Which goods from China Russia began to buy more in 2022

In 2022, RUSSIA has impressively increased its purchases of excavators, trucks and rubber tires from CHINA. However, shipments of smartphones and computers from China are still lagging behind last year's levels, according to Chinese statistics.

The EXPORT of goods from China to Russia over the ten months of 2022 increased by almost 13% compared to the same period last year (to about $60 billion), and if we compare the periods of March-October (in 2022 - after the start of a special military operation in Ukraine and tough Western sanctions), then exports grew by 7%, according to the official statistics of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (Russia has stopped publishing foreign trade statistics since the spring).

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Russian-Chinese trade hit a new record this year in terms of volume, and Western economists called Russia the most dependent on Chinese goods after North Korea.

Growth in exports of special equipment

As detailed data from the PRC customs show (if you look at the largest positions of Chinese exports to Russia), Russia has especially noticeably increased its purchases of trucks from China (by 3.5 times compared to January-October 2021), new rubber tires and tires (by 2. 1 time), excavators and loaders (twice), as well as pumps and compressors, including turbochargers needed for car engines (by 19%), taps, valves and gates (also by 19%).

In 2021, the EU, Japan and the United States exported $1 billion worth of trucks to Russia, but in 2022 these deliveries collapsed amid sanctions and the withdrawal of Western automakers from the Russian market.

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In the tire market, some manufacturers also decided to leave Russia. So, in June, the Finnish tire manufacturer Nokian announced his resignation (he owned a plant in Vsevolozhsk, which also produces tires for the Russian market), and in the autumn he sold this business to Tatneft. The French Michelin in March suspended production in Russia (at a plant in the Moscow region) and promised to transfer it to the management of local authorities by the end of the year. The Japanese Bridgestone also announced the suspension of production (plant in Ulyanovsk) and the search for a buyer for the business. Factories Pirelli, Continental and Yokohama in Russia after a break returned to work in the period from April to August - after it was possible to establish the supply of rubber through alternative channels.

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Decreased shipments of smartphones and laptops

Most of all, China supplies telephone sets to Russia (about $3.4 billion over the ten months of this year) and computers (about $2.2 billion over the same period). But these deliveries decreased compared to the same period last year: by telephones by 15.5%, by computers by the same amount. In January-October 2022, China sent to Russia 17.6 million smartphones for $2.3 billion, as well as portable computers (mainly laptops) for $1.17 billion, system units and servers (including industrial ones) for $0 .5 billion

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Exports of passenger cars from China decreased by 8%, and auto components - by 2% compared to the ten months of 2021.

Last year, according to the results of January-October, the top 10 export positions included garments made of natural fur (their deliveries to Russia decreased by about half, to $534 million), electric heaters (radiators, irons, microwave ovens, electric stoves, etc. . - exports decreased by 12%, to $729 million), as well as lamps and fixtures (minus 11%, to $658 million).