Russian trade with Angola in 2013
March 02, 2016
by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
The Report on Russia’s foreign trade in goods with Angola in 2013: exports, imports, products, dynamics.
Russia’s Trade with Angola
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Angola totaled $95,361,664, up 172.76% ($60,400,547) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Angola in 2013 totaled $95,099,132, up 172.83% ($60,242,591) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Angola in 2013 totaled $262,532, up 151.04% ($157,956) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Angola in 2013 was $94,836,600, a 172.90% increase ($60,084,635) over 2012.
Angola was Russia’s 116th largest trading partner in 2013 (up from 136th in 2012), accounting for 0.0113% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0042% in 2012).
Angola was Russia’s 99th largest export market in 2013 (up from 115th in 2012), accounting for 0.0180% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0066% in 2012).
Angola was Russia’s 160th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 169th in 2012), accounting for 0.0001% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0000% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Angola
The major share of Russian exports to Angola in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 61.53% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (10.11% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 22.05% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (39.09% in 2012);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 7.46% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (1.71% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 7.27% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (9.05% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.40% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (1.67% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 0.00% of Russia’s total exports to Angola (2.16% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Angola in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $54,559,012;
- 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 $6,499,630;
- 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 $4,972,778;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $4,234,661;
- Pharmaceutical products (HS code 30) - an increase of $3,781,556;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $470,808;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $429,852;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $412,194.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Angola in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,248,728;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - a decrease of $754,163;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $498,925.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 0 | 0.00 | 754,163 | -100.00 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 174,947 | -100.00 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 78,000 | 0.08 | 60,000 | 30.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 3,782,092 | 3.98 | 536 | 705,514.18 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 1,837,233 | 1.93 | 1,366,425 | 34.46 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 22,702 | -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 | 5,080 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 2,562 | 0.00 | 14,638 | -82.50 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 69,350 | 0.07 | 50,831 | 36.43 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 71,453 | 0.08 | 63,004 | 13.41 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,073,579 | 1.13 | 1,572,504 | -31.73 |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 317 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 45 | Cork and articles of cork | 14 | 0.00 | 99 | -85.86 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 806,840 | 0.85 | 376,988 | 114.02 |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 57,707,302 | 60.68 | 3,148,290 | 1,732.97 |
| 56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 8,673 | -100.00 |
| 58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 567 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 416 | -100.00 |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 909 | 0.00 | 372 | 144.35 |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 48,063 | 0.05 | 21,745 | 121.03 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 11,668 | 0.01 | 15,180 | -23.14 |
| 64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 10,597 | 0.01 | 5,587 | 89.67 |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 23,827 | 0.03 | 6,642 | 258.73 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 62,010 | 0.07 | 74,882 | -17.19 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 100 | 0.00 | 1,937 | -94.84 |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 7,095,830 | 7.46 | 596,200 | 1,090.18 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 157 | 0.00 | 10,532 | -98.51 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 314,986 | 0.33 | 333,462 | -5.54 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 155 | 0.00 | 2,339 | -93.37 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 90 | -100.00 |
| 80 | Tin and articles thereof | 253 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 36,466 | 0.04 | 136,076 | -73.20 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 33,098 | 0.03 | 99,909 | -66.87 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 9,928,987 | 10.44 | 5,694,326 | 74.37 |
| 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 | 7,927,618 | 8.34 | 2,954,840 | 168.29 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.00 | 29,713 | -100.00 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,156,105 | 2.27 | 4,404,833 | -51.05 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 954,180 | 1.00 | 541,986 | 76.05 |
| 91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 329 | -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 | 8,474 | 0.01 | 141,260 | -94.00 |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 47,861 | 0.05 | 19,920 | 140.27 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 816 | 0.00 | 607 | 34.43 |
| SS | Classified | 1,008,230 | 1.06 | 12 143 911 | -91.70 |
Russia’s Imports from Angola
The major share of Russian imports from Angola in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 93.20% of Russia’s total imports from Angola (93.16% in 2012);
- Precious metals and stones (HS code 71) - 6.47% of Russia’s total imports from Angola (0.00% in 2012);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.03% of Russia’s total imports from Angola (4.20% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.00% of Russia’s total imports from Angola (2.64% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Angola in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - an increase of $145,942;
- 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 $16,974;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - an increase of $1,311.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Angola in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $4,387;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $2,765.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 265 | 0.10 | 0 | ∞ |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 243,366 | 92.70 | 97,424 | 149.80 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 11 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,311 | 0.50 | 0 | ∞ |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 25 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
| 71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 16,974 | 6.47 | 0 | ∞ |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 2,765 | -100.00 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 4,387 | -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 | 69 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |
| 95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 508 | 0.19 | 0 | ∞ |