Russian trade with Taiwan in 2020
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Taiwan
In 2020, Russia’s trade with Taiwan was $5,032,353,121, down 4.15% ($217,967,329) from 2019.
Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2020 were $3,102,453,237, down 3.84% ($123,997,965) from 2019.
Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2020 were $1,929,899,884, down 4.64% ($93,969,364) from 2019.
Russia’s trade surplus with Taiwan in 2020 was $1,172,553,353, a 2.50% decrease ($30,028,601) over 2019.
Taiwan was Russia’s 22nd largest trading partner in 2020 (up from 26th in 2019), accounting for 0.8863% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.7877% in 2019).
Taiwan was Russia’s 21st largest export market in 2020 (up from 30th in 2019), accounting for 0.9223% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.7632% in 2019).
Taiwan was Russia’s 25th largest supplier in 2020 (up from 27th in 2019), accounting for 0.8339% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.8302% in 2019).
Russia’s Exports to Taiwan
The major share of Russian exports to Taiwan in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 54.19% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (50.25% in 2019);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 41.08% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (43.79% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.17% of Russia’s total exports to Taiwan (4.09% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Taiwan in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $84,714,581.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Taiwan 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 $138,655,407;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $31,153,158;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $18,542,711.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 32,106 | 0.00 | 20,077 | 59.91 |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 12,762 | 0.00 | 22,886 | -44.24 |
05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 4,625,582 | 0.15 | 7,074,142 | -34.61 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 61,865 | 0.00 | 36,267 | 70.58 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 46,100 | 0.00 | 827 | 5,474.37 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 9,273 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 111,148 | 0.00 | 6,196 | 1,693.87 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 693,532 | 0.02 | 280,391 | 147.34 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 704,398 | 0.02 | 168,350 | 318.41 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 33,494 | 0.00 | 33,565 | -0.21 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 544,274 | 0.02 | 684,287 | -20.46 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 106,234 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 0 | 0.00 | 2,516,318 | -100.00 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,593,924 | 0.05 | 844,774 | 88.68 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 2,352,267 | 0.08 | 1,139,772 | 106.38 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 29,164 | 0.00 | 61,914 | -52.90 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 99,443 | 0.00 | 47,890 | 107.65 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 127,674 | 0.00 | 77,329 | 65.10 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 1,584 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 4,909,229 | 0.16 | 9,965,803 | -50.74 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 35,007 | 0.00 | 16,570 | 111.27 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 1,274,341,220 | 41.08 | 1,412,996,627 | -9.81 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,628,178 | 0.05 | 2,416,051 | -32.61 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 83,524,796 | 2.69 | 114,677,954 | -27.17 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 288,787 | 0.01 | 7,240 | 3,888.77 |
31 | Fertilizers | 4,168,952 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 62,364 | 0.00 | 108,393 | -42.46 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 464,520 | 0.01 | 174,936 | 165.54 |
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 | 21,916 | 0.00 | 37,863 | -42.12 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 43 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 98,384 | 0.00 | 134,061 | -26.61 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 626,380 | 0.02 | 500,065 | 25.26 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 7,538,689 | 0.24 | 14,039,147 | -46.30 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 473,750 | 0.02 | 189,242 | 150.34 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,907 | 0.00 | 53,511 | -92.70 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 5,282,286 | 0.17 | 5,678,800 | -6.98 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 4,153,235 | 0.13 | 3,090,304 | 34.40 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,901,877 | 0.25 | 10,981,833 | -28.05 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 5,023 | 0.00 | 6,532 | -23.10 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 7,327 | 0.00 | 2,231 | 228.42 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 1,206 | 0.00 | 1,189 | 1.43 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 765 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 20,935 | 0.00 | 14,851 | 40.97 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 12,366 | 0.00 | 4,685 | 163.95 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,983 | 0.00 | 3,545 | -44.06 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 79,843 | 0.00 | 62,192 | 28.38 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 272 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 33,195 | 0.00 | 61,537 | -46.06 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 14,910 | 0.00 | 113,093 | -86.82 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 3,003,577 | 0.10 | 6,130,804 | -51.01 |
72 | Iron and steel | 1,560,724,261 | 50.31 | 1,579,266,972 | -1.17 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,230,104 | 0.10 | 7,694,342 | -58.02 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 584,285 | 0.02 | 1,569,767 | -62.78 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 26,300 | 0.00 | 11,367 | 131.37 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 115,210,279 | 3.71 | 30,495,698 | 277.79 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 285 | -100.00 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 2,688 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 1,497,021 | 0.05 | 2,350,985 | -36.32 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 27,851 | 0.00 | 8,555 | 225.55 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 12,951 | 0.00 | 24,014 | -46.07 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 3,066,284 | 0.10 | 2,629,931 | 16.59 |
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 | 7,171,767 | 0.23 | 6,468,302 | 10.88 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 26,917 | 0.00 | 178,439 | -84.92 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 814,372 | 0.03 | 1,080,312 | -24.62 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 7,508 | 0.00 | 6,962 | 7.84 |
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 | 8,984 | 0.00 | 117,324 | -92.34 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 121,454 | 0.00 | 17,717 | 585.52 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 24,466 | 0.00 | 21,229 | 15.25 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 1,421 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
SS | Classified | 5,386 | 0.00 | 24 149 | -77.70 |
Russia’s Imports from Taiwan
The major share of Russian imports from Taiwan in 2020 (and in 2019) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 75.55% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (73.07% in 2019);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 11.23% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (12.05% in 2019);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.91% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (9.19% in 2019);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.32% of Russia’s total imports from Taiwan (1.53% in 2019).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2020 over 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 $9,596,780.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Taiwan in 2020 over 2019 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $37,939,044;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $12,262,048;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $8,860,741;
- 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 $7,726,771;
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - a decrease of $6,208,418.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2020 over 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 1,537,101 | 0.08 | 2,524,949 | -39.12 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 244,165 | 0.01 | 310,065 | -21.25 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 1,814 | -100.00 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 147,213 | 0.01 | 80,442 | 83.01 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 30,271 | 0.00 | 23,547 | 28.56 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 1,970 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 27,002 | 0.00 | 39,369 | -31.41 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 121,713 | 0.01 | 60,262 | 101.97 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,623 | 0.00 | 3,195 | -49.20 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 263,821 | 0.01 | 282,894 | -6.74 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 98,632 | 0.01 | 110,151 | -10.46 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 852,247 | 0.04 | 1,004,253 | -15.14 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 579,549 | 0.03 | 725,303 | -20.10 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 698,482 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 14,538 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 505,301 | 0.03 | 249,830 | 102.26 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 50,822 | 0.00 | 46,580 | 9.11 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,402,528 | 0.07 | 4,841,029 | -71.03 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 11,799,768 | 0.61 | 14,173,766 | -16.75 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,259,145 | 0.07 | 6,936,062 | -81.85 |
31 | Fertilizers | 342,934 | 0.02 | 1,540,925 | -77.74 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 9,712,857 | 0.50 | 7,744,039 | 25.42 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 6,516,035 | 0.34 | 6,548,357 | -0.49 |
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 | 1,740,192 | 0.09 | 1,590,074 | 9.44 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 920,437 | 0.05 | 1,385,038 | -33.54 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 3,889,462 | 0.20 | 5,661,877 | -31.30 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 14,428,939 | 0.75 | 12,096,474 | 19.28 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 81,810,604 | 4.24 | 81,905,168 | -0.12 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 38,076,034 | 1.97 | 41,557,332 | -8.38 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 849,162 | 0.04 | 972,537 | -12.69 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 67 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 368,757 | 0.02 | 838,301 | -56.01 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 2,581 | 0.00 | 1,940 | 33.04 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 545,900 | 0.03 | 373,592 | 46.12 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,768,862 | 0.09 | 7,318,742 | -75.83 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 319,935 | 0.02 | 436,783 | -26.75 |
50 | Silk | 0 | 0.00 | 4,491 | -100.00 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 0 | 0.00 | 7,488 | -100.00 |
52 | Cotton | 91,897 | 0.00 | 50,175 | 83.15 |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 18,943 | 0.00 | 164,400 | -88.48 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 3,770,316 | 0.20 | 3,972,500 | -5.09 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 5,873,492 | 0.30 | 7,814,881 | -24.84 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,740,920 | 0.14 | 2,625,416 | 4.40 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,878 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 460,102 | 0.02 | 553,614 | -16.89 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,252,172 | 0.06 | 2,054,402 | -39.05 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 1,068,655 | 0.06 | 1,047,971 | 1.97 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,648,614 | 0.09 | 2,243,329 | -26.51 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 330,736 | 0.02 | 515,276 | -35.81 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 4,287,013 | 0.22 | 4,811,122 | -10.89 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 366,568 | 0.02 | 903,276 | -59.42 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 3,299,922 | 0.17 | 3,749,844 | -12.00 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 233,051 | 0.01 | 455,533 | -48.84 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 21,918 | 0.00 | 863 | 2,439.75 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,836,887 | 0.10 | 1,444,714 | 27.15 |
69 | Ceramic products | 369,194 | 0.02 | 221,744 | 66.50 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 7,740,278 | 0.40 | 10,314,783 | -24.96 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 120,325 | 0.01 | 207,947 | -42.14 |
72 | Iron and steel | 48,428,952 | 2.51 | 60,691,000 | -20.20 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 64,517,893 | 3.34 | 67,318,984 | -4.16 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 1,521,280 | 0.08 | 1,837,873 | -17.23 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 10,611 | 0.00 | 72,946 | -85.45 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,843,627 | 0.20 | 4,596,755 | -16.38 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 807 | -100.00 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 52,321 | 0.00 | 131,742 | -60.29 |
80 | Tin and articles thereof | 13,192 | 0.00 | 15,793 | -16.47 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 82,980 | 0.00 | 206,175 | -59.75 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 88,746,281 | 4.60 | 97,607,022 | -9.08 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 9,509,832 | 0.49 | 11,402,220 | -16.60 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 683,497,104 | 35.42 | 721,436,148 | -5.26 |
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 | 662,250,723 | 34.32 | 652,653,943 | 1.47 |
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 | 19,727 | 0.00 | 8,244 | 139.29 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 55,988,413 | 2.90 | 53,302,557 | 5.04 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 3,838,490 | 0.20 | 76,919 | 4,890.30 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 52,354,761 | 2.71 | 51,357,362 | 1.94 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 431,844 | 0.02 | 6,640,262 | -93.50 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 617,860 | 0.03 | 1,095,619 | -43.61 |
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 | 12,598,473 | 0.65 | 20,325,244 | -38.02 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 17,593,124 | 0.91 | 19,364,899 | -9.15 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 5,336,380 | 0.28 | 5,842,350 | -8.66 |
SS | Classified | 2,184,486 | 0.11 | 3 335 925 | -34.52 |