Last year, the total trade exchange between the two countries reached over $ 2.74 billion, up by 25.6 per cent year – on – year. Of the figure, the country exported $ 1.61 billion worth of goods to and importee $ 1.125 billion worth of goods from Russia.

Vietnam exported to Russia mostly cell phones and accessories; footwear of all kinds; clothes; coffee and seafood; and imported from Russia coal, iron and steel and autos. The two way trade between Vietnam and Russia is expected to reach $ 10 billion in 2020.

In the first quarter of 2017, the country’s exports of goods to Russia hit $ 416.7 million, up by 23.2 per cent over the same period of 2016. Cell phones and accessories were leading the list of items exported by the country to Russia in the period with $ 202.5 million, up by 29.2 per cent year – on – year and accounted for 48.6 per cent of the total. It was followed by textiles and garments - $ 31.4 million, up by 142 per cent; coffee - $ 28.4 million, down by 24.3 per cent; computers, electronics and components - $ 23.6 million, down by 3.3 per cent; and seafood - $ 19.5 million, up by 6.1 per cent.

In the reviewed period, the country’s exports of rice to Russia rocketed by 1,560 per cent to $ 2.2 million; machines, equipment and spare parts – up by 150 per cent; textiles and garments – up by 142 per cent; petroleum – up by 100 per cent; confectionery and grain products – up by 282 per cent. However, the exports of iron and steel were down by 76 per cent; and coffee – down by 24 per cent.

Item	First quarter of 2017	First quarter of 2016	Comparison (%)
Total	416,677,006	338,102,933	+23.24
Cell phones and accessories	202,536,960	156,788,522	+29.18
Textiles and garments	31,441,059	12,995,753	+141.93
Coffee	28,400,231	37,518,658	-24.30
Computers, electronics and components	23,566,883	24,367,308	-3.28
Seafood	19,526,273	18,397,143	+6.14
Footwear of all kinds	16,320,596	16,572,657	-1.52
Machines, equipment, tools and spare parts	14,606,089	5,847,254	+149.79
Fruit and vegetables	8,997,290	4,767,535	+88.72
Cashew nuts	7,218,125	5,882,077	+22.71
Petroleum of all kinds	6,796,870	3,397,000	+100.08
Pepper	6,574,644	7,237,668	-9.16
Tea	6,098,752	5,082,802	+19.99
Handbags, wallets, suitcases, hats and umbrellas	4,233,013	4,737,637	-10.65
Rubber	2,513,728	2,260,421	+11.21
Plastic products	2,505,253	2,155,703	+16.22
Rice	2,248,169	135,395	+1560.45
Confectionery and grain products	2,182,979	570,913	+282.37
Wood and furniture	1,374,305	1,030,302	+33.39
Toys, sports equipment and spare parts	1,134,260	1,073,941	+5.62
Iron and steel of all kinds	769,213	3,241,751	-76.27
Rubber products	367,190	245,455	+49.60
Ceramic and porcelain products	309,188	243,139	+27.17
Bamboo, rattan, sedge and carpet products	147,775	119,452	+23.71