Russian trade in goods with Pakistan 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 Pakistan in the second quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Pakistan
In the 2nd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Pakistan totaled $147,008,279, up 37.44% ($40,044,987) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $64,248,617, up 5.18% ($3,163,848) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $82,759,662, up 80.39% ($36,881,139) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade balance with Pakistan went from a surplus of $15,206,246 in the 2nd quarter of 2020, to a deficit of $18,511,045 in the 2nd quarter of 2021.
Pakistan was Russia’s 79th largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 76th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0777% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0877% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Pakistan was Russia’s 86th largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 76th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0559% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0874% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Pakistan was Russia’s 66th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (up from 74th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1115% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0881% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Pakistan
The major share of Russian exports to Pakistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 61.04% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (44.54% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 15.65% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (43.72% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 8.44% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (4.50% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 6.62% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (0.29% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.16% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (3.80% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.89% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (1.15% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $12,449,330;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $2,599,010;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $2,516,511;
- 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 $770,665;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $744,844;
- 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 $430,257;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $353,059;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $264,135;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $218,721.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Pakistan 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 $16,647,554;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $484,540;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $455,779.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
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 | 38,545,631 | 59.99 | 26,096,301 | 47.71 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 80,020 | 0.12 | 0 | ∞ |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 0 | 0.00 | 63,427 | -100.00 |
| 10 | Cereals | 591,240 | 0.92 | 1,047,019 | -43.53 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 75,043 | 0.12 | 83,676 | -10.32 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 9,977,424 | 15.53 | 26,624,978 | -62.53 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,175,624 | 1.83 | 745,367 | 57.72 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 168,259 | 0.26 | 28,715 | 485.96 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 534,336 | 0.83 | 315,615 | 69.30 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 244,336 | 0.38 | 728,876 | -66.48 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,669 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 56 | 0.00 | 1,900 | -97.05 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 137,710 | 0.21 | 63,621 | 116.45 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 279,034 | 0.43 | 14,899 | 1,772.84 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 774,090 | 1.20 | 421,031 | 83.86 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 10,685 | 0.02 | 15,865 | -32.65 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 130 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 327,257 | 0.51 | 164,823 | 98.55 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 5,097,523 | 7.93 | 2,581,012 | 97.50 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 144 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 9,126 | 0.01 | 24,919 | -63.38 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 158 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 9,280 | 0.01 | 106 | 8,654.72 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 52,410 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 123,191 | 0.19 | 239,542 | -48.57 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 376,557 | 0.59 | 447,119 | -15.78 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 34,929 | 0.05 | 518 | 6,643.05 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 28,591 | 0.04 | 61 | 46,770.49 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 21 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 4,042 | 0.01 | 11,763 | -65.64 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 7,375 | 0.01 | 3,255 | 126.57 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,639,387 | 4.11 | 40,377 | 6,436.86 |
| 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 | 776,940 | 1.21 | 6,275 | 12,281.51 |
| 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 | 39,240 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 834,480 | 1.30 | 89,636 | 830.97 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 19 | 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 | 172,647 | 0.27 | 17,079 | 910.87 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 1,157,233 | 1.80 | 1 167 754 | -0.90 |
Russia’s Imports from Pakistan
The major share of Russian imports from Pakistan 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) - 55.75% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (62.13% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 26.28% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (19.93% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 2.67% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (7.43% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.05% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (1.91% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.38% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (0.72% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $11,085,481;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $7,995,163;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $5,735,638;
- 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 $4,462,246;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $2,021,352;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $1,782,713;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $1,448,485;
- Knitted or crocheted fabrics (HS code 60) - an increase of $915,616;
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 95) - an increase of $890,280;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $803,157;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $791,988;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $386,684;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $312,025;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $266,314.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,257,500;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $595,863;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - a decrease of $313,794;
- 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 (HS code 34) - a decrease of $288,530.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
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 | 14,712,927 | 17.78 | 3,627,446 | 305.60 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 6,656,505 | 8.04 | 4,635,153 | 43.61 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 15,211 | 0.02 | 21,168 | -28.14 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 16,443 | 0.02 | 57,059 | -71.18 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 261,007 | 0.32 | 119,535 | 118.35 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 9,949 | 0.01 | 17,532 | -43.25 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 390 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 541 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 11,904 | 0.01 | 4,943 | 140.83 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 63,841 | 0.08 | 659,704 | -90.32 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 695,157 | 0.84 | 308,473 | 125.35 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 614,788 | 0.74 | 1,872,288 | -67.16 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 8,253 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 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 | 602,314 | 0.73 | 890,844 | -32.39 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 9,208 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 4,787 | 0.01 | 5,985 | -20.02 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 928,224 | 1.12 | 616,199 | 50.64 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 47,276 | 0.06 | 14,408 | 228.12 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 137,255 | 0.17 | 91,840 | 49.45 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 6,590,333 | 7.96 | 2,128,087 | 209.68 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 113 | 0.00 | 579 | -80.48 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 52 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 240 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 52 | Cotton | 4,075,117 | 4.92 | 4,388,911 | -7.15 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 359,110 | 0.43 | 200,854 | 78.79 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 2,422,804 | 2.93 | 974,319 | 148.67 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2 | 0.00 | 32,715 | -99.99 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 31,877 | 0.04 | 89 | 35,716.85 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 3,796 | 0.00 | 21,678 | -82.49 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 2,620 | -100.00 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 919,375 | 1.11 | 3,759 | 24,357.97 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 15,472,363 | 18.70 | 9,736,725 | 58.91 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 16,691,050 | 20.17 | 8,695,887 | 91.94 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 5,024,319 | 6.07 | 3,241,606 | 54.99 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 978,615 | 1.18 | 1,063,262 | -7.96 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 158,454 | 0.19 | 144,151 | 9.92 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 416,384 | 0.50 | 150,070 | 177.46 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 118 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 8,419 | 0.01 | 419 | 1,909.31 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 8,626 | 0.01 | 320 | 2,595.63 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 19,423 | 0.02 | 6,589 | 194.78 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 70 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 81 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,117,543 | 1.35 | 325,555 | 243.27 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 7,366 | 0.01 | 52 | 14,065.38 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 12,216 | 0.01 | 3,846 | 217.63 |
| 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 | 5,597 | 0.01 | 3,090 | 81.13 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,806 | 0.00 | 939 | 198.83 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,672,458 | 2.02 | 869,301 | 92.39 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 41 | -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 | 271,521 | 0.33 | 118,316 | 129.49 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 1,701,222 | 2.06 | 810,942 | 109.78 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1,347 | -100.00 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 2,079 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |