Russian trade with Kenya in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Kenya
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Kenya was $267,920,662, down 19.43% ($64,622,233) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2016 were $130,364,524, down 19.39% ($31,367,574) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2016 were $137,556,138, down 19.47% ($33,254,659) from 2015.
Russia’s trade deficit with Kenya in 2016 was $7,191,614, a 20.79% decrease ($1,887,085) over 2015.
Kenya was Russia’s 88th largest trading partner in 2016 (down from 83rd in 2015), accounting for 0.0573% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0632% in 2015).
Kenya was Russia’s 93rd largest export market in 2016 (down from 88th in 2015), accounting for 0.0457% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0471% in 2015).
Kenya was Russia’s 77th largest supplier in 2016 (down from 68th in 2015), accounting for 0.0755% of Russia’s total imports (down from 0.0935% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Kenya
The major share of Russian exports to Kenya in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 55.34% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (54.80% in 2015);
- Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 19.78% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (25.57% in 2015);
- Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 12.91% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (8.48% in 2015);
- Wood and wood products (HS codes 44-49) - 7.46% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (8.00% in 2015);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 4.17% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (1.62% in 2015);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.30% of Russia’s total exports to Kenya (1.29% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Aluminum and articles thereof (HS code 76) - an increase of $5,673,568;
- Organic chemicals (HS code 29) - an increase of $3,135,475;
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (HS code 27) - an increase of $2,860,258;
- Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (HS code 28) - an increase of $566,134.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Kenya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Iron and steel (HS code 72) - a decrease of $21,203,582;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $14,572,382;
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - a decrease of $2,436,611;
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code 07) - a decrease of $2,024,752;
- Fertilizers (HS code 31) - a decrease of $1,096,363;
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - a decrease of $711,621;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $633,882;
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (HS code 47) - a decrease of $486,542.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 774 | 0.00 | 838 | -7.64 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 0 | 0.00 | 2,024,752 | -100.00 |
10 | Cereals | 72,022,354 | 55.25 | 86,594,736 | -16.83 |
16 | Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 0 | 0.00 | 3,013 | -100.00 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 0 | 0.00 | 73 | -100.00 |
22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 122,263 | 0.09 | 12,375 | 887.98 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 125,782 | 0.10 | 175,588 | -28.37 |
27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 5,310,262 | 4.07 | 2,450,004 | 116.75 |
28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 1,959,301 | 1.50 | 1,393,167 | 40.64 |
29 | Organic chemicals | 3,195,305 | 2.45 | 59,830 | 5,240.64 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 1,680 | 0.00 | 18,183 | -90.76 |
31 | Fertilizers | 10,897,063 | 8.36 | 11,993,426 | -9.14 |
32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 204,000 | 0.16 | 0 | ∞ |
38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 3,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 2,844 | 0.00 | 5,850 | -51.38 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 560,787 | 0.43 | 251,327 | 123.13 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 1,263,442 | 0.97 | 1,549,640 | -18.47 |
47 | Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard | 570,680 | 0.44 | 1,057,222 | -46.02 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 7,889,424 | 6.05 | 10,326,035 | -23.60 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 0 | 0.00 | 100 | -100.00 |
63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 13,608 | 0.01 | 23,062 | -40.99 |
68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 10,472 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 458 | -100.00 |
72 | Iron and steel | 16,979,180 | 13.02 | 38,182,762 | -55.53 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 14,607 | 0.01 | 41,827 | -65.08 |
74 | Copper and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 9,923 | -100.00 |
76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 8,780,808 | 6.74 | 3,107,240 | 182.59 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 8,607 | 0.01 | 12,973 | -33.65 |
83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 1,970 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 231,424 | 0.18 | 943,045 | -75.46 |
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 | 9,718 | 0.01 | 342,045 | -97.16 |
87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 135,858 | 0.10 | 769,740 | -82.35 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 20,449 | 0.02 | 32,865 | -37.78 |
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 | 12,550 | 0.01 | 0 | ∞ |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 134 | -100.00 |
SS | Classified | 16,312 | 0.01 | 349 865 | -95.34 |
Russia’s Imports from Kenya
The major share of Russian imports from Kenya in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.75% of Russia’s total imports from Kenya (99.84% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code 08) - an increase of $2,119,642.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Kenya in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code 09) - a decrease of $31,375,635;
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code 06) - a decrease of $2,848,887;
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - a decrease of $807,976;
- Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code 20) - a decrease of $708,778.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates | 5,309 | 0.00 | 9,114 | -41.75 |
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 51,904,999 | 37.73 | 54,753,886 | -5.20 |
07 | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers | 160,160 | 0.12 | 63,152 | 153.61 |
08 | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 2,879,456 | 2.09 | 759,814 | 278.97 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 78,522,822 | 57.08 | 109,898,457 | -28.55 |
12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 310,575 | 0.23 | 82,434 | 276.76 |
13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 840 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 11,191 | 0.01 | 10,588 | 5.70 |
20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants | 348,071 | 0.25 | 1,056,849 | -67.07 |
21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 0 | 0.00 | 30,227 | -100.00 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 3,073,114 | 2.23 | 3,881,090 | -20.82 |
25 | Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement | 0 | 0.00 | 112,199 | -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 | 328 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 644 | -100.00 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 286 | -100.00 |
42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) | 0 | 0.00 | 3,480 | -100.00 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 183 | -100.00 |
46 | Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork | 0 | 0.00 | 24 | -100.00 |
49 | Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans | 108 | 0.00 | 541 | -80.04 |
61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted | 13,504 | 0.01 | 12,520 | 7.86 |
62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 322,572 | 0.23 | 110,542 | 191.81 |
64 | Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 0 | 0.00 | 26 | -100.00 |
71 | Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 40 | 0.00 | 187 | -78.61 |
82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 132 | -100.00 |
84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 58 | -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 | 3,000 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
95 | Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof | 49 | 0.00 | 23,968 | -99.80 |
96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 0 | 0.00 | 94 | -100.00 |
97 | Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques | 0 | 0.00 | 260 | -100.00 |