Russian trade in goods with Turkmenistan 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 Turkmenistan in the second quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Turkmenistan
In the 2nd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Turkmenistan was $219,692,550, down 39.76% ($144,981,853) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 totaled $179,429,124, up 22.22% ($32,615,221) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 were $40,263,426, down 81.52% ($177,597,074) from the 2nd quarter of 2020.
Russia’s trade balance with Turkmenistan went from a deficit of $71,046,597 in the 2nd quarter of 2020, to a surplus of $139,165,698 in the 2nd quarter of 2021.
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 73rd largest trading partner in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 54th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1161% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.2989% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 61st largest export market in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 59th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.1560% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.2100% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Turkmenistan was Russia’s 79th largest supplier in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (down from 39th in the 2nd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.0542% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.4183% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Turkmenistan
The major share of Russian exports to Turkmenistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 (and in the 2nd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 18.89% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (19.70% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 17.14% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (22.41% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 13.35% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (19.24% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 12.84% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (30.56% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.78% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (5.93% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.64% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (1.50% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $11,839,660;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $6,357,835;
- 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $4,185,959;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $1,068,415;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $552,530.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $11,057,776;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $6,273,273;
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $6,215,361;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $3,172,730;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $3,162,185;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,768,640;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,806,532;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,494,232;
- 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 $1,345,630;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $1,310,527;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,025,167;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $662,142;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $576,775.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q2 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q2 2021 over Q2 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 1,557 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 19,327 | 0.01 | 9,300 | 107.82 |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 706,784 | 0.39 | 634,426 | 11.41 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 60,312 | 0.03 | 1,370,839 | -95.60 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 7,450 | 0.00 | 103,355 | -92.79 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 206,157 | 0.11 | 318,539 | -35.28 |
| 10 | Cereals | 11,482 | 0.01 | 3,184,212 | -99.64 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,222,586 | 0.68 | 1,708,443 | -28.44 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 730,412 | 0.41 | 177,882 | 310.62 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 23,580 | 0.01 | 6,500 | 262.77 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 10,625,227 | 5.92 | 16,840,588 | -36.91 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 163,968 | 0.09 | 42,798 | 283.12 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,062,104 | 0.59 | 12,119,880 | -91.24 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 714,335 | 0.40 | 929,742 | -23.17 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 1,287,632 | 0.72 | 1,640,783 | -21.52 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 653,185 | 0.36 | 500,066 | 30.62 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 2,785,545 | 1.55 | 2,832,765 | -1.67 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,746,728 | 1.53 | 2,431,980 | 12.94 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 4,665 | 0.00 | 19,775 | -76.41 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 324,020 | 0.18 | 355,471 | -8.85 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 2,046 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 818,296 | 0.46 | 1,843,463 | -55.61 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 603,101 | 0.34 | 217,961 | 176.70 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 418,801 | 0.23 | 501,533 | -16.50 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,347,367 | 3.54 | 6,500,150 | -2.35 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 2,270 | 0.00 | 3,164,455 | -99.93 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 512,310 | 0.29 | 528,755 | -3.11 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 2,379,152 | 1.33 | 2,865,538 | -16.97 |
| 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 | 889,411 | 0.50 | 2,235,041 | -60.21 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 127,539 | 0.07 | 69,686 | 83.02 |
| 36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 84,411 | 0.05 | 0 | ∞ |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 15,050 | 0.01 | 10,231 | 47.10 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 6,707,007 | 3.74 | 7,283,782 | -7.92 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,296,953 | 1.28 | 2,370,077 | -3.09 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 3,570,421 | 1.99 | 2,502,006 | 42.70 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 5,568 | 0.00 | 3,361 | 65.66 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 6,634,710 | 3.70 | 6,854,732 | -3.21 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 446,310 | 0.25 | 63,635 | 601.36 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,389,004 | 0.77 | 1,782,447 | -22.07 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 108,310 | 0.06 | 12,541 | 763.65 |
| 52 | Cotton | 0 | 0.00 | 5,870 | -100.00 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 44,854 | 0.02 | 2,041 | 2,097.65 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 207 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 73,833 | 0.04 | 22,332 | 230.62 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 415 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 190 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 110,770 | 0.06 | 110,128 | 0.58 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 56,464 | 0.03 | 2,374 | 2,278.43 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 95,601 | 0.05 | 20,383 | 369.02 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 30,197 | 0.02 | 8,433 | 258.08 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 19,687 | 0.01 | 4,903 | 301.53 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 623 | 0.00 | 1,067 | -41.61 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 356 | 0.00 | 397 | -10.33 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 6,430,579 | 3.58 | 72,744 | 8,740.01 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 23,866 | 0.01 | 453 | 5,168.43 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 47,516 | 0.03 | 499,544 | -90.49 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 138 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 13,231,468 | 7.37 | 19,504,741 | -32.16 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 19,617,753 | 10.93 | 7,778,093 | 152.22 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 5,038 | 0.00 | 2,870 | 75.54 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 628,538 | 0.35 | 242,215 | 159.50 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 12 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,000 | 0.00 | 965 | 107.25 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 15,894 | 0.01 | 678,036 | -97.66 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 399,699 | 0.22 | 718,625 | -44.38 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 4,174,646 | 2.33 | 5,668,878 | -26.36 |
| 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 | 2,214,070 | 1.23 | 2,487,554 | -10.99 |
| 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 | 5,583,209 | 3.11 | 1,397,250 | 299.59 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 18,450,268 | 10.28 | 21,218,908 | -13.05 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 487 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 328,574 | 0.18 | 2,135,106 | -84.61 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,138 | 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 | 71,159 | 0.04 | 33,276 | 113.84 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 528,095 | 0.29 | 21,659 | 2,338.22 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 49,451 | 0.03 | 137,715 | -64.09 |
| SS | Classified | 50,477,841 | 28.13 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Turkmenistan
The major share of Russian imports from Turkmenistan 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) - 43.34% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (3.58% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 35.81% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (2.69% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 20.15% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (3.90% in the 2nd quarter of 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.58% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (89.68% in the 2nd quarter of 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan 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 $9,120,744;
- Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $2,401,955;
- Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $2,390,320;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $2,043,295;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $1,234,810;
- 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 $515,126;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $246,919;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $232,664;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $230,481;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $229,139;
- Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric (HS code 51) - an increase of $141,642.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in the 2nd quarter of 2021 over the 2nd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $195,208,816;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $893,885;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $309,225;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $176,204.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q2 2021, US dollars ($) |
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 | 16,909,655 | 42.00 | 7,788,911 | 117.10 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 246,919 | 0.61 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 64,774 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 230,481 | 0.57 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 22,500 | 0.06 | 0 | ∞ |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 3,592 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 947,426 | 2.35 | 432,300 | 119.16 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,167,429 | 17.80 | 8,061,314 | -11.09 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 6,604 | 0.02 | 2,606 | 153.42 |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 448,331 | 1.11 | 306,689 | 46.18 |
| 52 | Cotton | 5,042,669 | 12.52 | 2,652,349 | 90.12 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 3,039,132 | 7.55 | 637,177 | 376.97 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 247,999 | 0.62 | 144,567 | 71.55 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,804 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 49,960 | 0.12 | 73,180 | -31.73 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 229,139 | 0.57 | 0 | ∞ |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,521,097 | 3.78 | 286,287 | 431.32 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,810,355 | 9.46 | 1,767,060 | 115.63 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 26,280 | 0.07 | 178 | 14,664.04 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 4,309 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 896 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 309,225 | -100.00 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 10,616 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 176,204 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 232,664 | 0.58 | 0 | ∞ |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 195,208,816 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 585 | -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 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,540 | -100.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 10,307 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |