Russian trade with Zimbabwe in 2015
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Zimbabwe
In 2015, Russia’s trade with Zimbabwe totaled $45,382,491, up 7.70% ($3,245,495) from 2014.
Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2015 were $3,088,017, down 66.17% ($6,040,577) from 2014.
Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2015 totaled $42,294,474, up 28.13% ($9,286,072) from 2014.
Russia’s trade deficit with Zimbabwe in 2015 was $39,206,457, a 64.18% increase ($15,326,649) over 2014.
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 132nd largest trading partner in 2015 (up from 133rd in 2014), accounting for 0.0086% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0054% in 2014).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 159th largest export market in 2015 (down from 140th in 2014), accounting for 0.0009% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0018% in 2014).
Zimbabwe was Russia’s 98th largest supplier in 2015 (up from 100th in 2014), accounting for 0.0232% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0115% in 2014).
Russia’s Exports to Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian exports to Zimbabwe in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 64.14% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (19.84% in 2014);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 27.28% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (78.74% in 2014);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 8.41% of Russia’s total exports to Zimbabwe (1.08% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2015 over 2014 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 $331,600;
- 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 $73,478;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $42,264;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $30,091;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $14,898.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Zimbabwe in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $6,345,002;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $161,685;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $31,251.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 842,457 | 27.28 | 7,187,459 | -88.28 |
31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 31,251 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 70 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 1,091 | 0.04 | 0 | ∞ |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 144,274 | 4.67 | 305,959 | -52.85 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 1,836,500 | 59.47 | 1,504,900 | 22.03 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 99 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 203 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 3,551 | 0.11 | 0 | ∞ |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 16 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 54,913 | 1.78 | 12,649 | 334.13 |
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 | 80,078 | 2.59 | 6,600 | 1,113.30 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 109,867 | 3.56 | 79,776 | 37.72 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 14,898 | 0.48 | 0 | ∞ |
Russia’s Imports from Zimbabwe
The major share of Russian imports from Zimbabwe in 2015 (and in 2014) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.69% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (98.86% in 2014);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.15% of Russia’s total imports from Zimbabwe (1.13% in 2014).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $9,800,992;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - an increase of $482,866.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Zimbabwe in 2015 over 2014 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - a decrease of $595,929;
- Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code 25) - a decrease of $309,084;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $144,677.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2014, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2015 over 2014 |
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06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 125,581 | 0.30 | 270,258 | -53.53 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 10,625 | 0.03 | 18,883 | -43.73 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 380,669 | 0.90 | 976,598 | -61.02 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 687,298 | 1.63 | 204,432 | 236.20 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 1,859 | 0.00 | 4,673 | -60.22 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 40,958,946 | 96.84 | 31,157,954 | 31.46 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 64,692 | 0.15 | 373,776 | -82.69 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 745 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 53,405 | 0.13 | 0 | ∞ |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 770 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 308 | 0.00 | 33 | 833.33 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 280 | -100.00 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 11,091 | 0.03 | 0 | ∞ |