Russian trade with South Africa in 2014
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with South Africa
In 2014, Russia’s trade with South Africa was $975,994,654, down 8.65% ($92,378,788) from 2013.
Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2014 were $285,042,279, down 0.41% ($1,186,864) from 2013.
Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2014 were $690,952,375, down 11.66% ($91,191,924) from 2013.
Russia’s trade deficit with South Africa in 2014 was $405,910,096, a 18.15% decrease ($90,005,060) over 2013.
South Africa was Russia’s 67th largest trading partner in 2014 (up from 69th in 2013), accounting for 0.1247% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.1269% in 2013).
South Africa was Russia’s 80th largest export market in 2014 (down from 79th in 2013), accounting for 0.0574% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0543% in 2013).
South Africa was Russia’s 47th largest supplier in 2014 (up from 49th in 2013), accounting for 0.2416% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.2483% in 2013).
Russia’s Exports to South Africa
The major share of Russian exports to South Africa in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 70.27% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (47.28% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 12.55% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (19.71% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 8.16% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (19.21% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 3.97% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (5.90% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 2.40% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (5.04% in 2013);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 1.83% of Russia’s total exports to South Africa (2.50% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $74,839,054;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - an increase of $2,821,537;
- 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 $1,250,986;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - an increase of $900,626.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to South Africa in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $27,957,120;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - a decrease of $20,549,277;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $10,627,236;
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (HS code 49) - a decrease of $4,783,919;
- Rubber and articles thereof (HS code 40) - a decrease of $4,140,247;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $3,857,710;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $2,896,101;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $2,665,964;
- Articles of iron or steel (HS code 73) - a decrease of $2,315,490;
- 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) - a decrease of $1,156,344.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 130,600 | 0.05 | 25,164 | 419.00 |
10 | Cereals | 199,294,569 | 69.92 | 124,455,515 | 60.13 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 0 | 0.00 | 15,444 | -100.00 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 602,415 | 0.21 | 518 | 116,196.33 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 73,220 | 0.03 | 428 | 17,007.48 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 206,341 | 0.07 | 10,833,577 | -98.10 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 43,702 | 0.02 | 158,858 | -72.49 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 25,460 | 0.01 | 4,510 | 464.52 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 35,714,370 | 12.53 | 56,263,647 | -36.52 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 795,425 | 0.28 | 1,030,903 | -22.84 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 546,324 | 0.19 | 280,652 | 94.66 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 540 | 0.00 | 13 | 4,053.85 |
31 | Fertilizers | 11,585,981 | 4.06 | 39,543,101 | -70.70 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 3,540 | 0.00 | 8,078 | -56.18 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 12,802 | 0.00 | 6,543 | 95.66 |
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 | 2,857 | 0.00 | 194,018 | -98.53 |
36 | Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 64,620 | -100.00 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 960,309 | 0.34 | 59,683 | 1,509.02 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 180,792 | 0.06 | 487,114 | -62.89 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 9,168,588 | 3.22 | 13,308,835 | -31.11 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 461 | 0.00 | 11,898 | -96.13 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 685,996 | 0.24 | 238,829 | 187.23 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 2,821,537 | 0.99 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 1,703,759 | 0.60 | 2,127,805 | -19.93 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 10,586 | 0.00 | 4,794,505 | -99.78 |
54 | Man-made filaments | 118,628 | 0.04 | 10 | 1,186,180.00 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 997 | 0.00 | 244,213 | -99.59 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 114 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 0 | 0.00 | 8,276 | -100.00 |
60 | Knitted or crocheted fabrics | 0 | 0.00 | 88,675 | -100.00 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 1,517 | 0.00 | 242 | 526.86 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 1,907 | 0.00 | 5,380 | -64.55 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 1,198 | 0.00 | 32,386 | -96.30 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 18,660 | 0.01 | 72,457 | -74.25 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 189 | 0.00 | 12,188 | -98.45 |
66 | Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 19,471 | 0.01 | 27,100 | -28.15 |
69 | Ceramic products | 10,306 | 0.00 | 12,000 | -14.12 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 126,680 | 0.04 | 540 | 23,359.26 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 1,309,189 | 0.46 | 58,203 | 2,149.35 |
72 | Iron and steel | 6,384,068 | 2.24 | 6,358,900 | 0.40 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 141,612 | 0.05 | 2,457,102 | -94.24 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 6,075 | 0.00 | 14,916 | -59.27 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 3,338,359 | 1.17 | 2,697,840 | 23.74 |
78 | Lead and articles thereof | 30 | 0.00 | 15 | 100.00 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,590 | -100.00 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,452,352 | 0.51 | 5,310,062 | -72.65 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,878 | 0.00 | 42,319 | -88.47 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 1,782,089 | 0.63 | 4,448,053 | -59.94 |
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 | 1,553,433 | 0.54 | 2,709,777 | -42.67 |
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 | 202,008 | -100.00 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 2,240 | 0.00 | 119,088 | -98.12 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 39,761 | 0.01 | 600,000 | -93.37 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 3,458,193 | 1.21 | 6,354,294 | -45.58 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 150 | 0.00 | 348 | -56.90 |
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 | 112,466 | 0.04 | 97,377 | 15.50 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 2,702 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 246,137 | 0.09 | 152,648 | 61.24 |
SS | Classified | 338,654 | 0.12 | 186 878 | 81.22 |
Russia’s Imports from South Africa
The major share of Russian imports from South Africa in 2014 (and in 2013) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 40.09% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (40.94% in 2013);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 25.63% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (28.33% in 2013);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 23.12% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (19.83% in 2013);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.20% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (5.03% in 2013);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 4.64% of Russia’s total imports from South Africa (5.53% in 2013).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $7,670,898;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - an increase of $7,657,937;
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - an increase of $6,704,145.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from South Africa in 2014 over 2013 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $48,785,935;
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $24,013,651;
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS code 22) - a decrease of $9,985,563;
- Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code 38) - a decrease of $7,240,899;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $6,750,554;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - a decrease of $4,908,666;
- 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) - a decrease of $3,840,132;
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (HS code 82) - a decrease of $3,069,584;
- Ores, slag and ash (HS code 26) - a decrease of $2,865,814;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $2,393,722.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2013, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2014 over 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Live animals | 21,366 | 0.00 | 55,546 | -61.53 |
02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 91,200 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 726,602 | 0.11 | 866,401 | -16.14 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 866,674 | 0.13 | 499,590 | 73.48 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 230,095,762 | 33.30 | 254,109,413 | -9.45 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 255,133 | 0.04 | 447,628 | -43.00 |
10 | Cereals | 788,032 | 0.11 | 3,181,754 | -75.23 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 750,538 | 0.11 | 919,461 | -18.37 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 0 | 0.00 | 53,878 | -100.00 |
14 | Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included | 0 | 0.00 | 8,436 | -100.00 |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 52,483 | 0.01 | 42,624 | 23.13 |
17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 9,228 | 0.00 | 77,940 | -88.16 |
18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 7,972 | 0.00 | 6,156 | 29.50 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 49,574 | 0.01 | 98 | 50,485.71 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 13,602,298 | 1.97 | 20,352,852 | -33.17 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 359,240 | 0.05 | 164,005 | 119.04 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 29,330,219 | 4.24 | 39,315,782 | -25.40 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 0 | 0.00 | 124,533 | -100.00 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 15,068,715 | 2.18 | 7,410,778 | 103.34 |
26 | Ores, slag and ash | 143,747,471 | 20.80 | 146,613,285 | -1.95 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 916,748 | 0.13 | 1,063,083 | -13.77 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 19,439,605 | 2.81 | 24,348,271 | -20.16 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 3,452,170 | 0.50 | 2,578,045 | 33.91 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 69,174 | 0.01 | 137,962 | -49.86 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 263,957 | 0.04 | 445,092 | -40.70 |
33 | Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations | 360,187 | 0.05 | 527,933 | -31.77 |
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 | 42,682 | 0.01 | 24,718 | 72.68 |
35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 233,837 | 0.03 | 808,122 | -71.06 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 2,991,148 | 0.43 | 10,232,047 | -70.77 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 3,891,611 | 0.56 | 2,968,450 | 31.10 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,324,285 | 0.19 | 1,182,933 | 11.95 |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 27,991 | 0.00 | 26,495 | 5.65 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 75,554 | 0.01 | 226,091 | -66.58 |
43 | Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof | 196,200 | 0.03 | 504,180 | -61.09 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 26,169 | 0.00 | 33,962 | -22.95 |
45 | Cork and articles of cork | 22 | 0.00 | 2,207 | -99.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 348,146 | 0.05 | 427,794 | -18.62 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 20,763 | 0.00 | 25,266 | -17.82 |
51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric | 42,229 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
54 | Man-made filaments | 48,033 | 0.01 | 42,008 | 14.34 |
55 | Man-made staple fibers | 13,776 | 0.00 | 8,266 | 66.66 |
56 | Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof | 69 | 0.00 | 225 | -69.33 |
57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 0 | 0.00 | 123 | -100.00 |
58 | Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery | 0 | 0.00 | 1,123 | -100.00 |
59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 10,008 | 0.00 | 52,093 | -80.79 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 18,434 | 0.00 | 8,523 | 116.29 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 10,256 | 0.00 | 13,500 | -24.03 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 10,638 | 0.00 | 32,615 | -67.38 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 19,226 | 0.00 | 65,512 | -70.65 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 657 | 0.00 | 91 | 621.98 |
67 | Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair | 5,449 | 0.00 | 3,003 | 81.45 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 36,833 | 0.01 | 9,452 | 289.68 |
69 | Ceramic products | 40,280 | 0.01 | 59,345 | -32.13 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 257,104 | 0.04 | 289,768 | -11.27 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 686,116 | 0.10 | 627,322 | 9.37 |
72 | Iron and steel | 36,630,960 | 5.30 | 29,926,815 | 22.40 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 1,568,922 | 0.23 | 1,171,881 | 33.88 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 60,066 | 0.01 | 38,462 | 56.17 |
75 | Nickel and articles thereof | 8,897 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 2,736,395 | 0.40 | 3,376,012 | -18.95 |
79 | Zinc and articles thereof | 616,060 | 0.09 | 489,477 | 25.86 |
81 | Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof | 19,703 | 0.00 | 86,184 | -77.14 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 1,129,224 | 0.16 | 4,198,808 | -73.11 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 40,227 | 0.01 | 42,700 | -5.79 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 17,704,926 | 2.56 | 66,490,861 | -73.37 |
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 | 15,491,854 | 2.24 | 19,331,986 | -19.86 |
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 | 2,121,807 | 0.31 | 1,393,631 | 52.25 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 141,223,052 | 20.44 | 133,552,154 | 5.74 |
89 | Ships, boats and floating structures | 6,155 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 513,844 | 0.07 | 794,172 | -35.30 |
91 | Clocks and watches and parts thereof | 4,750 | 0.00 | 156 | 2,944.87 |
92 | Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles | 1,295 | 0.00 | 281 | 360.85 |
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 | 202,250 | 0.03 | 153,676 | 31.61 |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 9,027 | 0.00 | 6,051 | 49.18 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 131,548 | 0.02 | 64,372 | 104.36 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 840 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 29,546 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |