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Russian trade with Kenya in 2012

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Kenya in 2012: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia’s Trade with Kenya

In 2012, Russia’s trade with Kenya was $259,311,944, down 26.88% ($95,316,650) from 2011.

Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2012 were $125,962,447, down 44.42% ($100,682,326) from 2011.

Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2012 totaled $133,349,497, up 4.19% ($5,365,676) from 2011.

Russia’s trade balance with Kenya went from a surplus of $98,660,952 in 2011, to a deficit of $7,387,050 in 2012.

Kenya was Russia’s 90th largest trading partner in 2012 (down from 88th in 2011), accounting for 0.0308% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0431% in 2011).

Kenya was Russia’s 95th largest export market in 2012 (down from 82nd in 2011), accounting for 0.0240% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0439% in 2011).

Kenya was Russia’s 78th largest supplier in 2012 (just as in 2011), accounting for 0.0420% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0419% in 2011).

Russia’s Exports to Kenya

The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 48.38% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (77.11% in 2011);
  • Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 34.76% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (4.79% in 2011);
  • Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.66% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (3.17% in 2011);
  • Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 5.60% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (4.49% in 2011);
  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 3.21% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (2.49% in 2011).

The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $33,177,588;
  • Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $1,946,465;
  • 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 $1,677,331;
  • Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $1,485,868;
  • Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $947,541;
  • Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $521,864;
  • Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $490,180.

The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $116,254,443;
  • Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $3,247,356;
  • Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $1,578,590;
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $1,526,751.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2012 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of exports
in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total export Value of exports
in 2011,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2012
over 2011
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 0 0.00 4,218-100.00
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 947,541 0.75 0
10 Cereals 57,926,625 45.99 174,181,068-66.74
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 2,047,584 1.63 561,716264.52
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 0 0.00 9,381-100.00
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 20,023 0.02 0
25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 93,500 0.07 0
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 4,860 0.00 309,566-98.43
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes 592,638 0.47 562,9905.27
30 Pharmaceutical products 26,136 0.02 339,164-92.29
31 Fertilizers 43,097,160 34.21 9,919,572334.47
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 0 0.00 324-100.00
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 0 0.00 171-100.00
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 0 0.00 27,608-100.00
39 Plastics and articles thereof 235 0.00 0
40 Rubber and articles thereof 74,667 0.06 8,106821.13
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 0 0.00 17,628-100.00
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,573,225 1.25 1,051,36149.64
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 8,071,898 6.41 6,125,43331.78
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 666 0.00 180270.00
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 0 0.00 6-100.00
70 Glass and glassware 24,089 0.02 4602,125.00
72 Iron and steel 5,986,938 4.75 9,234,294-35.17
73 Articles of iron or steel 3,469 0.00 278,074-98.75
76 Aluminum and articles thereof 1,060,646 0.84 570,46685.93
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 0 0.00 95,581-100.00
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 15 0.00 684-97.81
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 684,989 0.54 2,263,579-69.74
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 1,871,080 1.49 193,749865.72
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof 1,694 0.00 163,328-98.96
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 1,485,370 1.18 3,012,121-50.69
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 69 0.00 355-80.56
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 77,131 0.06 70110,903.00
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 0 0.00 316-100.00
SS Classified 290,199 0.23 17 713 029-98.36

Russia’s Imports from Kenya

The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in 2012 (and in 2011) was accounted for the following product types:

  • Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.81% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.89% in 2011).

The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $7,192,454;
  • Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - an increase of $595,786.

The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2012 over 2011 were recorded for the following product groups:

  • Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $2,538,042.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2012 by product groups
HS
code
Name of product group Value of imports in 2012,
US dollars ($)
Percent share in total import Value of imports in 2011,
US dollars ($)
Percent change
in 2012
over 2011
06 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 58,305,716 43.72 60,843,758-4.17
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 199,299 0.15 117,10970.18
08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 535,784 0.40 471,31313.68
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 69,243,416 51.93 62,050,96211.59
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 121,335 0.09 37,478223.75
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 716 0.00 14,266-94.98
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 1,240,368 0.93 644,58292.43
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 83,552 0.06 101,562-17.73
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 3,368,690 2.53 3,557,416-5.31
39 Plastics and articles thereof 3,898 0.00 1392,704.32
40 Rubber and articles thereof 0 0.00 34-100.00
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 9,635 0.01 0
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 1,627 0.00 0
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 0 0.00 110-100.00
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 1,312 0.00 0
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn 0 0.00 43,412-100.00
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 8,575 0.01 1,657417.50
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 2,603 0.00 1,012157.21
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 720 0.00 86737.21
70 Glass and glassware 0 0.00 4,426-100.00
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 9,659 0.01 2834,396.43
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 64,518 0.05 0
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 59,169 0.04 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 8,606 0.01 5761,394.10
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 71,899 0.05 93,764-23.32
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 0 0.00 131-100.00
SS Classified 8,400 0.01 0
Russian foreign trade statistics
Source: Federal Customs Service of Russia