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

Russia’s Trade with Switzerland

In 2021, Russia’s trade with Switzerland totaled $6,162,550,690, up 9.57% ($538,346,225) from 2020.

Russia’s exports to Switzerland in 2021 were $2,789,814,712, down 4.13% ($120,263,010) from 2020.

Russia’s imports from Switzerland in 2021 totaled $3,372,735,978, up 24.27% ($658,609,235) from 2020.

Russia’s trade balance with Switzerland went from a surplus of $195,950,979 in 2020, to a deficit of $582,921,266 in 2021.

Switzerland was Russia’s 24th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 21st in 2020), accounting for 0.7850% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.9905% in 2020).

Switzerland was Russia’s 37th largest export market in 2021 (down from 24th in 2020), accounting for 0.5675% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.8651% in 2020).

Switzerland was Russia’s 20th largest supplier in 2021 (just as in 2020), accounting for 1.1495% of Russia’s total imports (down from 1.1728% in 2020).

Russia’s Exports to Switzerland

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

  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 49.90% of Russia’s total exports to Switzerland (20.45% in 2020);
  • Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 29.00% of Russia’s total exports to Switzerland (34.37% in 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 9.88% of Russia’s total exports to Switzerland (6.35% in 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 7.18% of Russia’s total exports to Switzerland (34.84% in 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 1.73% of Russia’s total exports to Switzerland (2.01% in 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 1.50% of Russia’s total exports to Switzerland (1.10% in 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Switzerland 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 $567,271,311;
  • Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - an increase of $225,133,782;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $47,392,987;
  • Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (HS code 81) - an increase of $14,948,951;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $14,294,463;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $13,733,521;
  • Lead and articles thereof (HS code 78) - an increase of $12,789,568;
  • 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 (HS code 34) - an increase of $9,781,493;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $8,681,174.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Switzerland in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Nickel and articles thereof (HS code 75) - a decrease of $745,571,038;
  • 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) - a decrease of $193,967,414;
  • Copper and articles thereof (HS code 74) - a decrease of $110,611,960;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $12,724,331.
Russia’s exports to Switzerland in 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2021
over 2020
01 Live animals 18,144 0.00 38,030-52.29
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 2,829,812 0.10 2,879,699-1.73
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 1,591 0.00 8,675-81.66
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 16,676 0.00 243,421-93.15
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 29 0.00 0
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 0 0.00 14,032-100.00
10 Cereals 24,347,219 0.87 37,071,550-34.32
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 45,144 0.00 17,050164.77
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 604,316 0.02 738,350-18.15
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 1,615,436 0.06 250,158545.77
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 1,069,796 0.04 176,718505.37
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 222,236 0.01 211,8074.92
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 1,627 0.00 0
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 96 0.00 177-45.76
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 0 0.00 20,617-100.00
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 101,772 0.00 180,665-43.67
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 213,000 0.01 351,174-39.35
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 8,406,972 0.30 6,301,85533.40
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 8,574,086 0.31 9,947,227-13.80
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 203,854 0.01 221,303-7.88
26 Ores, slag and ash 286,164,592 10.26 61,030,810368.89
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 1,101,065,170 39.47 533,793,859106.27
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 5,966,226 0.21 1,842,312223.84
29 Organic chemicals 19,619,034 0.70 5,885,513233.34
30 Pharmaceutical products 122,347 0.00 31,354290.21
31 Fertilizers 188,303,017 6.75 140,910,03033.63
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 30,731 0.00 94,773-67.57
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 1,448,605 0.05 272,488431.62
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 10,217,659 0.37 436,1662,242.61
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 2,438 0.00 10,246-76.21
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 41,951 0.00 115,908-63.81
39 Plastics and articles thereof 31,727,943 1.14 17,433,48081.99
40 Rubber and articles thereof 17,256,645 0.62 17,717,926-2.60
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 1,368,678 0.05 370,424269.49
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 50,083 0.00 141,299-64.56
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 5,527,157 0.20 5,076,7428.87
45 Cork and articles of cork 60 0.00 317-81.07
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 12,578 0.00 0
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 2,769,088 0.10 1,291,849114.35
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 70,629 0.00 93,614-24.55
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 76,630 0.00 100,971-24.11
52 Cotton 94 0.00 0
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 179 0.00 28,850.00
54 Man-made filaments 4,803 0.00 1004,703.00
55 Man-made staple fibers 0 0.00 119-100.00
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 640,238 0.02 2,030,007-68.46
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 1,226 0.00 568115.85
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 0 0.00 1,409-100.00
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 5,466 0.00 733645.70
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 21,430 0.00 5,201312.04
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 529,445 0.02 220,923139.65
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 994,004 0.04 895,58310.99
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 124,743 0.00 54,972126.92
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 820,840 0.03 307,453166.98
65 Headgear and parts thereof 12,824 0.00 43,687-70.65
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 1,158 0.00 619,200.00
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 373,083 0.01 143,972159.14
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 46,330 0.00 100,849-54.06
69 Ceramic products 18,181 0.00 77,382-76.50
70 Glass and glassware 1,450,551 0.05 274,711428.03
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 806,212,509 28.90 1,000,179,923-19.39
72 Iron and steel 7,987,720 0.29 2,832,910181.96
73 Articles of iron or steel 1,051,305 0.04 809,15929.93
74 Copper and articles thereof 2,463,102 0.09 113,075,062-97.82
75 Nickel and articles thereof 82,262,774 2.95 827,833,812-90.06
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 30,504,769 1.09 21,823,59539.78
78 Lead and articles thereof 56,057,909 2.01 43,268,34129.56
80 Tin and articles thereof 0 0.00 14-100.00
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 18,200,656 0.65 3,251,705459.73
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 1,128,851 0.04 1,035,2529.04
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 26,484 0.00 42,107-37.10
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 28,156,102 1.01 21,414,55331.48
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 8,957,125 0.32 5,605,31759.80
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 1,023,027 0.04 300340,909.00
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 771,216 0.03 311,546147.54
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 265,269 0.01 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 2,557,615 0.09 4,647,969-44.97
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 5,142,856 0.18 4,817,8106.75
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 302,428 0.01 239,76426.14
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 1,365,034 0.05 672,640102.94
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 815,862 0.03 528,96154.24
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 38,338 0.00 43,737-12.34
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 5,523 0.00 33,993-83.75
SS Classified 0 0.00 8 128 986-100.00

Russia’s Imports from Switzerland

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

  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 52.23% of Russia’s total imports from Switzerland (47.60% in 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 25.44% of Russia’s total imports from Switzerland (29.27% in 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 8.64% of Russia’s total imports from Switzerland (10.28% in 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 2.88% of Russia’s total imports from Switzerland (3.18% in 2020).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Switzerland in 2021 over 2020 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $335,139,730;
  • Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $97,488,044;
  • Clocks and watches and parts thereof (HS code 91) - an increase of $74,608,863;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $44,566,835;
  • Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS code 33) - an increase of $18,849,136;
  • Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (HS code 97) - an increase of $14,722,591;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - an increase of $13,976,449;
  • 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 $12,938,421.

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

  • No product groups with a substantial decrease.
Russia’s imports from Switzerland 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
01 Live animals 0 0.00 76,053-100.00
02 Meat and edible meat offal 477,111 0.01 412,80615.58
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 37,188,155 1.10 38,349,472-3.03
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 495 0.00 124,025.00
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 40,265,292 1.19 32,962,32022.16
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 72 0.00 1,037-93.06
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 0 0.00 1,414-100.00
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 3,411,207 0.10 4,208,980-18.95
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 203,911 0.01 160,90326.73
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 1,775,729 0.05 1,720,1973.23
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 2,613,946 0.08 2,382,3269.72
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 11,339,389 0.34 9,081,37824.86
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 99,221,240 2.94 89,911,56810.35
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 2,642,275 0.08 2,074,04127.40
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 62,755,187 1.86 66,544,037-5.69
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 18,665,718 0.55 20,389,435-8.45
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 3,327,989 0.10 5,763,429-42.26
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 5,841,819 0.17 4,914,73718.86
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 131,929 0.00 119,31110.58
26 Ores, slag and ash 7,013 0.00 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 5,994,469 0.18 2,352,518154.81
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 7,723,802 0.23 9,002,308-14.20
29 Organic chemicals 331,740,198 9.84 234,252,15441.62
30 Pharmaceutical products 1,127,068,972 33.42 791,929,24242.32
31 Fertilizers 41,555 0.00 30,48436.32
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 40,967,769 1.21 49,374,382-17.03
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 113,598,070 3.37 94,748,93419.89
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 22,269,458 0.66 18,148,53722.71
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 7,364,913 0.22 7,758,314-5.07
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 539,227-100.00
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 700,603 0.02 960,694-27.07
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 20,666,931 0.61 24,913,363-17.04
39 Plastics and articles thereof 70,976,762 2.10 57,000,31324.52
40 Rubber and articles thereof 7,955,306 0.24 3,392,346134.51
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 0 0.00 139,845-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 1,878,796 0.06 1,223,10553.61
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 101,479 0.00 70,68043.58
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 2,769,317 0.08 3,831,482-27.72
45 Cork and articles of cork 667,671 0.02 649,6222.78
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 7,800,437 0.23 7,369,7655.84
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 1,294,955 0.04 1,339,404-3.32
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 20,691 0.00 4,389371.43
52 Cotton 9,021 0.00 1,097722.33
54 Man-made filaments 545,635 0.02 634,097-13.95
55 Man-made staple fibers 283,989 0.01 208,36836.29
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 514,859 0.02 656,910-21.62
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 417,190 0.01 502,941-17.05
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 125,796 0.00 155,659-19.18
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 3,101,583 0.09 2,415,20128.42
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 29,961 0.00 7,065324.08
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 3,482,733 0.10 2,842,20822.54
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 1,986,876 0.06 2,162,058-8.10
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 474,065 0.01 642,860-26.26
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 443,892 0.01 258,65371.62
65 Headgear and parts thereof 282,965 0.01 152,13685.99
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 13,331 0.00 8,12664.05
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 989 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 7,630,172 0.23 9,000,982-15.23
69 Ceramic products 989,158 0.03 975,1001.44
70 Glass and glassware 2,002,204 0.06 2,078,923-3.69
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 26,517,342 0.79 13,578,92195.28
72 Iron and steel 1,961,702 0.06 1,463,14534.07
73 Articles of iron or steel 37,674,572 1.12 28,856,72330.56
74 Copper and articles thereof 2,863,060 0.08 3,479,388-17.71
75 Nickel and articles thereof 866,888 0.03 1,623,275-46.60
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 5,565,270 0.17 4,212,61532.11
78 Lead and articles thereof 2,315 0.00 1651,303.03
79 Zinc and articles thereof 462,033 0.01 243,62789.65
80 Tin and articles thereof 9,461 0.00 22,800-58.50
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 1,080,851 0.03 6,031,605-82.08
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 43,822,189 1.30 38,407,20514.10
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 2,168,619 0.06 2,068,6994.83
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 403,268,657 11.96 358,701,82212.42
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 162,278,186 4.81 154,299,3725.17
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 51,227 0.00 9,927416.04
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 5,916,822 0.18 4,274,83838.41
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 281,534,944 8.35 277,063,0701.61
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 265,082,307 7.86 190,473,44439.17
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 79,338 0.00 74,5616.41
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 1,058,673 0.03 1,579,636-32.98
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 1,365,193 0.04 1,081,26126.26
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 4,099,140 0.12 3,379,49421.29
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 21,352,164 0.63 6,629,573222.07
SS Classified 0 0.00 5 764 629-100.00
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia