Russian trade with Ethiopia in 2013
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ethiopia
In 2013, Russia’s trade with Ethiopia was $68,631,841, down 54.20% ($81,205,471) from 2012.
Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2013 were $46,191,165, down 64.32% ($83,272,859) from 2012.
Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2013 totaled $22,440,676, up 10.15% ($2,067,388) from 2012.
Russia’s trade surplus with Ethiopia in 2013 was $23,750,489, a 78.23% decrease ($85,340,247) over 2012.
Ethiopia was Russia’s 119th largest trading partner in 2013 (down from 107th in 2012), accounting for 0.0081% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0178% in 2012).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 117th largest export market in 2013 (down from 94th in 2012), accounting for 0.0088% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0247% in 2012).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 106th largest supplier in 2013 (up from 108th in 2012), accounting for 0.0071% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0064% in 2012).
Russia’s Exports to Ethiopia
The major share of Russian exports to Ethiopia in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 37.73% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (13.38% in 2012);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 36.03% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (76.91% in 2012);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 12.53% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (5.49% in 2012);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 4.73% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (1.02% in 2012);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 3.63% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (1.06% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- 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 $4,449,352;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $3,517,045;
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code 11) - an increase of $766,386;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $722,878;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $542,140;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $181,120.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $82,189,498;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $8,586,640;
- Headgear and parts thereof (HS code 65) - a decrease of $1,019,424;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $791,313;
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - a decrease of $615,157;
- Plastics and articles thereof (HS code 39) - a decrease of $591,292;
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (HS code 32) - a decrease of $308,761;
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (HS code 44) - a decrease of $267,500.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
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 | 1,766,391 | 3.82 | 1,000,005 | 76.64 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 417,485 | 0.90 | 326,175 | 27.99 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 37,524 | 0.08 | 0 | ∞ |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 16,275 | -100.00 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,702 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
29 | Organic chemicals | 66 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 19,870 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
31 | Fertilizers | 15,433,735 | 33.41 | 97,623,233 | -84.19 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 37,903 | 0.08 | 346,664 | -89.07 |
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 | 11 | 0.00 | 29,072 | -99.96 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 4,335 | 0.01 | 37,926 | -88.57 |
37 | Photographic or cinematographic goods | 58,273 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 40,094 | 0.09 | 5,304 | 655.92 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 119,939 | 0.26 | 711,231 | -83.14 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 927,256 | 2.01 | 820,490 | 13.01 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 956 | 0.00 | 4,200 | -77.24 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 438,941 | 0.95 | 706,441 | -37.87 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 101,257 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,107,870 | 2.40 | 565,730 | 95.83 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 130,423 | 0.28 | 500 | 25,984.60 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 627 | 0.00 | 4,135 | -84.84 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 24,180 | 0.05 | 22,729 | 6.38 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 97 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 320 | 0.00 | 15,524 | -97.94 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,019,424 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 114,850 | 0.25 | 24,205 | 374.49 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 9,215 | 0.02 | 35,552 | -74.08 |
72 | Iron and steel | 4,473,502 | 9.68 | 4,292,382 | 4.22 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,007,008 | 2.18 | 1,798,321 | -44.00 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 19,428 | 0.04 | 85,360 | -77.24 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 235,593 | 0.51 | 850,750 | -72.31 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 30,295 | 0.07 | 24,128 | 25.56 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 20,054 | 0.04 | 59,897 | -66.52 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 8,634,858 | 18.69 | 5,117,813 | 68.72 |
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 | 5,743,342 | 12.43 | 1,293,990 | 343.85 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 1,742,506 | 3.77 | 10,329,146 | -83.13 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,308,957 | 2.83 | 586,079 | 123.34 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 81,408 | 0.18 | 6,584 | 1,136.45 |
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 | 76,238 | 0.17 | 1,000 | 7,523.80 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 41 | 0.00 | 6,706 | -99.39 |
SS | Classified | 2,125,872 | 4.60 | 1 595 796 | 33.22 |
Russia’s Imports from Ethiopia
The major share of Russian imports from Ethiopia in 2013 (and in 2012) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.89% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (98.55% in 2012).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - an increase of $7,453,424;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $120,040.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2013 over 2012 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $5,162,044;
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (HS code 64) - a decrease of $188,805;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $141,078;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - a decrease of $98,024.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2012, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2013 over 2012 |
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06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 2,946,591 | 13.13 | 3,087,669 | -4.57 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 9,677,365 | 43.12 | 2,223,941 | 335.14 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 128,181 | 0.57 | 96,633 | 32.65 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 9,282,133 | 41.36 | 14,444,177 | -35.74 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 270,527 | 1.21 | 150,487 | 79.77 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 112,149 | 0.50 | 74,108 | 51.33 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 762 | -100.00 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 0 | 0.00 | 98,024 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 5,453 | 0.02 | 0 | ∞ |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 6,105 | 0.03 | 191 | 3,096.34 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 10,626 | 0.05 | 1,077 | 886.63 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 901 | 0.00 | 189,706 | -99.53 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 905 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 323 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 220 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
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 | 163 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 262 | 0.00 | 2,594 | -89.90 |
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 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,201 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 1,490 | -100.00 |