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Russian trade in goods with Romania in Q1 2021

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 first quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Romania

In the 1st quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Romania was $1,000,338,907, down 10.45% ($116,683,274) from the 1st quarter of 2020.

Russia’s exports to Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 were $639,161,542, down 16.78% ($128,921,305) from the 1st quarter of 2020.

Russia’s imports from Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 totaled $361,177,365, up 3.51% ($12,238,031) from the 1st quarter of 2020.

Russia’s trade surplus with Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 was $277,984,177, a 33.68% decrease ($141,159,336) over the 1st quarter of 2020.

Romania was Russia’s 31st largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 27th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.6472% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.7859% in the 1st quarter of 2020).

Romania was Russia’s 30th largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2021 (down from 26th in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.6928% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.8632% in the 1st quarter of 2020).

Romania was Russia’s 33rd largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2021 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.5798% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.6564% in the 1st quarter of 2020).

Russia’s Exports to Romania

The major share of Russian exports to Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 73.26% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (77.57% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.36% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (9.44% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.31% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (2.49% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.07% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (2.34% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.20% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (2.67% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.22% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (4.53% in the 1st quarter of 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $13,020,710;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $12,792,415;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $9,922,135;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $5,081,518;
  • Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $1,982,978.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 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 $140,858,806;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $33,878,914;
  • 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) - a decrease of $4,652,977.
Russia’s exports to Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q1 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q1 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2021
over Q1 2020
01 Live animals 494 0.00 0
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 7,351 0.00 0
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 406,289 0.06 87,578363.92
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 156,977 0.02 146,5177.14
10 Cereals 7,183 0.00 0
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 50,954 0.01 160,312-68.22
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 40,170 0.01 33,919,084-99.88
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 1,946 0.00 3,058-36.36
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 2,638-100.00
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 143,242 0.02 71,410100.59
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 231,455 0.04 323,942-28.55
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 50,140 0.01 15,651220.36
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 141,781 0.02 25,887447.69
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 158,482 0.02 5,8592,604.93
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 913,820 0.14 624,44846.34
26 Ores, slag and ash 13,024,043 2.04 3,333390,660.37
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 454,301,186 71.08 595,159,992-23.67
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 5,327,779 0.83 3,344,80159.29
29 Organic chemicals 11,936,346 1.87 6,854,82874.13
30 Pharmaceutical products 121,347 0.02 14,410742.10
31 Fertilizers 50,759,947 7.94 40,837,81224.30
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 87,742 0.01 52,47367.21
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 773,102 0.12 906,892-14.75
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 311,522 0.05 241,49129.00
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 19,668 0.00 5,802238.99
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 20,710-100.00
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 7,200 0.00 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 227,576 0.04 101,016125.29
39 Plastics and articles thereof 4,226,562 0.66 2,561,97064.97
40 Rubber and articles thereof 17,996,518 2.82 17,568,2492.44
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 59,161 0.01 119,302-50.41
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 13,138 0.00 67,647-80.58
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 10,687,488 1.67 8,919,19319.83
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 42 0.00 6600.00
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 435,870 0.07 61,614607.42
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 8,443,711 1.32 8,996,111-6.14
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 37,063 0.01 34,3647.85
52 Cotton 55,442 0.01 37,60747.42
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 0 0.00 41,439-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 7,628 0.00 55,824-86.34
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 352,750 0.06 78,721348.10
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 134,851 0.02 27,510390.19
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 92-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 1,362 0.00 3,617-62.34
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 6,842 0.00 6,5135.05
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 62,606 0.01 12,449402.90
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 262,811 0.04 471,125-44.22
65 Headgear and parts thereof 18 0.00 0
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 6,432 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 2,386,360 0.37 1,258,50789.62
69 Ceramic products 992,196 0.16 645,41753.73
70 Glass and glassware 2,336,650 0.37 1,923,34521.49
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 110,086 0.02 89,47123.04
72 Iron and steel 29,503,136 4.62 16,710,72176.55
73 Articles of iron or steel 2,776,807 0.43 2,116,78531.18
74 Copper and articles thereof 117,901 0.02 18,558535.31
75 Nickel and articles thereof 12,149 0.00 4,866149.67
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 740,542 0.12 126,692484.52
78 Lead and articles thereof 393,817 0.06 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 44,121 0.01 6546,646.33
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 87,675 0.01 27,475219.11
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 237,641 0.04 154,24554.07
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 4,743,267 0.74 5,467,234-13.24
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 5,072,461 0.79 9,725,438-47.84
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 132,705 0.02 64,608105.40
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 3,201,296 0.50 4,901,879-34.69
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 722,304 0.11 38,7841,762.38
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 208,350 0.03 324,925-35.88
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 316 0.00 966-67.29
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 1,791,943 0.28 701,596155.41
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 11,948 0.00 41,771-71.40
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,539,834 0.24 1,717,087-10.32
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 0 0.00 28,526-100.00

Russia’s Imports from Romania

The major share of Russian imports from Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 (and in the 1st quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 64.40% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (49.58% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.00% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (18.00% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.57% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (7.39% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 5.10% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (15.83% in the 1st quarter of 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.32% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (5.40% in the 1st quarter of 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 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 $23,533,765;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $18,557,867;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $14,005,526;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $3,392,244;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,533,462.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 over the 1st quarter of 2020 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) - a decrease of $20,463,904;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $12,204,347;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $5,047,815;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - a decrease of $3,322,079;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $3,151,677;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $2,808,399;
  • Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $2,319,364;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $2,274,289;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $1,097,045.
Russia’s imports from Romania in the 1st quarter of 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q1 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q1 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q1 2021
over Q1 2020
10 Cereals 5,509,892 1.53 17,714,239-68.90
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 8,806,797 2.44 29,270,701-69.91
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 21,799 0.01 103,133-78.86
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 733 0.00 1,366-46.34
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 17,523 0.00 52,521-66.64
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 258,345 0.07 8,8892,806.34
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 197,163 0.05 248,127-20.54
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 975,983 0.27 286,820240.28
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 184,788 0.05 55,579232.48
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 2,461,470 0.68 7,509,285-67.22
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 13,092 0.00 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 420,037 0.12 559,045-24.87
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 93,329 0.03 272,730-65.78
29 Organic chemicals 1,495,754 0.41 760,58696.66
30 Pharmaceutical products 20,666,528 5.72 23,474,927-11.96
31 Fertilizers 22,251 0.01 4,083444.97
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 439,922 0.12 601,263-26.83
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 12,055,778 3.34 15,377,857-21.60
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 155,856 0.04 192,002-18.83
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 20,060 0.01 18,18610.30
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 664,718 0.18 169,936291.16
39 Plastics and articles thereof 10,300,209 2.85 6,907,96549.11
40 Rubber and articles thereof 11,889,362 3.29 15,041,039-20.95
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 28,813 0.01 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 1,365,646 0.38 1,740,615-21.54
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 702 0.00 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 2,273,471 0.63 2,090,7588.74
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 42 0.00 202-79.21
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 152,491 0.04 104,75745.57
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 175,274 0.05 297,634-41.11
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 182,395 0.05 90,542101.45
52 Cotton 22,825 0.01 14,86753.53
54 Man-made filaments 188,380 0.05 125,10350.58
55 Man-made staple fibers 40,989 0.01 513,456-92.02
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 369,593 0.10 182,438102.59
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 5,481 0.00 4,68417.02
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 390,362 0.11 150,371159.60
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 561,737 0.16 723,703-22.38
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 8,383 0.00 4,117103.62
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 4,074,117 1.13 4,200,102-3.00
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 13,620,913 3.77 14,717,958-7.45
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 382,367 0.11 391,367-2.30
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 3,686,085 1.02 4,374,291-15.73
65 Headgear and parts thereof 15,054 0.00 4,446238.60
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 187,296 0.05 295,549-36.63
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 230 0.00 744-69.09
69 Ceramic products 912,123 0.25 888,3042.68
70 Glass and glassware 1,113,851 0.31 1,852,883-39.89
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 271 0.00 856-68.34
72 Iron and steel 2,584,081 0.72 1,872,36538.01
73 Articles of iron or steel 5,639,087 1.56 7,913,376-28.74
74 Copper and articles thereof 7,835 0.00 20,613-61.99
75 Nickel and articles thereof 0 0.00 55,481-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 759,407 0.21 629,54320.63
79 Zinc and articles thereof 34,418 0.01 24,15342.50
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 4,986 0.00 33,778-85.24
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 80,638 0.02 2,400,002-96.64
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 6,481,457 1.79 5,900,2519.85
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 65,939,170 18.26 51,933,64426.97
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 70,942,500 19.64 47,408,73549.64
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 0 0.00 1,804-100.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 83,681,336 23.17 65,123,46928.50
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 1,488,747 0.41 495,702200.33
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 10,562,569 2.92 8,029,10731.55
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 5,373 0.00 1,869187.48
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 0 0.00 38,729-100.00
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 5,742,072 1.59 4,895,30417.30
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 391,626 0.11 325,68220.25
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 401,783 0.11 435,701-7.78
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia