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Russian trade in goods with Romania in Q3 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 third quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Romania

In the 3rd quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Romania totaled $1,609,363,814, up 152.80% ($972,757,577) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.

Russia’s exports to Romania in the 3rd quarter of 2021 totaled $1,191,953,207, up 297.74% ($892,270,030) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.

Russia’s imports from Romania in the 3rd quarter of 2021 totaled $417,410,607, up 23.89% ($80,487,547) from the 3rd quarter of 2020.

Russia’s trade balance with Romania went from a deficit of $37,239,883 in the 3rd quarter of 2020, to a surplus of $774,542,600 in the 3rd quarter of 2021.

Romania was Russia’s 28th largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (up from 35th in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.7720% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.4661% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).

Romania was Russia’s 25th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (up from 43rd in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.8936% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.3810% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).

Romania was Russia’s 33rd largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (just as in the 3rd quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.5559% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.5817% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).

Russia’s Exports to Romania

The major share of Russian exports to Romania in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 81.83% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (46.22% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.72% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (22.28% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.73% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (9.97% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.20% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (7.68% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.44% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (6.73% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.05% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (3.92% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Romania in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd 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) - an increase of $820,185,340;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $24,605,664;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $16,558,584;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $9,450,535;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $7,759,754;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $6,736,724;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $5,925,075;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $4,823,699;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $4,321,446.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Romania in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $8,647,585;
  • 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 $7,016,777.
Russia’s exports to Romania in the 3rd quarter of 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q3 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q3 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q3 2021
over Q3 2020
01 Live animals 36,531 0.00 0
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 303,720 0.03 11,7372,487.71
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 4,995 0.00 0
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 10,803 0.00 266,222-95.94
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 74,140 0.01 0
10 Cereals 0 0.00 8,647,585-100.00
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 36,224 0.00 24,41048.40
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 16,825 0.00 2,693,502-99.38
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 9,252 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 96 0.00 42128.57
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 0 0.00 35,964-100.00
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 26,825 0.00 2,2791,077.05
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 112,719 0.01 72,61955.22
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 0 0.00 4,149-100.00
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 23,187 0.00 0
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 451,450 0.04 332,88535.62
26 Ores, slag and ash 16,558,584 1.39 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 958,375,143 80.40 138,189,803593.52
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 3,093,466 0.26 2,149,60543.91
29 Organic chemicals 10,016,566 0.84 5,695,12075.88
30 Pharmaceutical products 198,414 0.02 19,005944.01
31 Fertilizers 44,707,348 3.75 36,947,59421.00
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 67,833 0.01 88,749-23.57
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1,336,861 0.11 929,26543.86
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 230,438 0.02 313,997-26.61
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 16,448 0.00 29,379-44.01
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 28,540 0.00 21,25034.31
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 392,883 0.03 200,46995.98
39 Plastics and articles thereof 8,508,026 0.71 3,684,327130.92
40 Rubber and articles thereof 23,433,922 1.97 16,697,19840.35
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 34,930 0.00 0
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 19,644 0.00 52,405-62.52
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 23,738,517 1.99 14,287,98266.14
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 16 0.00 1323.08
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 801,514 0.07 1,157,842-30.78
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 13,496,496 1.13 7,571,42178.26
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 77,547 0.01 6,0371,184.53
52 Cotton 62,410 0.01 129,840-51.93
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 0 0.00 28,751-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 9,278 0.00 0
55 Man-made staple fibers 93 0.00 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 366,845 0.03 200,88782.61
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 68,937 0.01 23,457193.89
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 24-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 2,724 0.00 21,115-87.10
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 3,133 0.00 17,583-82.18
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 23,299 0.00 3,508564.17
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 419,043 0.04 199,081110.49
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 1,825 0.00 0
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 6,256 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 2,965,497 0.25 2,843,3874.29
69 Ceramic products 691,786 0.06 1,103,874-37.33
70 Glass and glassware 2,093,404 0.18 2,044,5502.39
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 1,020,238 0.09 63,7521,500.32
72 Iron and steel 52,050,714 4.37 27,445,05089.65
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,880,596 0.16 1,998,102-5.88
74 Copper and articles thereof 59,106 0.00 3,3371,671.23
75 Nickel and articles thereof 280,156 0.02 1,62517,140.37
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 932,392 0.08 188,193395.44
78 Lead and articles thereof 888,857 0.07 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 1,405 0.00 327329.66
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 65,915 0.01 27,770137.36
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 201,868 0.02 201,1380.36
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 8,434,495 0.71 6,121,95737.77
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 2,373,052 0.20 9,389,829-74.73
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 28,034 0.00 289,297-90.31
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 5,887,141 0.49 3,403,36472.98
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 31,448 0.00 667,712-95.29
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 466,946 0.04 310,93750.17
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 20,811 0.00 14,12147.38
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 0 0.00 809-100.00
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 2,651,412 0.22 1,306,805102.89
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 51,631 0.00 46,00112.24
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,662,357 0.14 1,454,13914.32
SS Classified 10,200 0.00 0

Russia’s Imports from Romania

The major share of Russian imports from Romania in the 3rd quarter of 2021 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 60.13% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (61.25% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 24.21% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (18.41% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 8.19% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (9.65% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 4.21% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (5.35% in the 3rd quarter of 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.34% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (1.47% in the 3rd quarter of 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Romania in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $18,112,450;
  • 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 $16,816,660;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $13,807,947;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $7,176,556;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $7,122,471;
  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $5,055,222;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $4,201,801;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $4,112,905;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $3,773,306;
  • 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) - an increase of $1,846,875;
  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - an increase of $1,657,636;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,584,999.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Romania in the 3rd quarter of 2021 over the 3rd quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $2,416,426;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $2,325,865;
  • Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code 21) - a decrease of $1,278,058.
Russia’s imports from Romania in the 3rd quarter of 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q3 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q3 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q3 2021
over Q3 2020
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 134,259 0.03 0
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 908 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 16,357 0.00 13,65119.82
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 80,272 0.02 24432,798.36
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 101,188 0.02 167,749-39.68
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 52,474 0.01 50,0264.89
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 116,794 0.03 191,785-39.10
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 732,226 0.18 2,010,284-63.58
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 121,493 0.03 114,2116.38
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 74,245 0.02 2,400,110-96.91
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 15,065 0.00 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 413,846 0.10 687,494-39.80
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 167,336 0.04 192,354-13.01
29 Organic chemicals 7,800,495 1.87 623,9391,150.20
30 Pharmaceutical products 43,373,086 10.39 25,260,63671.70
31 Fertilizers 30,717 0.01 24,77523.98
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 524,299 0.13 605,714-13.44
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 17,401,305 4.17 13,627,99927.69
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 1,973,460 0.47 126,5851,459.00
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 4,785 0.00 4,946-3.26
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 389,343 0.09 488,083-20.23
39 Plastics and articles thereof 13,022,092 3.12 8,820,29147.64
40 Rubber and articles thereof 16,357,153 3.92 12,244,24833.59
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 1,395,950 0.33 1,908,402-26.85
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 131,726 0.03 81,38561.86
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 2,341,863 0.56 1,473,15458.97
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 1,256 0.00 241421.16
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 159,076 0.04 111,44642.74
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 58,687 0.01 440,460-86.68
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 52,998 0.01 62,988-15.86
52 Cotton 6,848 0.00 6,855-0.10
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 89 0.00 142-37.32
54 Man-made filaments 163,725 0.04 301,660-45.73
55 Man-made staple fibers 115,476 0.03 96,81219.28
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 193,375 0.05 97,66098.01
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 7,178 0.00 5,75224.79
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 352,392 0.08 261,79334.61
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 520,776 0.12 495,5355.09
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 13,950 0.00 0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 6,590,555 1.58 6,157,2097.04
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 19,525,307 4.68 18,796,0973.88
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 683,045 0.16 233,586192.42
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 5,574,793 1.34 5,565,1270.17
65 Headgear and parts thereof 89,218 0.02 139,050-35.84
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 306,767 0.07 286,5057.07
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 17,101 0.00 20,379-16.09
69 Ceramic products 831,491 0.20 778,8456.76
70 Glass and glassware 793,621 0.19 1,163,550-31.79
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 1,919 0.00 2,174-11.73
72 Iron and steel 3,268,691 0.78 3,656,016-10.59
73 Articles of iron or steel 7,536,656 1.81 5,879,02028.20
74 Copper and articles thereof 16,903 0.00 19,117-11.58
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 1,057,255 0.25 618,69570.88
79 Zinc and articles thereof 108,733 0.03 24,601341.99
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 7,290 0.00 5,27738.15
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 91,528 0.02 2,507,954-96.35
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 5,481,944 1.31 5,300,2653.43
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 74,939,696 17.95 67,817,22510.50
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 74,011,605 17.73 57,194,94529.40
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 263,423 0.06 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 83,831,155 20.08 70,023,20819.72
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 8,067,568 1.93 3,012,346167.82
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 9,890,911 2.37 8,305,91219.08
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 5,635 0.00 2522,136.11
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 4,941 0.00 26,683-81.48
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 4,371,702 1.05 5,183,458-15.66
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 1,313,069 0.31 933,31640.69
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 309,522 0.07 272,83913.44
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia