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Russian trade with Hong Kong in 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 Hong Kong in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Hong Kong

In 2021, Russia’s trade with Hong Kong was $2,166,749,839, down 8.48% ($200,803,233) from 2020.

Russia’s exports to Hong Kong in 2021 were $1,614,842,310, down 16.90% ($328,370,424) from 2020.

Russia’s imports from Hong Kong in 2021 totaled $551,907,529, up 30.06% ($127,567,191) from 2020.

Russia’s trade surplus with Hong Kong in 2021 was $1,062,934,781, a 30.02% decrease ($455,937,615) over 2020.

Hong Kong was Russia’s 56th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 42nd in 2020), accounting for 0.2760% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4170% in 2020).

Hong Kong was Russia’s 51st largest export market in 2021 (down from 36th in 2020), accounting for 0.3285% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.5777% in 2020).

Hong Kong was Russia’s 57th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 59th in 2020), accounting for 0.1881% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.1834% in 2020).

Russia’s Exports to Hong Kong

The major share of Russian exports to Hong Kong in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 59.49% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (41.25% in 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 17.01% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (7.73% in 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 10.64% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (2.44% in 2020);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 6.16% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (8.45% in 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 3.23% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (5.16% in 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.83% of Russia’s total exports to Hong Kong (4.99% in 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Hong Kong 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 $102,282,654;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $76,782,581;
  • 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 $64,511,468;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $40,785,802;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $16,214,502;
  • Lead and articles thereof (HS code 78) - an increase of $6,517,006;
  • 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 $4,958,148.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Hong Kong in 2021 over 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 $114,153,793;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $64,331,070;
  • Meat and edible meat offal (HS code 02) - a decrease of $45,911,109;
  • Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code 05) - a decrease of $5,368,678.
Russia’s exports to Hong Kong in 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2021
over 2020
01 Live animals 0 0.00 554-100.00
02 Meat and edible meat offal 18,667,777 1.16 64,578,886-71.09
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 1,940,382 0.12 3,006,076-35.45
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 0 0.00 5,126-100.00
05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 19,284,705 1.19 24,653,383-21.78
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 885,427 0.05 12,8626,784.05
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 9,747 0.00 6,84742.35
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 103,802 0.01 348,108-70.18
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 12,310 0.00 1,915,556-99.36
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 373,220 0.02 237,01457.47
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 1,697 0.00 0
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 1,279 0.00 2,215,885-99.94
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 4,237,351 0.26 2,975,24642.42
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 36,997 0.00 17,442112.11
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 151,207 0.01 26,591468.64
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 183,783 0.01 211,825-13.24
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 54,006 0.00 9,774452.55
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 615,679 0.04 79,967669.92
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 473,000 0.03 15,4492,961.69
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 19,166 0.00 0
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 0 0.00 7,000-100.00
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 247,924 0.02 1,419,112-82.53
26 Ores, slag and ash 40,785,802 2.53 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 48,649,576 3.01 162,803,369-70.12
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 5,549,585 0.34 3,743,46348.25
29 Organic chemicals 1,411 0.00 1,768-20.19
30 Pharmaceutical products 4,023,219 0.25 4,238,079-5.07
31 Fertilizers 204,890,675 12.69 128,108,09459.94
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 516,731 0.03 759,602-31.97
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 23,946,255 1.48 7,731,753209.71
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 1,902,297 0.12 1,483,89028.20
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 5,109,125 0.32 1,080,094373.03
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 3,393 0.00 0
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 236,421 0.01 106,362122.28
39 Plastics and articles thereof 1,094,603 0.07 933,08517.31
40 Rubber and articles thereof 348,171 0.02 1,955,046-82.19
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 257,161 0.02 75,168242.11
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 2,207,765 0.14 1,167,27389.14
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 765,817 0.05 113,259576.16
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 998,025 0.06 788,04926.65
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 27,090 0.00 3,150760.00
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 0 0.00 1,423,300-100.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 1,081,198 0.07 2,447,172-55.82
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 91,173 0.01 62,00947.03
50 Silk 4,717 0.00 9,549-50.60
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 8,607 0.00 3,454149.19
52 Cotton 2,676 0.00 3,228-17.10
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 738 0.00 178314.61
54 Man-made filaments 49,082 0.00 5289,195.83
55 Man-made staple fibers 2,389 0.00 1,72838.25
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 35,039 0.00 159,900-78.09
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 200 0.00 0
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 2,989 0.00 2,16638.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 1,259 0.00 1,00025.90
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 9 0.00 0
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 82,091 0.01 47,92071.31
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 485,247 0.03 215,561125.11
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 144,154 0.01 1,449,072-90.05
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 335,713 0.02 470,902-28.71
65 Headgear and parts thereof 1,873 0.00 248655.24
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 0 0.00 6,871-100.00
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 301,098 0.02 62,898378.71
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 2,346 0.00 44,739-94.76
69 Ceramic products 310,926 0.02 482,978-35.62
70 Glass and glassware 92,960 0.01 18,701397.09
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 866,083,283 53.63 801,571,8158.05
72 Iron and steel 27,225,877 1.69 91,556,947-70.26
73 Articles of iron or steel 806,063 0.05 864,918-6.80
74 Copper and articles thereof 3,252,759 0.20 232,4431,299.38
75 Nickel and articles thereof 10,669 0.00 4,472138.57
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 1,331,962 0.08 426,353212.41
78 Lead and articles thereof 6,517,006 0.40 0
79 Zinc and articles thereof 800,234 0.05 138,726476.85
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 650,699 0.04 7,5908,473.11
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 523,543 0.03 124,585320.23
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 48,141 0.00 3,584,147-98.66
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 109,094,018 6.76 6,811,3641,501.65
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 37,480,552 2.32 32,522,40415.25
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 6,500 0.00 8,624-24.63
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 861,292 0.05 2,449,916-64.84
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 2,381,377 0.15 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 5,098,376 0.32 5,574,887-8.55
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 158,318 0.01 449,381-64.77
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 66,649 0.00 87,419-23.76
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 77,513 0.00 69,67511.25
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 1,557,282 0.10 2,550,248-38.94
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 180,863 0.01 367,501-50.79
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 0 0.00 22,965-100.00
SS Classified 0 0.00 570 038 045-100.00

Russia’s Imports from Hong Kong

The major share of Russian imports from Hong Kong in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 58.06% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (69.31% in 2020);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 28.12% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (16.06% in 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 3.15% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (3.35% in 2020);
  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 2.57% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (3.38% in 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.71% of Russia’s total imports from Hong Kong (1.75% in 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Hong Kong in 2021 over 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 $86,868,232;
  • 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 $15,313,816;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $8,464,622;
  • 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 $3,832,116;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,906,879;
  • Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $1,770,759.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Hong Kong in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $1,892,039.
Russia’s imports from Hong Kong in 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2021
over 2020
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 0 0.00 1,036-100.00
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 35,700 0.01 48,970-27.10
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 9,021 0.00 1,727422.35
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 1,245,661 0.23 457,930172.02
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 2,716,039 0.49 1,999,75535.82
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 320,764 0.06 119,314168.84
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 0 0.00 121,819-100.00
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 33,892 0.01 63,704-46.80
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 154,972,579 28.08 68,104,347127.55
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 1,164,323 0.21 675,17972.45
29 Organic chemicals 1,719,853 0.31 3,043,822-43.50
30 Pharmaceutical products 4,684 0.00 47,164-90.07
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 393,876 0.07 666,367-40.89
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 143,273 0.03 68,369109.56
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 197,307 0.04 88,116123.92
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 144,019 0.03 1,9647,232.94
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 463,755-100.00
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 182,645 0.03 174,1854.86
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 2,335,911 0.42 565,152313.32
39 Plastics and articles thereof 8,769,201 1.59 6,862,32227.79
40 Rubber and articles thereof 2,334,920 0.42 1,552,44450.40
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 1,855,313 0.34 2,523,150-26.47
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 12,877 0.00 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 643,097 0.12 387,52265.95
45 Cork and articles of cork 0 0.00 5,791-100.00
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 10,454 0.00 37,996-72.49
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 3,179,950 0.58 2,247,75041.47
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 645,216 0.12 592,6978.86
52 Cotton 64,441 0.01 91,959-29.92
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 15,248 0.00 16,126-5.44
54 Man-made filaments 47,173 0.01 80,435-41.35
55 Man-made staple fibers 98,097 0.02 47,185107.90
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 230,722 0.04 456,029-49.41
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 29,235 0.01 5,249456.96
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 110,262 0.02 241,416-54.33
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 379,470 0.07 297,63127.50
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 470,239 0.09 381,95823.11
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 2,546,631 0.46 1,704,26449.43
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 2,877,009 0.52 1,715,67867.69
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 1,045,186 0.19 987,9595.79
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 5,721,068 1.04 7,613,107-24.85
65 Headgear and parts thereof 160,646 0.03 183,715-12.56
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 224,174 0.04 134,72666.39
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 148,423 0.03 386,515-61.60
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 793,845 0.14 712,37711.44
69 Ceramic products 2,658,096 0.48 1,393,95490.69
70 Glass and glassware 749,598 0.14 1,033,168-27.45
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 4,747,144 0.86 915,028418.80
72 Iron and steel 5,200 0.00 605,785-99.14
73 Articles of iron or steel 4,194,197 0.76 3,335,02525.76
74 Copper and articles thereof 1,244,350 0.23 217,853471.19
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 189,186 0.03 360,305-47.49
78 Lead and articles thereof 82 0.00 0
79 Zinc and articles thereof 1,610 0.00 9,852-83.66
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 1,569,213 0.28 75,2571,985.14
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,421,285 0.26 1,665,716-14.67
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 814,091 0.15 1,140,214-28.60
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 227,655,281 41.25 219,190,6593.86
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 83,359,909 15.10 68,046,09322.51
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 105,795 0.02 22,634367.42
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 2,776,043 0.50 1,537,56480.55
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 15,325 0.00 34,316-55.34
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 6,161,028 1.12 5,263,40217.05
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 1,751,396 0.32 1,367,01328.12
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 12,371 0.00 293,717-95.79
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 5,255,148 0.95 4,170,80526.00
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 7,450,241 1.35 6,646,85612.09
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,096,556 0.20 963,66813.79
SS Classified 0 0.00 72 778-100.00
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia