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

Russia’s Trade with Turkmenistan

In 2021, Russia’s trade with Turkmenistan was $865,077,740, down 10.83% ($105,093,554) from 2020.

Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in 2021 totaled $725,414,330, up 11.68% ($75,872,856) from 2020.

Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in 2021 were $139,663,410, down 56.44% ($180,966,410) from 2020.

Russia’s trade surplus with Turkmenistan in 2021 was $585,750,920, a 78.09% increase ($256,839,266) over 2020.

Turkmenistan was Russia’s 74th largest trading partner in 2021 (down from 65th in 2020), accounting for 0.1102% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1709% in 2020).

Turkmenistan was Russia’s 62nd largest export market in 2021 (down from 60th in 2020), accounting for 0.1476% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.1931% in 2020).

Turkmenistan was Russia’s 82nd largest supplier in 2021 (down from 64th in 2020), accounting for 0.0476% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.1385% in 2020).

Russia’s Exports to Turkmenistan

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

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 44.34% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (14.04% in 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 17.84% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (21.14% in 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 16.69% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (19.15% in 2020);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 14.28% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (38.65% in 2020);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 4.04% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (4.38% in 2020);
  • Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.76% of Russia’s total exports to Turkmenistan (1.30% in 2020).

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

  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - an increase of $189,119,840;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $17,586,774;
  • 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 (HS code 86) - an increase of $13,218,450;
  • Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - an increase of $8,031,214;
  • Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (HS code 68) - an increase of $6,227,255;
  • 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 $4,039,502;
  • Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $2,592,016;
  • Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $2,405,194.

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

  • Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $83,072,477;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $72,725,692;
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $17,349,805;
  • Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code 17) - a decrease of $17,095,256;
  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $10,815,990;
  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $7,896,229;
  • Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - a decrease of $4,901,169;
  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $4,824,259;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $2,761,453;
  • 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) - a decrease of $2,258,917.
Russia’s exports to Turkmenistan in 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2021
over 2020
01 Live animals 450,545 0.06 111,674303.45
02 Meat and edible meat offal 15,438 0.00 200,605-92.30
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 218,464 0.03 68,444219.19
04 Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 2,052,808 0.28 2,194,239-6.45
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 60,315 0.01 58,4393.21
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 389,007 0.05 11,204,997-96.53
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 171,291 0.02 288,978-40.73
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 717,571 0.10 777,491-7.71
10 Cereals 240,496 0.03 5,064,755-95.25
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 6,679,894 0.92 4,087,87863.41
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 844,760 0.12 1,013,111-16.62
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 77,360 0.01 59,94929.04
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 72,000 0.01 11463,057.89
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 56,196,936 7.75 48,165,72216.67
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 805,965 0.11 542,34048.61
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 6,433,346 0.89 23,528,602-72.66
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 7,768,206 1.07 6,274,98523.80
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 8,979,683 1.24 8,133,36010.41
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 2,558,740 0.35 1,815,13940.97
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 11,625,897 1.60 11,815,937-1.61
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 12,735,559 1.76 11,745,2008.43
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed 136,564 0.02 152,370-10.37
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 914,319 0.13 1,564,051-41.54
26 Ores, slag and ash 45,889 0.01 5,168787.95
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 4,140,284 0.57 6,901,737-40.01
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 3,868,484 0.53 1,463,290164.37
29 Organic chemicals 2,361,465 0.33 1,014,887132.68
30 Pharmaceutical products 34,129,755 4.70 39,030,924-12.56
31 Fertilizers 290,620 0.04 8,186,849-96.45
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 1,582,318 0.22 1,606,717-1.52
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 10,871,558 1.50 11,532,575-5.73
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 5,341,058 0.74 7,599,975-29.72
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 507,956 0.07 780,658-34.93
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 0 0.00 557,116-100.00
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 27,730 0.00 12,621119.71
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 29,794,012 4.11 30,996,139-3.88
39 Plastics and articles thereof 10,332,750 1.42 9,694,0506.59
40 Rubber and articles thereof 12,451,714 1.72 11,937,0284.31
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 23,816 0.00 17,59035.40
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 20,358,243 2.81 20,718,827-1.74
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard 609,867 0.08 368,78465.37
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 5,833,878 0.80 7,152,234-18.43
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 202,392 0.03 187,0288.21
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 0 0.00 8,055-100.00
52 Cotton 0 0.00 5,962-100.00
54 Man-made filaments 199,146 0.03 44,005352.55
55 Man-made staple fibers 38,748 0.01 0
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 1,609,093 0.22 471,508241.27
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 162 0.00 13,961-98.84
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 63 0.00 3,621-98.26
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 245,219 0.03 445,499-44.96
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 0 0.00 3,469-100.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 234,461 0.03 38,555508.12
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 418,441 0.06 457,064-8.45
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 69,411 0.01 1,215,539-94.29
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 158,445 0.02 26,604495.57
65 Headgear and parts thereof 10,548 0.00 3,311218.57
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 356 0.00 435-18.16
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 3,307 0.00 2,10756.95
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 8,195,861 1.13 1,968,606316.33
69 Ceramic products 227,883 0.03 372,800-38.87
70 Glass and glassware 407,466 0.06 1,039,731-60.81
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 13,250 0.00 9151,348.09
72 Iron and steel 29,002,603 4.00 101,728,295-71.49
73 Articles of iron or steel 61,240,833 8.44 144,313,310-57.56
74 Copper and articles thereof 44,239 0.01 322,561-86.29
75 Nickel and articles thereof 2,317 0.00 1,50853.65
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 2,124,987 0.29 1,411,52150.55
78 Lead and articles thereof 246 0.00 32,589-99.25
79 Zinc and articles thereof 2,641 0.00 0
80 Tin and articles thereof 34,425 0.00 0
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 2,304 0.00 16,864-86.34
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 542,138 0.07 1,524,790-64.45
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 2,465,127 0.34 1,673,42347.31
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 38,232,081 5.27 20,645,30785.19
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 11,888,798 1.64 7,849,29651.46
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 15,887,849 2.19 2,669,399495.18
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 31,434,127 4.33 48,783,932-35.56
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 194,615,687 26.83 5,495,8473,441.14
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 4,235,564 0.58 5,739,973-26.21
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 58,132 0.01 2,1912,553.22
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 311 0.00 140122.14
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 455,223 0.06 1,239,014-63.26
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 908,064 0.13 132,919583.17
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 346,952 0.05 480,503-27.79
SS Classified 0 0.00 723 768-100.00

Russia’s Imports from Turkmenistan

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

  • Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 42.85% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (12.90% in 2020);
  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 32.97% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (7.71% in 2020);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 23.75% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (17.72% in 2020);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.17% of Russia’s total imports from Turkmenistan (61.08% in 2020).

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

  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $20,625,377;
  • Man-made filaments (HS code 54) - an increase of $6,788,919;
  • Cotton (HS code 52) - an increase of $4,704,583;
  • Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (HS code 63) - an increase of $3,298,117;
  • Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (HS code 62) - an increase of $3,040,021;
  • Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $1,830,557.

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

  • Ships, boats and floating structures (HS code 89) - a decrease of $195,208,816;
  • Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $25,479,669;
  • Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $1,420,929;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $620,520.
Russia’s imports from Turkmenistan in 2021 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2021,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2020,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2021
over 2020
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 44,413,404 31.80 23,788,02786.70
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 481,575 0.34 425,24613.25
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 49,514 0.04 0
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 10,426 0.01 0
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 180,630 0.13 127,93941.18
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares 200,609 0.14 24,110732.06
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 576,643 0.41 350,90664.33
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 56,127 0.04 0
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 12,042 0.01 0
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 24,914 0.02 9,303167.81
26 Ores, slag and ash 0 0.00 94-100.00
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 99,609 0.07 1,520,538-93.45
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 3,814,537 2.73 1,983,98092.27
31 Fertilizers 30,638 0.02 0
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics 5,728 0.00 79,875-92.83
39 Plastics and articles thereof 29,276,057 20.96 54,755,726-46.53
40 Rubber and articles thereof 0 0.00 322-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 360 0.00 311,900.00
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 5 0.00 113-95.58
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 18,618 0.01 16,07115.85
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 1,666,432 1.19 1,540,5288.17
52 Cotton 23,915,480 17.12 19,210,89724.49
54 Man-made filaments 11,142,847 7.98 4,353,928155.93
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 715,552 0.51 400,90078.49
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 7,339 0.01 0
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 70,937 0.05 162,557-56.36
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 13,898 0.01 20,601-32.54
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 74,508 0.05 54,01137.95
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 743,630 0.53 410,70681.06
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 5,642,810 4.04 2,602,789116.80
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 15,705,168 11.25 12,407,05126.58
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 60,493 0.04 202,841-70.18
65 Headgear and parts thereof 1,029 0.00 0
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 41,460 0.03 2,7111,429.32
70 Glass and glassware 113,675 0.08 0
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin 725 0.00 0
72 Iron and steel 0 0.00 896-100.00
73 Articles of iron or steel 0 0.00 323,512-100.00
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 44 0.00 0
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 0 0.00 11,492-100.00
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 0 0.00 620,520-100.00
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 0 0.00 45-100.00
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 898 0.00 0
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 232,664 0.17 0
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 0 0.00 195,208,816-100.00
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 0 0.00 2,185-100.00
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 114 0.00 9,957-98.86
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 22,415 0.02 5963,660.91
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 52,400 0.04 28187,042.86
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia