Russian trade with Bangladesh in 2021
February 16, 2022
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 Bangladesh in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Bangladesh
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Bangladesh totaled $2,985,995,976, up 23.20% ($562,202,254) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2021 totaled $1,721,611,206, up 12.61% ($192,835,000) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2021 totaled $1,264,384,770, up 41.27% ($369,367,254) from 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Bangladesh in 2021 was $457,226,436, a 27.85% decrease ($176,532,254) over 2020.
Bangladesh was Russia’s 44th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 41st in 2020), accounting for 0.3804% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4269% in 2020).
Bangladesh was Russia’s 49th largest export market in 2021 (down from 42nd in 2020), accounting for 0.3502% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.4545% in 2020).
Bangladesh was Russia’s 36th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 39th in 2020), accounting for 0.4309% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.3867% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Bangladesh
The major share of Russian exports to Bangladesh in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 57.52% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (45.98% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 17.03% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (17.82% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 16.96% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (28.46% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.43% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (1.83% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 2.03% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (1.05% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.86% of Russia’s total exports to Bangladesh (3.78% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $144,365,904;
- 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 $97,674,503;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $68,502,950;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $55,530,493;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $36,009,094;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $23,260,666;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $19,491,285;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $18,464,444;
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $11,045,511;
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal (HS code 83) - an increase of $10,638,603;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $6,567,332.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Bangladesh in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $220,647,960;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $69,214,901;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $27,195,784.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 1,950 | -100.00 |
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 72,416,706 | 4.21 | 16,886,213 | 328.85 |
| 10 | Cereals | 188,213,221 | 10.93 | 408,861,181 | -53.97 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 7,084 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 28,560,714 | 1.66 | 9,069,429 | 214.91 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 290,839 | 0.02 | 251,684 | 15.56 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 359,575 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 937 | -100.00 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 25,239 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 164,627 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 2,969 | 0.00 | 14,158 | -79.03 |
| 23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 10,429 | -100.00 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 44,084 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 6,832,495 | 0.40 | 6,561,364 | 4.13 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 27,887,853 | 1.62 | 9,423,409 | 195.94 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,127,190 | 0.07 | 1,275,130 | -11.60 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 162,171 | 0.01 | 192,691 | -15.84 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,627,197 | 0.21 | 224,267 | 1,517.36 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 44,142,387 | 2.56 | 20,881,721 | 111.39 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,873,167 | 0.17 | 2,226,700 | 29.03 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 101,890 | 0.01 | 66 | 154,278.79 |
| 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 | 140,435 | 0.01 | 3,050 | 4,504.43 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 261,570 | 0.02 | 53,565 | 388.32 |
| 37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 179,238 | 0.01 | 21,307 | 741.22 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,652,736 | 0.15 | 734,362 | 261.23 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,912,706 | 0.17 | 2,111,627 | 37.94 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 520,558 | 0.03 | 266,337 | 95.45 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 1,341,330 | 0.08 | 522,569 | 156.68 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 17,115 | 0.00 | 2,596 | 559.28 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 189,944 | 0.01 | 190,168 | -0.12 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 362,003 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 4,925,532 | 0.29 | 3,223,104 | 52.82 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 26,775,653 | 1.56 | 53,971,437 | -50.39 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 255,760 | 0.01 | 58,916 | 334.11 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 971 | 0.00 | 5 | 19,320.00 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 420 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 469,077 | 0.03 | 167,357 | 180.29 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 742 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 71,195 | 0.00 | 4,012 | 1,674.55 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 5,166 | 0.00 | 130,856 | -96.05 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 493,899 | 0.03 | 502,506 | -1.71 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 318,150 | 0.02 | 10,465 | 2,940.13 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 205,188 | 0.01 | 351 | 58,358.12 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 98,492 | 0.01 | 81,067 | 21.49 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 11,990,426 | 0.70 | 944,915 | 1,168.94 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 48,969 | 0.00 | 4,329 | 1,031.19 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 301,010 | 0.02 | 237,735 | 26.62 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 116,549,239 | 6.77 | 48,046,289 | 142.58 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 149,404,811 | 8.68 | 218,619,712 | -31.66 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 365,037 | 0.02 | 138,219 | 164.10 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 5,864,671 | 0.34 | 3,768,946 | 55.61 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 2,886 | 0.00 | 1,631 | 76.95 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 80 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 7,244 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 16,239 | 0.00 | 12,634 | 28.53 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 6,848,389 | 0.40 | 281,057 | 2,336.65 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 12,245,237 | 0.71 | 1,606,634 | 662.17 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 609,208,162 | 35.39 | 464,842,258 | 31.06 |
| 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 | 329,251,734 | 19.12 | 231,577,231 | 42.18 |
| 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 | 76,037 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,107,036 | 0.06 | 1,566,289 | -29.32 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 5,774,739 | 0.34 | 2,306,162 | 150.40 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 38,617,734 | 2.24 | 2,608,640 | 1,380.38 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,175,806 | 0.07 | 194,750 | 503.75 |
| 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 | 3,008,373 | 0.17 | 686,262 | 338.37 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 20,439 | 0.00 | 22,518 | -9.23 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 168,849 | 0.01 | 43,669 | 286.66 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 12 941 356 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Bangladesh
The major share of Russian imports from Bangladesh in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 97.20% of Russia’s total imports from Bangladesh (97.00% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 2.17% of Russia’s total imports from Bangladesh (2.18% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $227,277,516;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $115,380,114;
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS code 03) - an increase of $9,233,116;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $6,324,135;
- Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $5,508,605.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Bangladesh in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 15,291,340 | 1.21 | 6,058,224 | 152.41 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 50,000 | -100.00 |
| 16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 442,258 | 0.03 | 562,854 | -21.43 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | -100.00 |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 15,150 | 0.00 | 88,971 | -82.97 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 11,644,049 | 0.92 | 12,740,938 | -8.61 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 313,768 | 0.02 | 224,483 | 39.77 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 2,057 | 0.00 | 2,163 | -4.90 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 82,553 | 0.01 | 118,579 | -30.38 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 3,829,517 | 0.30 | 2,853,885 | 34.19 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 238 | 0.00 | 129 | 84.50 |
| 46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 651,484 | 0.05 | 299,060 | 117.84 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 39,822 | 0.00 | 6,337 | 528.40 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 869 | 0.00 | 7 | 12,314.29 |
| 52 | Cotton | 76,092 | 0.01 | 17,093 | 345.16 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 19,427,601 | 1.54 | 16,919,487 | 14.82 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 5,681,041 | 0.45 | 4,419,972 | 28.53 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 1,070,777 | 0.08 | 605,287 | 76.90 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 269 | 0.00 | 403 | -33.25 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 669,989,872 | 52.99 | 442,712,356 | 51.34 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 483,131,921 | 38.21 | 367,751,807 | 31.37 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 17,817,313 | 1.41 | 12,308,708 | 44.75 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 28,072,092 | 2.22 | 21,747,957 | 29.08 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 2,431,851 | 0.19 | 1,659,796 | 46.52 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 288 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 788,067 | 0.06 | 510,496 | 54.37 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 27,083 | 0.00 | 33,461 | -19.06 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 4,015 | 0.00 | 1,417 | 183.35 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 29,772 | 0.00 | 38,714 | -23.10 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 832 | 0.00 | 1,975 | -57.87 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 577 | 0.00 | 509 | 13.36 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 96 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,093 | 0.00 | 1,944,090 | -99.89 |
| 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 | 452,643 | 0.04 | 379,051 | 19.41 |
| 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 | 3,371 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 305,610 | 0.02 | 37,035 | 725.19 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 60,960 | 0.00 | 348,210 | -82.49 |
| 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 | 941,881 | 0.07 | 220,401 | 327.35 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 396,720 | 0.03 | 341,557 | 16.15 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 49 | 0.00 | 8,438 | -99.42 |