Russian trade with Pakistan 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 Pakistan in 2021: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Pakistan
In 2021, Russia’s trade with Pakistan was $696,986,802, down 11.75% ($92,826,097) from 2020.
Russia’s exports to Pakistan in 2021 were $343,475,006, down 30.88% ($153,424,002) from 2020.
Russia’s imports from Pakistan in 2021 totaled $353,511,796, up 20.69% ($60,597,905) from 2020.
Russia’s trade balance with Pakistan went from a surplus of $203,985,117 in 2020, to a deficit of $10,036,790 in 2021.
Pakistan was Russia’s 76th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 70th in 2020), accounting for 0.0888% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1391% in 2020).
Pakistan was Russia’s 78th largest export market in 2021 (down from 64th in 2020), accounting for 0.0699% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1477% in 2020).
Pakistan was Russia’s 64th largest supplier in 2021 (up from 65th in 2020), accounting for 0.1205% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1266% in 2020).
Russia’s Exports to Pakistan
The major share of Russian exports to Pakistan in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 61.29% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (75.38% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 15.46% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (1.98% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 8.52% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (10.94% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.77% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (5.05% in 2020);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 5.17% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (3.28% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.57% of Russia’s total exports to Pakistan (2.76% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $42,279,252;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $16,151,656;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - an increase of $2,161,468;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,131,479.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Pakistan in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $182,689,823;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $25,436,566;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $2,970,261;
- Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $2,300,000;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $2,268,993;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - a decrease of $1,302,278;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $1,260,368.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 110,577,799 | 32.19 | 94,426,143 | 17.11 |
| 09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 86,316 | 0.03 | 517,967 | -83.34 |
| 10 | Cereals | 96,669,627 | 28.14 | 279,359,450 | -65.40 |
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 19,860 | -100.00 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 202,941 | 0.06 | 245,649 | -17.39 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 41,800 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 85,657 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 473,136 | 0.14 | 561,268 | -15.70 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 28,380,498 | 8.26 | 53,817,064 | -47.26 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 4,993,275 | 1.45 | 6,253,643 | -20.15 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 502,045 | 0.15 | 1,804,323 | -72.18 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 2,753,037 | 0.80 | 5,723,298 | -51.90 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,091,589 | 0.32 | 3,360,582 | -67.52 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 22,451 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 3,669 | 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 | 300 | 0.00 | 7,536 | -96.02 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 114 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 532,674 | 0.16 | 467,746 | 13.88 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 318,211 | 0.09 | 311,871 | 2.03 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 9,333,829 | 2.72 | 7,172,361 | 30.14 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 22,986 | 0.01 | 30,171 | -23.81 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 333 | 0.00 | 240 | 38.75 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,878,983 | 0.55 | 896,833 | 109.51 |
| 47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 61,386 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 15,562,160 | 4.53 | 15,381,413 | 1.18 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 11,533 | 0.00 | 371 | 3,008.63 |
| 52 | Cotton | 2,756 | 0.00 | 2,939 | -6.23 |
| 53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 12,214 | 0.00 | 3,957 | 208.67 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 79,955 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 21,592 | 0.01 | 70,774 | -69.49 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 65,850 | -100.00 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 0 | 0.00 | 122 | -100.00 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 160 | 0.00 | 15 | 966.67 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 20,256 | 0.01 | 23,038 | -12.08 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 126,040 | 0.04 | 37,337 | 237.57 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 48,365,729 | 14.08 | 6,086,477 | 694.64 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,729,462 | 1.09 | 3,503,052 | 6.46 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 50,591 | 0.01 | 72,248 | -29.98 |
| 75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 1,104 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 71,856 | 0.02 | 80,181 | -10.38 |
| 78 | Lead and articles thereof | 21 | 0.00 | 21 | 0.00 |
| 79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 264 | -100.00 |
| 81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 2,279 | 0.00 | 1,687 | 35.09 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 55,756 | 0.02 | 52,693 | 5.81 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 90,505 | 0.03 | 35,502 | 154.93 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 8,614,214 | 2.51 | 9,152,588 | -5.88 |
| 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 | 1,503,062 | 0.44 | 1,027,261 | 46.32 |
| 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 | 327,000 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 18,582 | 0.01 | 65,845 | -71.78 |
| 89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 0 | 0.00 | 2,300,000 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,965,861 | 0.57 | 834,382 | 135.61 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 7,765 | 0.00 | 6,971 | 11.39 |
| 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 | 474,337 | 0.14 | 234,389 | 102.37 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 379 | 0.00 | 255 | 48.63 |
| SS | Classified | 0 | 0.00 | 2 556 371 | -100.00 |
Russia’s Imports from Pakistan
The major share of Russian imports from Pakistan in 2021 (and in 2020) was accounted for the following product types:
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 54.83% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (55.47% in 2020);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 23.89% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (25.51% in 2020);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.66% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (4.64% in 2020);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.91% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (2.02% in 2020);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 1.15% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (0.89% in 2020);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 1.03% of Russia’s total imports from Pakistan (1.15% in 2020).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $13,692,542;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $12,923,189;
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (HS code 42) - an increase of $12,625,186;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $10,871,003;
- Man-made staple fibers (HS code 55) - an increase of $3,205,690;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $2,434,803;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - an increase of $2,294,473;
- Knitted or crocheted fabrics (HS code 60) - an increase of $2,084,593;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $2,018,322;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $1,500,363;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - an increase of $1,421,459.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Pakistan in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $5,433,776;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $1,366,198.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2021, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2020, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2021 over 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 17,972,739 | 5.08 | 4,280,197 | 319.90 |
| 08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 62,226,476 | 17.60 | 67,660,252 | -8.03 |
| 10 | Cereals | 2,434,803 | 0.69 | 0 | ∞ |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 127,527 | 0.04 | 124,523 | 2.41 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 40,229 | 0.01 | 131,491 | -69.41 |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 771,098 | 0.22 | 456,863 | 68.78 |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 22,509 | 0.01 | 39,412 | -42.89 |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 22,694 | 0.01 | 399 | 5,587.72 |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 1,558 | -100.00 |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 28,115 | 0.01 | 25,975 | 8.24 |
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 632,535 | 0.18 | 1,998,733 | -68.35 |
| 25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 2,295,512 | 0.65 | 1,407,988 | 63.03 |
| 26 | Ores, slag and ash | 1,341,158 | 0.38 | 1,966,992 | -31.82 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 6,806,287 | 1.93 | 4,787,965 | 42.15 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 1,191 | -100.00 |
| 33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 23,894 | 0.01 | 17,976 | 32.92 |
| 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 | 4,950,497 | 1.40 | 5,699,710 | -13.14 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 37,881 | 0.01 | 9,208 | 311.39 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 14,686 | 0.00 | 19,874 | -26.10 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4,404,954 | 1.25 | 2,904,591 | 51.65 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 220,139 | 0.06 | 149,207 | 47.54 |
| 41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 305,026 | 0.09 | 543,183 | -43.84 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 34,671,728 | 9.81 | 22,046,542 | 57.27 |
| 43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,148 | -100.00 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,721 | 0.00 | 11,956 | -85.61 |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 62 | 0.00 | 10 | 520.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 363 | 0.00 | 3,284 | -88.95 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 260 | 0.00 | 2,273 | -88.56 |
| 52 | Cotton | 16,718,532 | 4.73 | 16,798,488 | -0.48 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 875,520 | 0.25 | 1,311,374 | -33.24 |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibers | 11,412,753 | 3.23 | 8,207,063 | 39.06 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 2,996 | 0.00 | 34,028 | -91.20 |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 382,416 | 0.11 | 132,532 | 188.55 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 6,026 | 0.00 | 22,018 | -72.63 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 16,552 | 0.00 | 87,137 | -81.00 |
| 60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 2,474,070 | 0.70 | 389,477 | 535.23 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 65,382,573 | 18.50 | 54,511,570 | 19.94 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 67,905,152 | 19.21 | 54,981,963 | 23.50 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 14,801,300 | 4.19 | 15,152,708 | -2.32 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 12,641,253 | 3.58 | 10,346,780 | 22.18 |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 842,020 | 0.24 | 517,162 | 62.82 |
| 66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 10,327 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 1,248,195 | 0.35 | 811,464 | 53.82 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 127 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 13,398 | 0.00 | 4,683 | 186.10 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 19,550 | 0.01 | 8,549 | 128.68 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 88,978 | 0.03 | 95,317 | -6.65 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 357 | 0.00 | 277 | 28.88 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 681 | 0.00 | 958 | -28.91 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 3,942,553 | 1.12 | 2,521,094 | 56.38 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 21,488 | 0.01 | 911 | 2,258.73 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 126,905 | 0.04 | 17,518 | 624.43 |
| 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 | 57,641 | 0.02 | 3,150 | 1,729.87 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 19,372 | 0.01 | 6,266 | 209.16 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 6,530,574 | 1.85 | 5,883,034 | 11.01 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 6,022 | -100.00 |
| 92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 36,346 | 0.01 | 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 | 975,069 | 0.28 | 804,671 | 21.18 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 6,892,176 | 1.95 | 5,879,168 | 17.23 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 35,607 | 0.01 | 85,881 | -58.54 |
| 97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 2,079 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |