Russian trade with Malawi in 2016
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Malawi
In 2016, Russia’s trade with Malawi was $76,023,476, down 1.94% ($1,503,100) from 2015.
Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2016 were $9,923,205, down 52.47% ($10,954,474) from 2015.
Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2016 totaled $66,100,271, up 16.68% ($9,451,374) from 2015.
Russia’s trade deficit with Malawi in 2016 was $56,177,066, a 57.05% increase ($20,405,848) over 2015.
Malawi was Russia’s 114th largest trading partner in 2016 (up from 119th in 2015), accounting for 0.0163% of Russia’s total trade (up from 0.0147% in 2015).
Malawi was Russia’s 142nd largest export market in 2016 (down from 133rd in 2015), accounting for 0.0035% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0061% in 2015).
Malawi was Russia’s 88th largest supplier in 2016 (up from 90th in 2015), accounting for 0.0363% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0310% in 2015).
Russia’s Exports to Malawi
The major share of Russian exports to Malawi in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 99.73% of Russia’s total exports to Malawi (99.79% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial increase.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Malawi in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $10,936,063.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Cereals | 9,896,830 | 99.73 | 20,832,893 | -52.49 |
30 | Pharmaceutical products | 26,325 | 0.27 | 10,985 | 139.64 |
44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 11,383 | -100.00 |
48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 0 | 0.00 | 22,403 | -100.00 |
90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 50 | 0.00 | 15 | 233.33 |
Russia’s Imports from Malawi
The major share of Russian imports from Malawi in 2016 (and in 2015) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 100.00% of Russia’s total imports from Malawi (99.99% in 2015).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (HS code 24) - an increase of $9,536,881.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Malawi in 2016 over 2015 were recorded for the following product groups:
- No product groups with a substantial decrease.
HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in 2016, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in 2015, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in 2016 over 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | 154 | 0.00 | 95 | 62.11 |
09 | Coffee, tea, maté and spices | 382,873 | 0.58 | 465,896 | -17.82 |
11 | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten | 1,025 | 0.00 | 88 | 1,064.77 |
24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes | 65,715,771 | 99.42 | 56,178,890 | 16.98 |
40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
70 | Glass and glassware | 0 | 0.00 | 287 | -100.00 |
73 | Articles of iron or steel | 0 | 0.00 | 3,638 | -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 | 428 | 0.00 | 3 | 14,166.67 |