Russian trade with Malta in 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 Malta in 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Malta
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Malta was $2,286,651,641, down 39.45% ($1,489,789,190) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Malta in 2020 were $2,265,026,975, down 39.68% ($1,490,030,094) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Malta in 2020 totaled $21,624,666, up 1.13% ($240,904) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Malta in 2020 was $2,243,402,309, a 39.91% decrease ($1,490,270,998) over 2019.
Malta was Russia’s 45th largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 35th in 2019), accounting for 0.4027% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.5666% in 2019).
Malta was Russia’s 31st largest export market in 2020 (down from 25th in 2019), accounting for 0.6733% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.8882% in 2019).
Malta was Russia’s 107th largest supplier in 2020 (up from 110th in 2019), accounting for 0.0093% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0088% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Malta
The major share of Russian exports to Malta in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 99.06% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (98.21% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.10% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (1.69% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $13,258,059.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2020 over 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 $1,443,907,764;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $59,762,136.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 982 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 5,110 | 0.00 | 15,074 | -66.10 |
| 10 | Cereals | 1,228,661 | 0.05 | 1,302,066 | -5.64 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 22,176 | 0.00 | 24,090 | -7.95 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 21,187 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 13,775 | 0.00 | 28,134 | -51.04 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,243,832,002 | 99.06 | 3,687,739,766 | -39.15 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 40,768 | 0.00 | 26,970 | 51.16 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 13,520,997 | 0.60 | 262,938 | 5,042.28 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 4,223 | 0.00 | 5,961 | -29.16 |
| 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 | 16,186 | 0.00 | 13,895 | 16.49 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,692,517 | 0.07 | 833,895 | 102.97 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,721 | 0.00 | 40,646 | -88.39 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 30,913 | -100.00 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 78 | 0.00 | 60 | 30.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 225,280 | 0.01 | 179,916 | 25.21 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 749,205 | 0.03 | 1,021,512 | -26.66 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 0 | 0.00 | 5,593 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 37 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,803 | 0.00 | 85 | 4,374.12 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 6,638 | -100.00 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 1,322,085 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 3,252 | -100.00 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 79 | 0.00 | 2,808 | -97.19 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 230,676 | 0.01 | 316,010 | -27.00 |
| 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 | 17,979 | 0.00 | 3,519 | 410.91 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 900 | -100.00 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 59,762,136 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,011,292 | 0.09 | 3,369,150 | -40.30 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 815 | 0.00 | 630 | 29.37 |
| 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 | 54,729 | 0.00 | 56,745 | -3.55 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 7,610 | 0.00 | 3,767 | 102.02 |
Russia’s Imports from Malta
The major share of Russian imports from Malta in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 77.22% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (79.45% in 2019);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 20.67% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (17.59% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.11% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (0.12% in 2019);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.31% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (1.60% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $10,178,590;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $473,880;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $210,837;
- 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 $141,517;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $130,823;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $91,331;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $88,167.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $10,691,791;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $199,725;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $74,662;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - a decrease of $68,154.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 2,350 | 0.01 | 1,885 | 24.67 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 10,396,171 | 48.08 | 217,581 | 4,678.07 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 5,625,086 | 26.01 | 16,316,877 | -65.53 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 2,064 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 7,828 | 0.04 | 3,775 | 107.36 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 295,320 | 1.37 | 207,153 | 42.56 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 373,440 | 1.73 | 242,617 | 53.92 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 12,033 | 0.06 | 86,695 | -86.12 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 55,078 | 0.25 | 254,803 | -78.38 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 71,700 | 0.33 | 132,793 | -46.01 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 22,227 | 0.10 | 19,088 | 16.44 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 1,021 | -100.00 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 1,516 | 0.01 | 719 | 110.85 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,029 | 0.01 | 2,799 | -27.51 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 3,179 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 71 | 0.00 | 56 | 26.79 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 13,404 | 0.06 | 10,979 | 22.09 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 221,144 | 1.02 | 10,307 | 2,045.57 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,831 | 0.01 | 3,692 | -50.41 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1,905 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 6,135 | 0.03 | 365 | 1,580.82 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 9 | 0.00 | 17 | -47.06 |
| 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 | 8,978 | 0.04 | 9,285 | -3.31 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,571,035 | 7.27 | 1,097,155 | 43.19 |
| 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 | 1,769,626 | 8.18 | 1,628,109 | 8.69 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 138 | 0.00 | 92 | 50.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,128,417 | 5.22 | 1,037,086 | 8.81 |
| 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 | 12,378 | 0.06 | 4,302 | 187.73 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 21,638 | 0.10 | 89,792 | -75.90 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1,316 | -100.00 |