Russian trade with Malta in 2021
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malta
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Malta totaled $2,384,947,148, up 4.30% ($98,295,507) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Malta in 2021 totaled $2,359,787,240, up 4.18% ($94,760,265) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Malta in 2021 totaled $25,159,908, up 16.35% ($3,535,242) from 2020.
Russia’s trade surplus with Malta in 2021 was $2,334,627,332, a 4.07% increase ($91,225,023) over 2020.
Malta was Russia’s 50th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 45th in 2020), accounting for 0.3038% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.4027% in 2020).
Malta was Russia’s 39th largest export market in 2021 (down from 31st in 2020), accounting for 0.4800% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.6733% in 2020).
Malta was Russia’s 108th largest supplier in 2021 (down from 107th in 2020), accounting for 0.0086% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0093% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Malta
The major share of Russian exports to Malta in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 97.79% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (99.06% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.93% of Russia’s total exports to Malta (0.10% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malta 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 $63,698,536;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $44,204,391.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malta in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $13,204,093.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 9,746 | 0.00 | 982 | 892.46 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 61,333 | 0.00 | 5,110 | 1,100.25 |
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 7,519 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
04 | Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | 25,058 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 16,409 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 9,153 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 6,448 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
10 | Cereals | 3,830,656 | 0.16 | 1,228,661 | 211.77 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,335 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 4,306 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 17,140 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 1,876 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 974 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 13,192 | 0.00 | 22,176 | -40.51 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 5,841 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 146,163 | 0.01 | 21,187 | 589.87 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 36,043 | 0.00 | 13,775 | 161.66 |
23 | Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 144 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 2,307,530,538 | 97.79 | 2,243,832,002 | 2.84 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 41,499 | 0.00 | 40,768 | 1.79 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 316,904 | 0.01 | 13,520,997 | -97.66 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,028 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 3,045 | 0.00 | 4,223 | -27.89 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 37,658 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 5,109 | 0.00 | 16,186 | -68.44 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 23,086 | 0.00 | 1,692,517 | -98.64 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 7,507 | 0.00 | 4,721 | 59.01 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 24,386 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 78 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 303,364 | 0.01 | 225,280 | 34.66 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,608,581 | 0.07 | 749,205 | 114.71 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 31,544 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 37 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 0 | 0.00 | 3,803 | -100.00 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 6,919 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 1,322,085 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 79 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 34,404 | 0.00 | 230,676 | -85.09 |
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 | 182,855 | 0.01 | 17,979 | 917.05 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,204 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 44,204,391 | 1.87 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,050,191 | 0.04 | 2,011,292 | -47.79 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 815 | -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 | 167,668 | 0.01 | 54,729 | 206.36 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 10,023 | 0.00 | 7,610 | 31.71 |
Russia’s Imports from Malta
The major share of Russian imports from Malta in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 74.75% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (77.22% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 22.56% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (20.67% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.55% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (0.31% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.21% of Russia’s total imports from Malta (1.11% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $3,709,146;
- 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 $902,517;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $741,938;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $323,188;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $200,602.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malta in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $1,798,489;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $438,397;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $186,221.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 6,719 | 0.03 | 2,350 | 185.91 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 325 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 8,597,682 | 34.17 | 10,396,171 | -17.30 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 9,334,232 | 37.10 | 5,625,086 | 65.94 |
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 | 100 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 609 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 14,698 | 0.06 | 7,828 | 87.76 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 285,860 | 1.14 | 295,320 | -3.20 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 574,042 | 2.28 | 373,440 | 53.72 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 147 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11,893 | 0.05 | 12,033 | -1.16 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 378,266 | 1.50 | 55,078 | 586.78 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 92,533 | 0.37 | 71,700 | 29.06 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 18,510 | 0.07 | 22,227 | -16.72 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 922 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 584 | 0.00 | 1,516 | -61.48 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,994 | 0.01 | 2,029 | -1.72 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 12,048 | 0.05 | 3,179 | 278.99 |
69 | Ceramic products | 7,086 | 0.03 | 71 | 9,880.28 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 27,251 | 0.11 | 13,404 | 103.30 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 34,923 | 0.14 | 221,144 | -84.21 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,593 | 0.01 | 1,831 | 41.62 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,905 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 6,135 | -100.00 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 32 | 0.00 | 9 | 255.56 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 16,084 | 0.06 | 8,978 | 79.15 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 2,312,973 | 9.19 | 1,571,035 | 47.23 |
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 | 2,672,143 | 10.62 | 1,769,626 | 51.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 10 | 0.00 | 138 | -92.75 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 690,020 | 2.74 | 1,128,417 | -38.85 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 1,036 | 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 | 16,054 | 0.06 | 12,378 | 29.70 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 45,717 | 0.18 | 21,638 | 111.28 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2,048 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |