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Russian trade in goods with Romania in Q4 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 fourth quarter of 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Romania

In the 4th quarter of 2021, Russia’s trade with Romania totaled $1,273,276,412, up 37.44% ($346,824,511) from the 4th quarter of 2020.

Russia’s exports to Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 totaled $849,099,468, up 63.42% ($329,520,541) from the 4th quarter of 2020.

Russia’s imports from Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 totaled $424,176,944, up 4.25% ($17,303,970) from the 4th quarter of 2020.

Russia’s trade surplus with Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 was $424,922,524, a 277.02% increase ($312,216,571) over the 4th quarter of 2020.

Romania was Russia’s 35th largest trading partner in the 4th quarter of 2021 (down from 32nd in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.5478% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.5717% in the 4th quarter of 2020).

Romania was Russia’s 36th largest export market in the 4th quarter of 2021 (just as in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.5638% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.5502% in the 4th quarter of 2020).

Romania was Russia’s 33rd largest supplier in the 4th quarter of 2021 (down from 31st in the 4th quarter of 2020), accounting for 0.5183% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.6016% in the 4th quarter of 2020).

Russia’s Exports to Romania

The major share of Russian exports to Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 (and in the 4th quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 72.44% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (63.17% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.93% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (13.27% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.87% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (3.96% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.79% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (5.21% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.94% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (10.45% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.21% of Russia’s total exports to Romania (1.93% in the 4th quarter of 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th 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 $260,090,430;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $40,880,352;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $28,280,772;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $9,335,936;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $7,212,192;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $6,204,983;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $4,952,982;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $4,932,341;
  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $4,018,656;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $2,878,167.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • 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 $34,978,532;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $6,671,698.
Russia’s exports to Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in Q4 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in Q4 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q4 2021
over Q4 2020
01 Live animals 0 0.00 714-100.00
02 Meat and edible meat offal 87,974 0.01 0
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 20,154 0.00 0
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 37,741 0.00 0
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 817,933 0.10 432,55489.09
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 6,171 0.00 0
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 20,962 0.00 77,067-72.80
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 7,422 0.00 0
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 48,257 0.01 118,503-59.28
10 Cereals 34 0.00 2,023,253-100.00
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 3,579 0.00 108,047-96.69
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 44,711 0.01 6,716,409-99.33
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 1,140 0.00 1,952-41.60
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 73,797 0.01 142,790-48.32
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 43,068 0.01 0
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 6,581 0.00 0
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 12,438 0.00 54,735-77.28
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 17,769 0.00 2,692560.07
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 22,795 0.00 0
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 203,114 0.02 116,66674.10
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 32,650 0.00 66,962-51.24
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 271,773 0.03 154,99775.34
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 2,521,044 0.30 4,430,431-43.10
26 Ores, slag and ash 34,820,666 4.10 6,539,894432.43
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 577,359,204 68.00 317,268,77481.98
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 4,242,379 0.50 5,600,936-24.26
29 Organic chemicals 10,824,330 1.27 4,619,347134.33
30 Pharmaceutical products 11,770 0.00 62,845-81.27
31 Fertilizers 75,890,395 8.94 35,010,043116.77
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 100,427 0.01 58,89070.53
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 829,722 0.10 1,078,242-23.05
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 414,179 0.05 287,97743.82
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 20,028 0.00 15,68027.73
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 313,592 0.04 310,1231.12
39 Plastics and articles thereof 8,272,519 0.97 3,340,178147.67
40 Rubber and articles thereof 25,758,998 3.03 18,546,80638.89
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 46,714-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 52,140 0.01 4,3141,108.62
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 20,271,213 2.39 10,935,27785.37
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 485,429 0.06 450,6327.72
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 12,006,012 1.41 9,127,84531.53
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 104,566 0.01 37,881176.04
52 Cotton 16,659 0.00 39,770-58.11
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 17,010 0.00 0
54 Man-made filaments 24,074 0.00 48,666-50.53
55 Man-made staple fibers 0 0.00 176-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 309,418 0.04 469,246-34.06
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 128,886 0.02 89,01644.79
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 30-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 22,223 0.00 1,2461,683.55
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 3,538 0.00 13,643-74.07
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 25,965 0.00 33,484-22.46
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 374,244 0.04 274,00036.59
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 2,777 0.00 619348.63
65 Headgear and parts thereof 66 0.00 4353.49
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 668 0.00 0
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 2,510 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 2,791,430 0.33 2,242,95524.45
69 Ceramic products 698,239 0.08 810,214-13.82
70 Glass and glassware 2,702,190 0.32 2,798,766-3.45
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 4,415,082 0.52 396,4261,013.72
72 Iron and steel 27,804,098 3.27 22,851,11621.68
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,936,086 0.23 3,118,042-37.91
74 Copper and articles thereof 55,125 0.01 24,666123.49
75 Nickel and articles thereof 15,633 0.00 0
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 1,006,577 0.12 828,91321.43
78 Lead and articles thereof 794,046 0.09 34,8012,181.68
79 Zinc and articles thereof 0 0.00 1,014-100.00
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 530 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 244,626 0.03 62,660290.40
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 323,199 0.04 124,213160.20
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 11,507,662 1.36 9,229,36824.69
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 5,516,008 0.65 40,494,540-86.38
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 139,197 0.02 356,636-60.97
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 5,445,484 0.64 3,696,80047.30
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 44,934 0.01 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 2,270,335 0.27 538,087321.93
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 10,634 0.00 5701,765.61
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 1,988,592 0.23 1,686,65417.90
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 38,799 0.00 16,585133.94
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,761,795 0.21 1,497,64717.64
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 2,175 0.00 0
SS Classified 0 0.00 8 145-100.00

Russia’s Imports from Romania

The major share of Russian imports from Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 (and in the 4th quarter of 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 54.54% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (57.30% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 25.04% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (21.01% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 6.72% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (6.63% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 6.15% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (6.95% in the 4th quarter of 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.64% of Russia’s total imports from Romania (3.78% in the 4th quarter of 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th quarter of 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $12,098,376;
  • 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 $7,655,803;
  • Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $5,497,316;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $2,987,574;
  • 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 $2,891,132;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $2,737,090;
  • Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $2,605,855;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $1,625,179;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $1,592,421;
  • Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (HS code 71) - an increase of $1,569,393.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 over the 4th 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) - a decrease of $14,411,950;
  • Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $3,506,970;
  • Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - a decrease of $1,833,660;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $1,804,188;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - a decrease of $1,788,509;
  • 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 $1,743,623.
Russia’s imports from Romania in the 4th quarter of 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in Q4 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in Q4 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in Q4 2021
over Q4 2020
10 Cereals 610,861 0.14 907,825-32.71
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 24,609,891 5.80 19,112,57528.76
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 32,557 0.01 23,39839.14
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 79,795 0.02 69611,364.80
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 224,816 0.05 75,403198.15
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 31,493 0.01 278,479-88.69
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 190,957 0.05 230,363-17.11
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 2,276,259 0.54 2,443,826-6.86
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 130,623 0.03 112,67715.93
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 268,897 0.06 3,775,867-92.88
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 30,539 0.01 6,232390.04
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 224,636 0.05 807,131-72.17
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 161,171 0.04 157,6612.23
29 Organic chemicals 2,439,635 0.58 847,214187.96
30 Pharmaceutical products 47,799,441 11.27 49,603,629-3.64
31 Fertilizers 33,222 0.01 1,4902,129.66
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 503,822 0.12 352,45342.95
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 25,078,841 5.91 12,980,46593.20
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 2,976,701 0.70 85,5693,378.71
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 13,467 0.00 25,035-46.21
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 210,185 0.05 215,709-2.56
39 Plastics and articles thereof 11,949,147 2.82 8,961,57333.34
40 Rubber and articles thereof 14,868,839 3.51 12,262,98421.25
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 23,752-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 1,271,846 0.30 1,572,345-19.11
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 5,182 0.00 93,121-94.44
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 2,523,365 0.59 1,739,78945.04
45 Cork and articles of cork 6,382 0.00 0
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 0 0.00 142-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 190,080 0.04 158,03520.28
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 362,110 0.09 418,469-13.47
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 112,055 0.03 255,517-56.15
52 Cotton 7,238 0.00 10,216-29.15
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 1,173 0.00 151676.82
54 Man-made filaments 139,276 0.03 233,557-40.37
55 Man-made staple fibers 302,752 0.07 90,137235.88
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 173,767 0.04 310,077-43.96
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 6,401 0.00 8,431-24.08
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 180,280 0.04 454,954-60.37
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 651,429 0.15 703,657-7.42
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 12,544 0.00 20,276-38.13
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 4,730,464 1.12 4,716,3410.30
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 12,193,437 2.87 13,981,946-12.79
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 561,479 0.13 329,03670.64
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 6,899,155 1.63 7,029,003-1.85
65 Headgear and parts thereof 78,660 0.02 108,617-27.58
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 5,189 0.00 36,065-85.61
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 29,309 0.01 25,47715.04
69 Ceramic products 1,067,037 0.25 983,3048.52
70 Glass and glassware 846,954 0.20 1,477,300-42.67
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 4,171,093 0.98 2,601,70060.32
72 Iron and steel 3,839,493 0.91 2,214,31473.39
73 Articles of iron or steel 6,006,355 1.42 6,089,380-1.36
74 Copper and articles thereof 22,959 0.01 34,644-33.73
75 Nickel and articles thereof 892 0.00 0
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 924,964 0.22 681,09235.81
79 Zinc and articles thereof 83,798 0.02 30,076178.62
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 37,261 0.01 13,050185.52
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 69,705 0.02 69,4620.35
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 4,415,230 1.04 6,248,890-29.34
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 75,720,069 17.85 74,887,3661.11
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 74,293,436 17.51 66,637,63311.49
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 37,361-100.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 68,514,522 16.15 82,926,472-17.38
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 1,956,657 0.46 902,264116.86
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 10,477,699 2.47 7,740,60935.36
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 1,172 0.00 10,810-89.16
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 23,489 0.01 120,678-80.54
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 4,532,631 1.07 6,276,254-27.78
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 854,670 0.20 908,396-5.91
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 448,685 0.11 394,55413.72
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia