Russian trade in goods with Myanmar (Burma) 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 Myanmar (Burma) in the second quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Myanmar (Burma)
In the 2nd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Myanmar (Burma) totaled $89,580,883, up 126.08% ($49,958,148) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $63,488,159, up 143.05% ($37,366,969) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $26,092,724, up 93.26% ($12,591,179) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Myanmar (Burma) in the 2nd quarter of 2021 was $37,395,435, a 196.33% increase ($24,775,790) over the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 89th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (up from 101st in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0473% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0325% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 87th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (up from 94th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0552% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0374% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Myanmar (Burma) was Russia’s 85th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (up from 91st in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0352% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0259% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Myanmar (Burma)
The major share of Russian exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 21.39% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (6.80% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.94% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (0.25% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 0.43% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (5.92% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.27% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (1.61% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.00% of Russia’s total exports to Myanmar (Burma) (8.04% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $6,290,432;
- 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 $4,997,467;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $604,532;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $486,848;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $374,369.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Myanmar (Burma) in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd 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 $2,101,155;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $806,213;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $358,832;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $250,318.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 171,366 | 0.27 | 421,684 | -59.36 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 191 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 2,101,155 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 14,184 | 0.02 | 106,031 | -86.62 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 324 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 19,900 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 40,152 | 0.06 | 846,365 | -95.26 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 0 | 0.00 | 7,416 | -100.00 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 20,496 | 0.03 | 379,328 | -94.60 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 178,553 | 0.28 | 207,157 | -13.81 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 2,050 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 80,883 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 23,935 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 340 | 0.00 | 642 | -47.04 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 134,826 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 3,215 | 0.01 | 1,688 | 90.46 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 735 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 536 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 49,734 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,631 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 24,979 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 78 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 669,316 | 1.05 | 64,784 | 933.15 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 32,061 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 147,841 | 0.23 | 539 | 27,328.76 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 4,895 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 374,369 | 0.59 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 643,107 | 1.01 | 156,259 | 311.56 |
| 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 | 5,172,313 | 8.15 | 174,846 | 2,858.21 |
| 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 | 6,000 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 7,488,622 | 11.80 | 1,198,190 | 524.99 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 267,625 | 0.42 | 246,431 | 8.60 |
| 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 | 6,220 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 844 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 47,930,773 | 75.50 | 20 184 724 | 137.46 |
Russia’s Imports from Myanmar (Burma)
The major share of Russian imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 86.79% of Russia’s total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (85.51% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.43% of Russia’s total imports from Myanmar (Burma) (8.26% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $7,186,514;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $3,780,691;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $2,569,000;
- Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair (HS code 67) - an increase of $82,210.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Myanmar (Burma) in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $1,009,090;
- 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 $81,612.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 54,009 | -100.00 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 55,125 | 0.21 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 36,577 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 0 | 0.00 | 1,009,090 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 57,318 | 0.22 | 15,088 | 279.89 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 18,519 | 0.07 | 11,122 | 66.51 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 18,373 | 0.07 | 125 | 14,598.40 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,140,618 | 12.04 | 571,618 | 449.43 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 34,537 | -100.00 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 1,330 | -100.00 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 570 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,133,605 | 23.51 | 2,352,914 | 160.68 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 13,509,112 | 51.77 | 6,322,598 | 113.66 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 15,013 | 0.06 | 704 | 2,032.53 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 2,773,717 | 10.63 | 2,743,454 | 1.10 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 131,580 | 0.50 | 124,587 | 5.61 |
| 67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 82,210 | 0.32 | 0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,669 | 0.01 | 31 | 5,283.87 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 953 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 16,840 | -100.00 |
| 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 | 102,866 | 0.39 | 60,802 | 69.18 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 42,076 | 0.16 | 11,817 | 256.06 |
| 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 | 2,333 | 0.01 | 83,945 | -97.22 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 7,637 | 0.03 | 9,933 | -23.11 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1,736 | -100.00 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 38 106 | -100.00 |