Russian trade in goods with Australia in Q2 2021
August 15, 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 Australia in the second quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Australia
In the 2nd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Australia totaled $259,895,643, up 28.24% ($57,231,525) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $77,497,293, up 143.92% ($45,725,635) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $182,398,350, up 6.73% ($11,505,890) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade deficit with Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2021 was $104,901,057, a 24.60% decrease ($34,219,745) over the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Australia was Russia’s 69th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (just as in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1373% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1661% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Australia was Russia’s 81st largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (up from 89th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0674% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0454% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Australia was Russia’s 49th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 47th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.2458% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.3281% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Australia
The major share of Russian exports to Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 44.20% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (43.84% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 24.02% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (11.23% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 18.26% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (20.90% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.79% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (7.65% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.21% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (4.99% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.02% of Russia’s total exports to Australia (8.80% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $17,240,105;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $15,005,364;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $7,513,608;
- 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 $2,817,529;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $1,126,191;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $775,219;
- Nickel and articles thereof (HS code 75) - an increase of $554,279;
- 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 $433,592;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $403,122;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $261,710.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $637,336;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $555,179;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $321,421.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 1,148 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 0 | 0.00 | 244 | -100.00 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 715 | 0.00 | 11 | 6,400.00 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 26,539 | 0.03 | 1,145 | 2,217.82 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 76 | -100.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 637,336 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 8,220 | 0.01 | 576 | 1,327.08 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 78,581 | 0.10 | 4,185 | 1,777.68 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 16,190 | 0.02 | 91,224 | -82.25 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 4,292 | 0.01 | 9,691 | -55.71 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 118,581 | 0.15 | 184,321 | -35.67 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 4,741 | 0.01 | 3,625 | 30.79 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 1,307,562 | 1.69 | 1,862,741 | -29.80 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 118 | 0.00 | 329 | -64.13 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 14,154,058 | 18.26 | 6,640,450 | 113.15 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 5,627,944 | 7.26 | 2,810,415 | 100.25 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 210,377 | 0.27 | 531,798 | -60.44 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 54,322 | 0.07 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 27,512,035 | 35.50 | 10,271,930 | 167.84 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 139,000 | 0.18 | 145,584 | -4.52 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 240,366 | 0.31 | 40,913 | 487.51 |
| 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 | 182,100 | 0.23 | 760 | 23,860.53 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 596 | 0.00 | 14,117 | -95.78 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 12 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 128,572 | 0.17 | 88,611 | 45.10 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 160,946 | 0.21 | 25,324 | 535.55 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 1,987 | 0.00 | 1,134 | 75.22 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 18,539,001 | 23.92 | 3,533,637 | 424.64 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 49,627 | 0.06 | 35,353 | 40.38 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 29,451 | 0.04 | 151 | 19,403.97 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 23,599 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,545 | 0.00 | 531 | 379.28 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 129 | 0.00 | 91 | 41.76 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 10,120 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 14,733 | 0.02 | 3,124 | 371.61 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 8,599 | 0.01 | 6,295 | 36.60 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 116,914 | 0.15 | 2,869 | 3,975.08 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 44,843 | 0.06 | 18,852 | 137.87 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 239 | 0.00 | 973 | -75.44 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 540 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 47,356 | 0.06 | 10,580 | 347.60 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 26,235 | 0.03 | 61,700 | -57.48 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 367,141 | 0.47 | 352,251 | 4.23 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 11,771 | 0.02 | 2,501 | 370.65 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 5,492 | 0.01 | 221,835 | -97.52 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 118,435 | 0.15 | 7,651 | 1,447.97 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 35 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 554,279 | 0.72 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 1,923,652 | 2.48 | 797,461 | 141.22 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 12,114 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 659,647 | 0.85 | 545,459 | 20.93 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,695 | 0.00 | 1,981 | -14.44 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 567,509 | 0.73 | 305,799 | 85.58 |
| 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 | 1,886,137 | 2.43 | 1,452,545 | 29.85 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 936,116 | 1.21 | 532,994 | 75.63 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 186,865 | 0.24 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 912,901 | 1.18 | 137,682 | 563.05 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 63,605 | 0.08 | 47,535 | 33.81 |
| 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 | 256,641 | 0.33 | 268,297 | -4.34 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 122,227 | 0.16 | 30,893 | 295.65 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 35,540 | 0.05 | 3,844 | 824.56 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 4,792 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Australia
The major share of Russian imports from Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 82.82% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (70.33% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.77% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (8.64% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.81% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (17.18% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.61% of Russia’s total imports from Australia (2.12% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $30,531,480;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $5,198,411;
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $1,684,706;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - an increase of $604,560;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $599,844.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Australia in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Live animals (HS code 01) - a decrease of $24,377,264;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,805,043;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,171,754;
- Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $1,086,524;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $590,023.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals | 0 | 0.00 | 24,377,264 | -100.00 |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 382,239 | 0.21 | 1,468,763 | -73.98 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 6,656 | 0.00 | 17,778 | -62.56 |
| 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 804 | 0.00 | 529 | 51.98 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 84,129 | 0.05 | 55,660 | 51.15 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 14,095 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 45,576 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 891,196 | 0.49 | 291,352 | 205.88 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 64,378 | 0.04 | 18,029 | 257.08 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 74,769 | 0.04 | 4,007 | 1,765.96 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 728 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 1,701 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 13,009 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 121,189 | 0.07 | 73,160 | 65.65 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 3,144,052 | 1.72 | 2,539,492 | 23.81 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 321,975 | 0.18 | 459,398 | -29.91 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 809,533 | 0.44 | 614,389 | 31.76 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 5,734 | 0.00 | 9,995 | -42.63 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 140,703,863 | 77.14 | 110,172,383 | 27.71 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 14,104 | 0.01 | 244,249 | -94.23 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,191,081 | 0.65 | 2,996,124 | -60.25 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 602,556 | 0.33 | 203,419 | 196.21 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,212,525 | 1.21 | 527,819 | 319.18 |
| 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 | 366,450 | 0.20 | 288,778 | 26.90 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,560,072 | 1.40 | 2,636,066 | -2.88 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,394,960 | 1.31 | 2,465,892 | -2.88 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 703,476 | 0.39 | 393,540 | 78.76 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 317,792 | 0.17 | 264,420 | 20.18 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 573,423 | 0.31 | 398,605 | 43.86 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 16,015 | 0.01 | 9,077 | 76.43 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 2,013 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 22,176 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 16,526 | 0.01 | 1,359 | 1,116.04 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 39,361 | 0.02 | 3,254 | 1,109.62 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 1,429,545 | 0.78 | 1,304,482 | 9.59 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,239 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 1,835 | 0.00 | 17,987 | -89.80 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 22,572 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 17,683 | 0.01 | 1,779 | 893.99 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 2,126 | 0.00 | 1,123 | 89.31 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 0 | 0.00 | 1,053 | -100.00 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 42,402 | 0.02 | 30,621 | 38.47 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 107,230 | 0.06 | 57,926 | 85.12 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 154,495 | 0.08 | 335,701 | -53.98 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 159,919 | 0.09 | 9,011 | 1,674.71 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 54,818 | 0.03 | 7,134 | 668.40 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 2,582,415 | 1.42 | 3,172,438 | -18.60 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 37,496 | 0.02 | 71,936 | -47.88 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 4,949 | 0.00 | 2,970 | 66.63 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 18,764 | 0.01 | 131,046 | -85.68 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 100,000 | 0.05 | 196 | 50,920.41 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 10,059 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 125,731 | 0.07 | 209,342 | -39.94 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 16,601 | 0.01 | 12,005 | 38.28 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 9,869,319 | 5.41 | 4,670,908 | 111.29 |
| 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 | 2,700,270 | 1.48 | 2,289,152 | 17.96 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 880,066 | 0.48 | 365,032 | 141.09 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 69,634 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,191,273 | 3.39 | 7,363,027 | -15.91 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 18,105 | 0.01 | 327 | 5,436.70 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 68,464 | 0.04 | 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 | 18,282 | 0.01 | 84,721 | -78.42 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,369 | 0.00 | 83,543 | -92.38 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 89,059 | 0.05 | 6,847 | 1,200.70 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 70 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 6,756 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |