Russian trade with Ethiopia in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Ethiopia
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Ethiopia totaled $215,109,980, up 412.20% ($173,112,489) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2016 totaled $194,487,806, up 997.36% ($176,764,514) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2016 were $20,622,174, down 15.04% ($3,652,025) from 2015.
Russia’s trade balance with Ethiopia went from a deficit of $6,550,907 in 2015, to a surplus of $173,865,632 in 2016.
Ethiopia was Russia’s 96th largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 133rd in 2015), accounting for 0.0460% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0080% in 2015).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 83rd largest export market in 2016 (up from 136th in 2015), accounting for 0.0681% of Russia’s total exports (up from 0.0052% in 2015).
Ethiopia was Russia’s 102nd largest supplier in 2016 (down from 101st in 2015), accounting for 0.0113% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0133% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Ethiopia
The major share of Russian exports to Ethiopia in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 9.35% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (48.14% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 5.89% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (20.12% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 5.03% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (0.97% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 0.78% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (15.95% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 0.39% of Russia’s total exports to Ethiopia (13.18% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - an increase of $9,727,367;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - an increase of $9,506,000;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - an increase of $8,051,088;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - an increase of $1,238,197.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Ethiopia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $1,478,841;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $1,120,468;
- 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 $1,010,956.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
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10 | Cereals | 17,802,748 | 9.15 | 8,075,381 | 120.46 |
19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares | 0 | 0.00 | 48,021 | -100.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 390,494 | 0.20 | 407,962 | -4.28 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 97,700 | 0.05 | 31,400 | 211.15 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 22,440 | 0.01 | 84,000 | -73.29 |
31 | Fertilizers | 9,506,000 | 4.89 | 0 | ∞ |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 2,800 | 0.00 | 3,929 | -28.74 |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 1,540 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 29,551 | 0.02 | 16,108 | 83.46 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 113,010 | 0.06 | 37,284 | 203.11 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,069,749 | 0.55 | 946,109 | 13.07 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 313,938 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 439,305 | 0.23 | 1,559,773 | -71.84 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 6,745 | -100.00 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 7,707 | 0.00 | 270 | 2,754.44 |
70 | Glass and glassware | 1,728 | 0.00 | 236 | 632.20 |
72 | Iron and steel | 714,638 | 0.37 | 2,193,479 | -67.42 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 25,124 | 0.01 | 92,342 | -72.79 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 2,695 | 0.00 | 1,891 | 42.52 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 8,309 | 0.00 | 47,042 | -82.34 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 5,979 | 0.00 | 645 | 826.98 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 556,371 | 0.29 | 938,453 | -40.71 |
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 | 341,774 | 0.18 | 1,352,730 | -74.73 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 8,241,313 | 4.24 | 190,225 | 4,232.40 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 2,322,625 | 1.19 | 1,084,428 | 114.18 |
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 | 992 | -100.00 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,970 | 0.00 | 85 | 2,217.65 |
SS | Classified | 152,782,236 | 78.56 | 289 824 | 52,615.52 |
Russia’s Imports from Ethiopia
The major share of Russian imports from Ethiopia in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 98.57% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (99.74% in 2015);
- Textiles, textile products and footwear (HS codes 50-67) - 1.05% of Russia’s total imports from Ethiopia (0.25% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2016 over 2015 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) - an increase of $312,831;
- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (HS code 61) - an increase of $110,888;
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (HS code 41) - an increase of $78,256;
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - an increase of $78,115.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Ethiopia in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $3,261,960;
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $993,053.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
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06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 2,388,873 | 11.58 | 2,076,042 | 15.07 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 6,094,839 | 29.55 | 9,356,799 | -34.86 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 958 | 0.00 | 25,650 | -96.27 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 11,076,747 | 53.71 | 12,069,800 | -8.23 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 689,612 | 3.34 | 611,497 | 12.77 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 75,640 | 0.37 | 67,309 | 12.38 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 3,641 | -100.00 |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
41 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather | 78,256 | 0.38 | 0 | ∞ |
53 | Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn | 61,952 | 0.30 | 17,205 | 260.08 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 146,435 | 0.71 | 35,547 | 311.95 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5,982 | 0.03 | 8,533 | -29.90 |
65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 1,838 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 1,312 | -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 | 30 | 0.00 | 864 | -96.53 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 1,008 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |