Russian trade with Malta 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 Malta in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
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 | ∞ |