Russian trade in goods with the Philippines 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 the Philippines in the fourth quarter of 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with the Philippines
In the 4th quarter of 2020, Russia’s trade with the Philippines was $231,862,584, down 39.31% ($150,187,116) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s exports to the Philippines in the 4th quarter of 2020 were $105,078,295, down 57.87% ($144,347,883) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s imports from the Philippines in the 4th quarter of 2020 were $126,784,289, down 4.40% ($5,839,233) from the 4th quarter of 2019.
Russia’s trade balance with the Philippines went from a surplus of $116,802,656 in the 4th quarter of 2019, to a deficit of $21,705,994 in the 4th quarter of 2020.
The Philippines was Russia’s 67th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2020 (down from 62nd in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.1431% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2124% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The Philippines was Russia’s 72nd largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2020 (down from 57th in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.1113% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.2230% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The Philippines was Russia’s 58th largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2020 (just as in the 4th quarter of 2019), accounting for 0.1875% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1950% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
Russia’s Exports to the Philippines
The major share of Russian exports to the Philippines in the 4th quarter of 2020 (and in the 4th quarter of 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 58.98% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (45.58% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 21.45% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (6.16% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 10.00% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (43.43% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 6.84% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (2.73% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 1.64% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (1.01% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.92% of Russia’s total exports to the Philippines (1.00% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to the Philippines in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $9,946,944;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $645,057;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $351,936.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to the Philippines 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 $97,546,531;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $52,013,606;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $2,988,488;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,193,410;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $763,778.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 5,960 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 45,225 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 19,817,659 | 18.86 | 9,870,715 | 100.77 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 216,508 | 0.21 | 151,133 | 43.26 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 565 | 0.00 | 209 | 170.33 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 396 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 98,277 | 0.09 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,716 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 49,586 | 0.05 | 60,996 | -18.71 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 339 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 2,305,059 | 2.19 | 5,293,547 | -56.46 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 238,073 | 0.23 | 523,887 | -54.56 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 10,265,262 | 9.77 | 107,811,793 | -90.48 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 656,395 | 0.62 | 600,908 | 9.23 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 21,899 | 0.02 | 46,185 | -52.58 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 362,577 | 0.35 | 98,417 | 268.41 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 14,334 | 0.01 | 21,743 | -34.08 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 138,061 | 0.13 | 280,220 | -50.73 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 178,784 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 95,261 | 0.09 | 101,715 | -6.35 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 435,876 | 0.41 | 1,199,654 | -63.67 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,614,311 | 1.54 | 969,254 | 66.55 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 44,863 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,570,544 | 5.30 | 5,803,169 | -4.01 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 16 | 0.00 | 164 | -90.24 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 73,271 | 0.07 | 82,383 | -11.06 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 781 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 44 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 32,902 | 0.03 | 178 | 18,384.27 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 96,146 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 1,022 | 0.00 | 1,134 | -9.88 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 61,459,551 | 58.49 | 113,473,157 | -45.84 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 19,687 | 0.02 | 14,180 | 38.84 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 81 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 491,410 | 0.47 | 191,526 | 156.58 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,735 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 9,534 | 0.01 | 1,818 | 424.42 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 132 | 0.00 | 134 | -1.49 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 530,988 | 0.51 | 179,052 | 196.56 |
| 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 | 338,274 | 0.32 | 48,104 | 603.21 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 18,982 | 0.02 | 2,212,392 | -99.14 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 82,951 | 0.08 | 58,421 | 41.99 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 857 | 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 878 | -100.00 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 402 | 0.00 | 693 | -41.99 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 14,900 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 49,533 | 0.05 | 5 983 | 727.90 |
Russia’s Imports from the Philippines
The major share of Russian imports from the Philippines 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) - 85.51% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (81.81% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.92% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (9.58% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.08% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (3.37% in the 4th quarter of 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.32% of Russia’s total imports from the Philippines (2.78% in the 4th quarter of 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from the Philippines 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 $1,100,884;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $440,488.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from the Philippines in the 4th quarter of 2020 over the 4th quarter of 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - a decrease of $2,423,699;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $1,033,689;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $827,838;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $618,507;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $593,318;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $565,137;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $496,101;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $453,803;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - a decrease of $399,282.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q4 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q4 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 4,617 | -100.00 |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 21,240 | -100.00 |
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 5,672 | -100.00 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 0 | 0.00 | 22,780 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 5,369,805 | 4.24 | 6,197,643 | -13.36 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,767,840 | 1.39 | 4,191,539 | -57.82 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 25,309 | 0.02 | 1,211 | 1,989.93 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 233,049 | 0.18 | 352,145 | -33.82 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,572 | 0.00 | 916 | 71.62 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,854 | 0.00 | 3,907 | -52.55 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 477,435 | 0.38 | 931,238 | -48.73 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 39,237 | 0.03 | 63,112 | -37.83 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 37,216 | 0.03 | 1,571 | 2,268.94 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 820,708 | 0.65 | 903,171 | -9.13 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 214,053 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 159 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 1,080,484 | 0.85 | 1,128,641 | -4.27 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 121,302 | 0.10 | 191,207 | -36.56 |
| 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 | 42,686 | 0.03 | 5,608 | 661.16 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 936,732 | 0.74 | 617,128 | 51.79 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 730,889 | 0.58 | 1,764,578 | -58.58 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 989,234 | 0.78 | 548,746 | 80.27 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 491,173 | 0.39 | 890,455 | -44.84 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 43,487 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 138,453 | 0.11 | 145,109 | -4.59 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 42 | 0.00 | 3,054 | -98.62 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,412 | 0.01 | 12,049 | -5.29 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 262 | 0.00 | 4 | 6,450.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 106,771 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 260,621 | 0.21 | 12,621 | 1,964.98 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 51,483 | 0.04 | 58,261 | -11.63 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 2,406 | 0.00 | 19 | 12,563.16 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,470,671 | 1.16 | 2,063,989 | -28.75 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 639,482 | 0.50 | 1,204,619 | -46.91 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 21,618 | 0.02 | 15,814 | 36.70 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 182,063 | 0.14 | 80,881 | 125.10 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 202,485 | 0.16 | 248,693 | -18.58 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 15,982 | 0.01 | 2,767 | 477.59 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 19,645 | 0.02 | 23,821 | -17.53 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 18,975 | 0.01 | 50,882 | -62.71 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,636 | 0.00 | 814 | 100.98 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 207,648 | 0.16 | 175,621 | 18.24 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 3,973 | 0.00 | 76 | 5,127.63 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 33,371 | 0.03 | 231,596 | -85.59 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 112 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 393 | 0.00 | 6,584 | -94.03 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 30,703 | 0.02 | 49,161 | -37.55 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 36,157,080 | 28.52 | 36,653,181 | -1.35 |
| 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 | 69,051,131 | 54.46 | 67,950,247 | 1.62 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 182,094 | 0.14 | 251,862 | -27.70 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,019,884 | 2.38 | 3,638,391 | -17.00 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 720,273 | 0.57 | 675,540 | 6.62 |
| 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 | 51,576 | 0.04 | 112,449 | -54.13 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 138,368 | 0.11 | 302,030 | -54.19 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 664,366 | 0.52 | 477,000 | 39.28 |
| SS | Classified | 212,626 | 0.17 | 71 722 | 196.46 |