625,192,994-49.25
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 5,600,936 1.08 6,359,500-11.93
29 Organic chemicals 4,619,347 0.89 6,859,625-32.66
30 Pharmaceutical products 62,845 0.01 272,228-76.91
31 Fertilizers 35,010,043 6.74 45,493,029-23.04
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 58,890 0.01 47,35924.35
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1,078,242 0.21 1,241,468-13.15
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 287,977 0.06 264,4418.90
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 15,680 0.00 18,744-16.35
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 19,900-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 310,123 0.06 216,07243.53
39 Plastics and articles thereof 3,340,178 0.64 2,552,17230.88
40 Rubber and articles thereof 18,546,806 3.57 21,844,154-15.09
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 46,714 0.01 153,738-69.61
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 4,314 0.00 52,518-91.79
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 10,935,277 2.10 10,467,4234.47
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0 0.00 11-100.00
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 450,632 0.09 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 9,127,845 1.76 7,399,14723.36
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 37,881 0.01 2,1381,671.80
52 Cotton 39,770 0.01 30,41930.74
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 0 0.00 21,217-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 48,666 0.01 23,387108.09
55 Man-made staple fibers 176 0.00 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 469,246 0.09 182,949156.49
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 89,016 0.02 62,08243.38
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 30 0.00 0
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 1,246 0.00 1,903-34.52
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 13,643 0.00 8,94552.52
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 33,484 0.01 17,53990.91
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 274,000 0.05 241,90213.27
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 619 0.00 196,235-99.68
65 Headgear and parts thereof 43 0.00 0
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 0 0.00 388-100.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 2,242,955 0.43 1,626,72437.88
69 Ceramic products 810,214 0.16 392,620106.36
70 Glass and glassware 2,798,766 0.54 2,668,6424.88
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 396,426 0.08 5,5107,094.66
72 Iron and steel 22,851,116 4.40 14,353,48259.20
73 Articles of iron or steel 3,118,042 0.60 896,906247.64
74 Copper and articles thereof 24,666 0.00 2,284979.95
75 Nickel and articles thereof 0 0.00 1,537-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 828,913 0.16 366,858125.95
78 Lead and articles thereof 34,801 0.01 4282,759.52
79 Zinc and articles thereof 1,014 0.00 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 0 0.00 5,873-100.00
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 62,660 0.01 126,319-50.40
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 124,213 0.02 77,98159.29
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 9,229,368 1.78 11,032,810-16.35
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 40,494,540 7.79 14,469,961179.85
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 356,636 0.07 51,837588.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 3,696,800 0.71 7,512,852-50.79
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 0 0.00 231,848-100.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 538,087 0.10 1,275,247-57.81
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 570 0.00 0
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 1,686,654 0.32 700,017140.94
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 16,585 0.00 347,957-95.23
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,497,647 0.29 1,274,63417.50
SS Classified 8,145 0.00 2 632209.46

Russia’s Imports from Romania

The major share of Russian imports from Romania 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) - 57.30% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (50.56% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 21.01% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (27.01% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.95% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (8.55% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.63% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (4.93% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.78% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (3.90% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 0.64% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (1.02% in the 4th quarter of 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Romania 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 $27,370,007;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $12,880,938;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $12,196,303;
  • 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 $8,090,119;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $1,600,078;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,507,844.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Romania in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $10,609,614;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $2,769,117;
  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $2,484,840;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $2,470,611;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $2,033,626.
Russia’s imports from Romania in the 4th quarter of 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q4 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q4 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q4 2020
over Q4 2019
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 0 0.00 84-100.00
10 Cereals 907,825 0.22 2,941,451-69.14
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 19,112,575 4.70 6,916,272176.34
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 23,398 0.01 42,391-44.80
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 696 0.00 7,375-90.56
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 75,403 0.02 115,407-34.66
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 278,479 0.07 13,4601,968.94
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 230,363 0.06 284,271-18.96
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 2,443,826 0.60 1,273,08491.96
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 112,677 0.03 109,1663.22
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 3,775,867 0.93 6,246,478-39.55
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 6,232 0.00 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 807,131 0.20 578,14039.61
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 157,661 0.04 231,022-31.75
29 Organic chemicals 847,214 0.21 526,12961.03
30 Pharmaceutical products 49,603,629 12.19 50,697,525-2.16
31 Fertilizers 1,490 0.00 17,729-91.60
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 352,453 0.09 554,475-36.43
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 12,980,465 3.19 23,590,079-44.97
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 85,569 0.02 166,724-48.68
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 25,035 0.01 11,573116.32
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 215,709 0.05 158,62635.99
39 Plastics and articles thereof 8,961,573 2.20 7,453,72920.23
40 Rubber and articles thereof 12,262,984 3.01 15,032,101-18.42
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 23,752 0.01 121,821-80.50
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 1,572,345 0.39 1,873,880-16.09
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 93,121 0.02 62,60548.74
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,739,789 0.43 2,385,125-27.06
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 142 0.00 48195.83
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 158,035 0.04 70,217125.07
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 418,469 0.10 211,99197.40
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 255,517 0.06 103,274147.42
52 Cotton 10,216 0.00 12,039-15.14
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 151 0.00 958-84.24
54 Man-made filaments 233,557 0.06 493,900-52.71
55 Man-made staple fibers 90,137 0.02 458,003-80.32
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 310,077 0.08 127,534143.13
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 8,431 0.00 6,65826.63
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 454,954 0.11 264,54971.97
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 703,657 0.17 1,200,901-41.41
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 20,276 0.00 23,749-14.62
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 4,716,341 1.16 5,877,734-19.76
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 13,981,946 3.44 12,381,86812.92
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 329,036 0.08 463,293-28.98
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 7,029,003 1.73 9,513,843-26.12
65 Headgear and parts thereof 108,617 0.03 133,833-18.84
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 0 0.00 148-100.00
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 36,065 0.01 101,931-64.62
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 25,477 0.01 76,227-66.58
69 Ceramic products 983,304 0.24 1,249,975-21.33
70 Glass and glassware 1,477,300 0.36 1,154,37027.97
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 2,601,700 0.64 3,722,819-30.11
72 Iron and steel 2,214,314 0.54 1,472,33350.39
73 Articles of iron or steel 6,089,380 1.50 6,080,1510.15
74 Copper and articles thereof 34,644 0.01 4,454677.82
75 Nickel and articles thereof 0 0.00 654,815-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 681,092 0.17 746,165-8.72
78 Lead and articles thereof 0 0.00 2-100.00
79 Zinc and articles thereof 30,076 0.01 28,0527.22
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 13,050 0.00 9,87232.19
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 69,462 0.02 173,310-59.92
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 6,248,890 1.54 5,044,15223.88
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 74,887,366 18.41 47,517,35957.60
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 66,637,633 16.38 58,547,51413.82
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 37,361 0.01 1,2192,964.89
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 82,926,472 20.38 70,045,53418.39
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 902,264 0.22 474,70290.07
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 7,740,609 1.90 7,649,7131.19
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 10,810 0.00 1571,966.67
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 120,678 0.03 68,11077.18
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 6,276,254 1.54 5,525,41913.59
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 908,396 0.22 886,6722.45
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 394,554 0.10 416,307-5.23
SS Classified 0 0.00 14 681-100.00
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia