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Russian trade with Romania in 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 2020: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Romania

In 2020, Russia’s trade with Romania was $3,342,650,028, down 28.25% ($1,316,293,713) from 2019.

Russia’s exports to Romania in 2020 were $2,049,734,217, down 35.87% ($1,146,449,835) from 2019.

Russia’s imports from Romania in 2020 were $1,292,915,811, down 11.61% ($169,843,878) from 2019.

Russia’s trade surplus with Romania in 2020 was $756,818,406, a 56.34% decrease ($976,605,957) over 2019.

Romania was Russia’s 30th largest trading partner in 2020 (down from 29th in 2019), accounting for 0.5887% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.6990% in 2019).

Romania was Russia’s 33rd largest export market in 2020 (down from 32nd in 2019), accounting for 0.6093% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.7560% in 2019).

Romania was Russia’s 32nd largest supplier in 2020 (just as in 2019), accounting for 0.5587% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.6000% in 2019).

Russia’s Exports to Romania

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

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 68.00% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (77.37% in 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.95% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (11.29% in 2019);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.23% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (4.17% in 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.09% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (2.82% in 2019);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.85% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (2.53% in 2019);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.09% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (0.56% in 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Romania in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $40,887,837;
  • 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 $18,592,497;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $10,807,863;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $8,468,847.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Romania 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 $1,076,303,889;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $38,511,323;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $33,889,781;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $22,758,403;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $21,688,880;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $13,683,771;
  • Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $9,989,307.
Russia’s exports to Romania in 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2020
over 2019
01 Live animals 714 0.00 0
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 25,737-100.00
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 591,373 0.03 547,2658.06
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 489,805 0.02 1,425,706-65.64
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 139,971 0.01 87,30160.33
10 Cereals 10,670,838 0.52 2,201,991384.60
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 396,037 0.02 471,701-16.04
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 49,598,097 2.42 8,710,260469.42
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 5,010 0.00 9,042-44.59
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 2,638 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 285,648 0.01 142,87099.94
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 323,942 0.02 376,099-13.87
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 111,123 0.01 160,519-30.77
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 17,514 0.00 142,136-87.68
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 0 0.00 6,433-100.00
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 417,407 0.02 454,169-8.09
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 87,342 0.00 163,838-46.69
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 0 0.00 6,590-100.00
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 154,997 0.01 3,060,637-94.94
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 9,710,552 0.47 14,442,200-32.76
26 Ores, slag and ash 6,543,227 0.32 4,521,38044.72
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 1,377,481,674 67.20 2,453,785,563-43.86
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 13,301,848 0.65 23,291,155-42.89
29 Organic chemicals 21,589,385 1.05 35,273,156-38.79
30 Pharmaceutical products 243,796 0.01 507,813-51.99
31 Fertilizers 151,158,852 7.37 185,048,633-18.31
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 234,259 0.01 195,75719.67
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 3,925,836 0.19 4,633,980-15.28
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 1,006,244 0.05 762,08632.04
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 64,834 0.00 62,4083.89
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 41,960 0.00 59,700-29.72
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 762,705 0.04 865,131-11.84
39 Plastics and articles thereof 14,462,115 0.71 12,812,04312.88
40 Rubber and articles thereof 58,677,713 2.86 97,189,036-39.63
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 166,016 0.01 543,117-69.43
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 124,717 0.01 60,957104.60
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 44,160,577 2.15 49,367,049-10.55
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 29 0.00 84-65.48
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 1,784,249 0.09 654,375172.66
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 32,830,444 1.60 30,701,8716.93
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 85,758 0.00 77,94110.03
52 Cotton 207,217 0.01 91,454126.58
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 89,273 0.00 21,300319.12
54 Man-made filaments 247,909 0.01 122,229102.82
55 Man-made staple fibers 176 0.00 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 886,704 0.04 796,42411.34
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 140,563 0.01 90,52455.28
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 196 0.00 652-69.94
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 38,746 0.00 12,382212.92
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 47,626 0.00 34,18439.32
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 58,173 0.00 61,609-5.58
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 1,381,487 0.07 522,136164.58
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 619 0.00 235,545-99.74
65 Headgear and parts thereof 43 0.00 2479.17
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 1,175 0.00 3,592-67.29
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 8,025,685 0.39 7,772,8673.25
69 Ceramic products 3,213,126 0.16 1,990,25161.44
70 Glass and glassware 8,055,848 0.39 13,181,125-38.88
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 3,671,193 0.18 6,348,679-42.17
72 Iron and steel 93,181,270 4.55 82,373,40713.12
73 Articles of iron or steel 8,524,294 0.42 5,354,67759.19
74 Copper and articles thereof 48,185 0.00 20,551134.47
75 Nickel and articles thereof 9,142 0.00 8,7304.72
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 1,576,973 0.08 1,596,091-1.20
78 Lead and articles thereof 34,820 0.00 12527,756.00
79 Zinc and articles thereof 1,014 0.00 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 1,164 0.00 14,785-92.13
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 380,289 0.02 331,89814.58
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 520,490 0.03 313,77865.88
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 24,112,111 1.18 46,870,514-48.56
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 65,275,404 3.18 46,682,90739.83
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 1,914,461 0.09 426,245349.15
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 13,792,243 0.67 35,481,123-61.13
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 721,621 0.04 589,16822.48
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 1,305,903 0.06 3,220,829-59.45
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 15,671 0.00 17,596-10.94
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 809 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 4,429,345 0.22 2,361,18487.59
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 112,028 0.01 593,955-81.14
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 6,024,804 0.29 5,762,9344.54
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 28,526 0.00 28,2171.10
SS Classified 8,645 0.00 2 632228.46

Russia’s Imports from Romania

The major share of Russian imports from Romania in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 55.91% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (54.16% in 2019);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.91% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (22.62% in 2019);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 7.21% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (8.59% in 2019);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 7.21% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (5.57% in 2019);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.72% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (4.52% in 2019).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Romania in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $36,319,505;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $6,351,960;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $6,296,852;
  • Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $4,362,677.

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

  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $67,723,172;
  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $31,410,610;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $28,789,388;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $21,038,280;
  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $12,923,749;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $8,536,714;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $7,532,144;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $5,891,200;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - a decrease of $5,418,918;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $4,960,667;
  • 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) - a decrease of $4,151,564;
  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - a decrease of $4,013,465.
Russia’s imports from Romania in 2020 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2019,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2020
over 2019
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 0 0.00 84-100.00
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 0 0.00 14,094-100.00
10 Cereals 20,320,121 1.57 21,886,139-7.16
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 50,023,380 3.87 43,726,52814.40
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 140,183 0.01 303,254-53.77
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 6,985 0.00 110,049-93.65
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 327,336 0.03 332,647-1.60
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 385,635 0.03 165,933132.40
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 732,896 0.06 853,023-14.08
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 5,472,987 0.42 4,621,46318.43
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 354,953 0.03 415,248-14.52
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 15,400,873 1.19 9,048,91370.20
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 6,232 0.00 8,653-27.98
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 2,751,530 0.21 3,364,958-18.23
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 854,804 0.07 998,093-14.36
29 Organic chemicals 3,063,594 0.24 4,584,806-33.18
30 Pharmaceutical products 129,705,745 10.03 150,744,025-13.96
31 Fertilizers 72,525 0.01 95,498-24.06
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 1,929,694 0.15 2,104,498-8.31
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 54,320,547 4.20 83,109,935-34.64
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 613,939 0.05 681,031-9.85
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 50,647 0.00 37,62934.60
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 1,516,227 0.12 690,058119.72
39 Plastics and articles thereof 29,242,046 2.26 31,248,854-6.42
40 Rubber and articles thereof 49,043,277 3.79 56,575,421-13.31
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 76,444 0.01 192,072-60.20
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 5,820,644 0.45 6,040,544-3.64
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 174,507 0.01 147,75218.11
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 6,838,641 0.53 8,574,964-20.25
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 657 0.00 101550.50
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 449,610 0.03 2,374,246-81.06
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 1,419,479 0.11 644,276120.32
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 545,465 0.04 168,601223.52
52 Cotton 43,919 0.00 23,30988.42
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 293 0.00 1,577-81.42
54 Man-made filaments 767,205 0.06 1,377,397-44.30
55 Man-made staple fibers 720,147 0.06 2,396,045-69.94
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 796,464 0.06 1,061,701-24.98
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 20,845 0.00 28,915-27.91
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 882,878 0.07 783,92612.62
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 2,328,528 0.18 4,953,284-52.99
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 30,774 0.00 62,420-50.70
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 15,906,043 1.23 21,324,961-25.41
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 51,038,898 3.95 59,575,612-14.33
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 1,242,621 0.10 1,900,964-34.63
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 18,032,306 1.39 30,956,055-41.75
65 Headgear and parts thereof 267,588 0.02 310,797-13.90
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 650,634 0.05 744,498-12.61
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 52,743 0.00 97,548-45.93
69 Ceramic products 3,203,408 0.25 5,536,660-42.14
70 Glass and glassware 5,382,557 0.42 4,971,6038.27
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 2,604,730 0.20 6,618,195-60.64
72 Iron and steel 9,380,103 0.73 7,948,17118.02
73 Articles of iron or steel 23,969,825 1.85 29,861,025-19.73
74 Copper and articles thereof 75,846 0.01 19,340292.17
75 Nickel and articles thereof 55,499 0.00 656,057-91.54
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 2,313,728 0.18 3,229,439-28.36
78 Lead and articles thereof 0 0.00 4-100.00
79 Zinc and articles thereof 88,362 0.01 114,511-22.84
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 57,564 0.00 20,673178.45
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 5,101,785 0.39 739,108590.26
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 19,978,744 1.55 23,509,087-15.02
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 237,880,056 18.40 201,560,55118.02
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 206,023,931 15.93 207,650,151-0.78
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 39,165 0.00 2,6901,355.95
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 245,691,806 19.00 313,414,978-21.61
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 4,980,192 0.39 36,390,802-86.31
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 28,213,626 2.18 33,174,293-14.95
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 14,780 0.00 5,732157.85
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 260,770 0.02 146,98577.41
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 19,628,920 1.52 23,780,484-17.46
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 2,323,885 0.18 2,489,562-6.65
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,203,040 0.09 1,439,382-16.42
SS Classified 0 0.00 17 659-100.00
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia